Leadership Communication Paper – Using a Johari Window analysis

TUI Leadership Communication Paper

As with all of the assignments for this class, first make sure to  thoroughly review the required background materials. Make sure you fully  understand the concepts of the Johari Window as well as Transactional  Analysis. You need to have a solid understanding of these important  concepts in order to successfully complete this assignment.

We will once again be applying the concepts from this module to your  own experiences as a way of finding potential ways to develop your  leadership skills. For this assignment, choose a current or former  supervisor or subordinate and think carefully about how the concepts  from the Johari Window and Transactional Analysis applies to this  current or previous supervisor/subordinate relationship. Think carefully  about the flow of information and communication between the two of you,  and also times when either of you behaved as “adults,” “parents,” or  “children” in your dealings with each other. Don’t worry, this  assignment will be purely between you and your instructor so feel free  to be as honest and self-reflective as you can.

More specifically, write a 4- to 5-page paper answering the following  questions below. Make sure to cite at least one of the required  readings in each answer, and to cite at least three sources total from  the background readings in your paper:

1. Using a Johari Window analysis, what do you think some of your  supervisor’s or subordinate’s blind spots are? What do you think some of  your potential blind spots might be?
2. Also using a Johari Window analysis, what kind of hidden spots did  you keep between you and your supervisor or subordinate? Did you suspect  your supervisor or subordinate of having hidden spots?
3. Based on your answers to Questions 1 and 2 above as well as the  required readings, how might Johari Window analysis be used to improve  this supervisor/subordinate relationship that you wrote about in the  above two answers?
4. Using Transactional Analysis, give some specific examples of when  you and your supervisor or subordinate acted like “parents,” “children,”  or “adults.” And be honest—we all act like “children” sometimes in the  workplace.
5. Based on your answer to Question 4 and the required readings, how do  you think this supervisor/subordinate relationship might have been  improved using Transactional Analysis?