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Welcomes you to
Workshop on
Self – Awareness
Trainer : Dr.Abey Thomas

Motto : Developing people for excellence … and to Know thyself…

 Self-awareness skills
“the first and most important person you must believe in is yourself “

Dr.Abey Thomas
Superintendent
Emmanuel Mission High School
Siwan – Bihar
Tel : 7033524656
E-Mail : drabeythomas@gmail.com
 Training Aims and Objectives
Aims
• To know about Self Concepts – Who I am
• Importance of Self Awareness in our life
• Importance of Assessing ourselves in our career life
• Knowing how to promote ourselves in various situations
Objectives
• To Know the components of Self Concepts
• To Understand Strength and Weakness of our personal life
• To elaborate our skills in different situations
Training Methodology
• Lecturer cum Discussion
• Group Discussion
• Role Playing
• Video Presentations
• Case Study
• Workshop Method
• Individual Presentation
• Debate
Video Presentation on Self
awareness
Training Topics Covered
 Self Concept

 Self Awareness
◦ SWOT Analysis

 Self Assessment
◦ JOHARI Window
 Self Concepts
 What is Self-concept : Who are you ?

 Definition of Self Concept ?

 Components of Self Concept :

◦ Self Esteem
◦ Body Image
◦ Personal Identity
◦ Role Performance

 Influences to Self Concept

 Positive Self Concept

 How to improve Self Concept

 Conclusion on Self Concept

Self-Concept: Who are you?
Self-concept refers to your subjective
description of who you think you are.

Self-image is your view of yourself in

particular situations
Ideal Self
Carl Rogers (1959) believes that the self concept has
three different components:

•The view you have of yourself (self image)

•How much value you place on yourself (self

esteem or self-worth)

•What you wish you were really like (ideal self)

Self-Concept : Components

Self Esteem Body image

Self
Concept

Role Performance Personal Identity

 Self - Esteem
 confidence in one's own worth or
abilities; self-respect.

 It refers to the way we see and think

about ourselves
 10 steps which lead to Self
Esteem
1. Know YOUR self
2. Understand what makes you feel great
3. Recognize things that get you down
4. Set goals to achieve what you want
5. Develop trusting friendships that make you
feel good
6. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
7. Stand up for your beliefs and Values
8. Help someone else
9. Take Responsibility for your own actions
10.Take good care of yourself
Good self-esteem gives you the:

 Courage to try new things

 Power to believe in yourself

 Confidence to make healthy choices

for your mind and body now and
throughout your life
CPC
Self-Concept : Components

Self Esteem Body image

Self
Concept

Role Performance Personal Identity

Body Image
 It’s based on your thoughts and feelings about
the way your body looks.

 People are judging your appearance can affect

your body image.

 Poor body image comes from negative thoughts

and feelings about your appearance, and a
healthy body image is made up of thoughts and
feelings that are positive.

Body image is a major factor in self-esteem; which

is the way you think and feel about yourself as a
person.
Our Hon’ble Prime Minister
Self-Concept : Components

Self Esteem Body image

Self
Concept

Role Performance Personal Identity

Role Performance
 This concept relates to how
successfully you play prescribed role.

 their performance are measured in

terms of their relative success or
failure in that role
Self-Concept : Components

Self Esteem Body image

Self
Concept

Role Performance Personal Identity

Personal Identity
Self-Concept : Components

Self Esteem Body image

Self
Concept

Role Performance Personal Identity

Self-Concept : Who you think you
are
Confidence in one's own abilities
Your thoughts and feelings
about the way your body looks
Self-respect

Your appearance
We see and think about ourselves

Self
Concept

how successfully you

play prescribed role
Influences to Self Concept
Self Concepts : Conclusion
 Building a healthy body image and
good self-esteem can be hard work
because it takes time to become
confident.

 As you perform your role effectively,

you will experience self-acceptance
and learn to recognize the qualities,
skills, and talents that make you
special from others with dignity values
Video Presentation : AMUL
ADS
 Activity 1

 Who am I
Self Awareness:
A Powerful Tool for Leaders

“the need to know and the fear of knowing”

-Abraham Maslow (1968)
Self Awareness

 It’s knowing yourself

 It’s the key to

◦ Self-knowledge (understanding of oneself or one’s own motives or
character)

◦ Self-Understanding (awareness of and ability to understand one’s own

actions)
 What is Self Awareness ?
 Who you really are ?
 Why you do things in the way that you do?
 Think about your own thinking
 Care about what other people think and
feel
 To step back and to review ourselves
 Self Reflection
Feelings + Interactions + Thoughts +
Actions
Key Areas of Self Awareness
How Self Awareness make your more effective
?

 SKILL DEVELOPMENT
 KNOWING YOUR STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESS
 DECISION MAKING SKILLS
 STRESS
 MOTIVATION
 LEADERSHIP
 SWOT Analysis
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities &
Threats)
SWOT Analysis
 The SWOT Analysis framework is a very
important and useful tool to use in
marketing Management and other
business applications.

 As a basic tool its mastery is a

fundamental requirement for the
marketer, entrepreneur or business
person.

 A clear understanding of SWOT is

required for business majors.
What is SWOT Analysis?
 A scan of the internal and external
environment is an important part of the
strategic planning process.
 Environmental factors internal to the firm
usually can be classified as strengths (S) or
weaknesses (W), and those external to the
firm can be classified as opportunities (O) or
threats (T).
 Such an analysis of the strategic
environment is referred to as a SWOT
analysis.
The SWOT Framework
SWOT Analysis Framework
Environmental Scan
/ \
Internal Analysis External Analysis
/ \ / \
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats

SWOT Matrix
The SWOT Matrix
SWOT Analysis
 The SWOT analysis provides
information that is helpful in matching
the firm's resources and capabilities to
the competitive environment in which it
operates.

 As such, it is instrumental in strategy

formulation and selection.

 The following diagram shows how a

SWOT analysis fits into an
environmental scan
 A firm's strengths are its resources
and capabilities that can be used
for developing a
competitive advantage.
Specific Skills you have
Resources you possess (Knowledge and expertise)

 Examples of such strengths include:

◦ Patents
◦ Strong brand names
◦ Good reputation among customers
◦ Exclusive access to natural resources
◦ Good access to distribution networks
 Deficiency you face
Specific skills you lack
Particular resources you lack – knowledge
Constraints you face – rules, procedures, timing,
conflict

Examples :
◦ Lack of patent protection
◦ A weak brand name
◦ Poor reputation among customers
◦ High cost structure
◦ Lack of access to best natural resources
◦ Lack of access to key distribution channels
 The external environmental analysis may reveal certain
new opportunities for profit and growth. Some examples
of such opportunities include:

 An unfulfilled customer need

 Arrival of new technologies
 Loosening of regulations
 Resources to support in your role
 New openings in development opportunities
 Removal of international trade barriers
 New Openings in development opportunities
 New Staff and Staff motivation
 New ways to improve
 Changes in the external environmental also may
present threats to the firm. Some examples of such
threats include:
 shifts in consumer tastes away from the firm's
products
 emergence of substitute products
 New competitors
 Negative attitudes
 new regulations
 increased trade barriers
 SWOT Analysis
Features
Strengths
Technique is credited to Albert
Humphrey who led a research
project at Stanford University
in the 1960s and 1970s.
Planning tool used to

Oppurtunity
SWOT Weakness
understand Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities, &
Threats involved in a project /
Analysis business.
Used as framework for
organizing and using data
and information gained from
situation analysis of internal
and external environment.
Technique that enables a
Threats group / individual to move from
everyday problems / traditional
strategies to a fresh
perspective.
SWOT ANALYSIS - THREAT

!
Aim of SWOT Analysis?

To help decision makers

share and compare ideas.

To bring a clearer
common purpose and
understanding of

S W factors for success.

To organize the
important factors linked
to success and failure
in the business world.
To analyze issues that
have led to failure in
the past.

O T To provide linearity to
the decision making
process allowing
complex ideas to be
presented
systematically.
Who needs SWOT Analysis?
SWOT Analysis is also required for / during...

Changing Jobs

Product Launch

Decision Making

Personal Development Planning

Competitor Evaluation

Product Evaluation
Strategic Planning
Brainstorming Meetings
Workshop Sessions
 Benefits & Pitfalls of SWOT Analysis
Benefits of SWOT Analysis
Knowing the Competion
Reviews a company's
competitors & benchmarks
against them to configure
strategies that will put the
company in a competitive
advantage.
Benefits of
SWOT
Analysis
Forecasting
Provides a variety of information
critical to forecasted variables.
Threats, for e.g., can impact a
Decision Making Tool business's forecast. By
understanding the company's
Provides well-rounded
advantages & disadvantages,
information that prompt
forecasts will be more accurate.
well-informed decisions.
 TIPS

Do’s Don’ts

 Be analytical and specific. х Try to disguise weaknesses.

 Record all thoughts and ideas. х Merely list errors and mistakes.

 Be selective in the final evaluation. х Lose sight of external influences and

 Choose the right people for the exercise. trends.

 Choose a suitable SWOT leader or х Allow the SWOT to become a blame-

facilitator. laying

 Think out of the box exercise.

 Be open to change х Ignore the outcomes at later stages of the

planning process.
 Points to Ponder
• Keep your SWOT short and simple, but remember to include important details. For
example, if you think your communication skills is your strength, include specific details,
such as verbal / written communication.

• When you finish your SWOT analysis, prioritize the results by listing them in order of the
most significant factors that affect you / your business to the least.

• Get multiple perspectives on you / your business for your SWOT analysis. Ask for input
from your employees, colleagues, friends, suppliers, customers and partners.

• Apply your SWOT analysis to a specific issue, such as a goal you would like to achieve
or a problem you need to solve. You can then conduct separate SWOT analyses on
individual issues and combine them.
 Activity – 2

 Know your Strengths

 It is all about identifying and
understanding

◦ Who we are and

◦ What makes us function

Question:
How do you assess
yourself?

Be ready to share your thoughts

Question:
How will you assess yourself
in the future?

Be ready to share your thoughts

Skills to develop
 Time Management
 Communication Skills
 Interpersonal communications
 Grooming and Etiquettes
 Delegation of Work and Authority
 Leadership Skills
 Self Confidence
 Technological Skills
 Managing Stress and Tensions
 Self – Evaluations
What is Johari window?

 The Johari Window is a

communication model that can be
used to improve understanding
between individuals.

 It involves information – feelings,

experience, views, attitudes, skills,
intentions, motivation, etc
Founder
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGISTS,
 Developed by JOSEPH LUFT and
HARRY INGRAM in the mid 1950’s.
 Hence the name JO HAR I
 It is a useful tool for self
understanding, awareness and
personal growth
 It also can used to discover your
strengths blind spots and areas to
explore
 Works best in a high trust environment
Two key ideas behind the
tool:
 Individuals can build trust between
themselves by disclosing information
about themselves.

 They can learn about themselves and

come to terms with personal issues
with the help of feedback from others.
How does it work?
 Using the Johari model, each person
is represented by their own four-
quadrant, or four-pane, window.

 Each of these contains and represents

personal information - feelings,
motivation - about the person, and
shows whether the information is
known or not known by themselves or
other people.
The four quadrants are:
 Quadrant 1: Open Area / Arena

What is known by the person about

him/herself and is also known by others.
Open Area
 Represents the “public” or
“awareness” area and contains
information that both you and others
know
 Information that you don’t mind
admitting
 Gets bigger over time as relationships
mature
 A productive relationship is related to
the amount of mutually held
information
 Quadrant 2: Blind Area, or "Blind Spot“

◦ What is unknown by the person about

him/herself but which others know.
◦ This can be simple information, or can involve
deep issues (for example, feelings of
inadequacy, incompetence, unworthiness,
rejection) which are difficult for individuals to
face directly, and yet can be seen by others.
Blind Area
 Information about yourself that others
know but you are not yet aware
 Others may see you differently than
you see yourself
 Effective relations strive to reduce this
area
 Open communication encourages
people to give you feedback
 Quadrant 3: Hidden or Avoided
Area
◦ What the person knows about him/herself
that others do not.
Hidden Area
 Information that you know that others
do not
 Private feelings, needs, and past
experiences that you prefer to keep to
yourself
 If this area is too large, you can be
perceived as lacking authenticity
 Quadrant 4: Unknown Area
◦ What is unknown by the person about
him/herself and is also unknown by
others.
Unknown Area
 Information that is unknown to you
and to others
 Areas of unrecognized talent, motives,
or early childhood memories that
influence your behavior
 Always present, never disappears
 Open communication can expose
some of this area
 Key Points:
 In most cases, the aim in groups should be to
develop the Open Area for every person.
 Working in this area with others usually
allows for enhanced individual and team
effectiveness and productivity.
 The Open Area is the ‘space’ where good
communications and cooperation occur, free
from confusion, conflict and
misunderstanding.
 Self-disclosure is the process by which
people expand the Open Area vertically.
 Feedback is the process by which people
expand this area horizontally.
 By encouraging healthy self-disclosure
and sensitive feedback, you can build a
stronger and more effective team in
personal, professional and family life.
Four Benefits of Self-
Disclosure
 Increased accuracy in communication
 Reduction of stress
 Increased self-awareness
 Stronger relationships
Increased Self-awareness
 Self-awareness
◦ The ability to recognize and understand
your moods, emotions, drives and their
effect on others
◦ The foundation on which self-
development is built
 Increases as you receive feedback
from others
Figure 8.1
The Johari Window: A Model for
Self-Understanding
 Model considers that there is
information
◦ you and others know
◦ only you know about yourself
◦ only others know about you
◦ nobody knows
Johari Window

Figure 8.2
The Johari Window
 Your willingness or unwillingness to
engage is self-disclosure, and listen to
feedback, has a lot to do with your
understanding of yourself and others’
understanding of you.
Self-Disclosure/
Feedback Styles
 Two communication processes within
our control that impact relationships:
1. Self-disclosure of thoughts, ideas, and
feelings
2. Seeking feedback from others
 Characteristics of using both
effectively:
◦ Honesty
◦ Openness
◦ Mutual respect
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Figure 8.3
Johari Window at the Beginning of a Relationship (left)
and After a Closer Relationship Has Developed (right)

Figure 8.3

Source: Joseph Luft, Group Processes: An Introduction to Group Dynamics © 1984.

Mayfield Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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Practice Self-Disclosure
 Do you need to practice more self-
disclosure?
 Could you benefit by telling others
more about your thoughts, feelings,
wants and beliefs?

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Self-
Disclosure
Indicator

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Practice Self-Disclosure
 With practice you will
◦ Feel more comfortable
◦ Find self-disclosure rewarding
◦ Find others begin to open up and share
more thoughts, ideas, and feelings with
you
Everyone Wins!
Summary
 Open communication is the key to job
satisfaction and personal growth
 Self-disclosure promotes
communication within an organization
 Most people want and need accurate
feedback from coworkers and
supervisors
Summary
 The Johari Window helps
conceptualize four kinds of information
areas involved in communication
◦ Open: you and others know
◦ Blind: only others know
◦ Hidden: only you know
◦ Unknowns: no one knows
 Open area grows as relationships
develop
Summary
 Everyone can learn to use self-
disclosure
◦ Describe feelings and emotions
accurately
◦ Avoid making judgments
◦ Repair damaged relationships
 Learn art of apologizing and
forgiveness
◦ Discuss as situations happen
◦ Select the right time and place
Activity – 3

 JOHARI WINDOW
Review

 Self Concepts – Who Am I

 Self Awareness – Know myself
 Self Assessment – Assess myself
 Self Promotion – Promoting myself
Feedback
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