What is Self-Awareness and Why is it Important?

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JANUARY 30, 2020
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Self-awareness workshop
The Johari Window activity
The Johari window activity is the best activity for self-awareness, especially with group
members. It can provide different skills of a person. It is a simple activity in which different
people can share their thoughts about other persons in a group, which are related to their
skills. It is a good activity and it will take 1-2 hours for identifying different skills. In this
activity, papers will require to manage processes. In addition, there are many processes
between the activity, which is beneficial for the group members. Communication is necessary
for this activity, as many members are having fear of open communication (MacLachlan,
2013). This activity is based on communication (Musa, 2019).
Source: (Musa, 2019)
This activity has required a pen and paper to write about different skills of ourselves. The
paper will divide into four panes. In four panes, different types of skills will be noted, which
areas:
Open section:
This pane is allocated for share skills, which can be related to their behaviour, feelings,
attitude, and emotions. All those skills are known by the users as well. In addition, a person

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can share those skills, which are known by himself. all group member should mention their
skills in that pane (Robles, 2012).
Blind section:
There are many changes in the skills of a person but those skills are not identified by himself.
thus, we can identify those skills based on the feedback of other group members. It will be
better to know about himself from others.
Hidden section:
A hidden pane is used for those skills, which are related to secrets, feelings, and fears. It is
useful for those people, who are not aware of their personal skills. These skills can be
identified using self-analysis only.
Unknown section:
Some skills are depending on the person as well, such as capabilities, talents, and feelings.
These skills are developed in a person from their personal efforts.
All the process of this activity is interesting for all the members, as all the processes are based
on communication. In addition, many unknown skills will improve using this activity as well
such as effective communication. It is a good way to learn about the skills of others as well
(Vella, 2013).
This activity is based on various aspects, such as self-analysis, and self-awareness. In
addition, many critical situations can be managed using this activity. However, hidden
strengths can be used for critical situations as well. It is a good idea to create new skills as
well as know about other skills. Self-awareness is necessary for the development of
additional skills, which is a good thing for a person. However, skills are already present in the
person.
This activity can be used for the identification of various skills of in-group members. This
activity will develop communication skills as well. This is a group activity in which each
member shares their feedback about other members in terms of skills. It will be useful for
improvement in the skills as well as the development of skills. Therefore, this activity should
be a part of self-awareness in the business and education field. It will develop new skills in
students and employees. It is a different activity for self-awareness. It can be completed at
any place, such as meeting room, classroom, and open areas as well. Moreover, a person can

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identify their own skills using this activity, which is necessary to develop new things that are
necessary for personal development as well. Moreover, many people can enjoy this activity
by getting feedback from others, which is a good idea to reduce weaknesses.
Presentation activity
A person should be able to present their innovative ideas and thoughts in front of others. In
addition, presentation is a good skill in which a person can develop different skills as well.
Moreover, presentation skills will generate many other skills, such as fearlessness,
communication, courage, patience, and time management. This activity will take 15
miniatures for a person or a group. This activity can be completed in a class as well. In
addition, soft skills are necessary for the workplace for effective communication (Anthony,
Suzanne & Garner, 2016).
In addition, there are many benefits to this activity in self-assessment. Many people can
reduce their fear of using this activity. Moreover, it is a basic need for professional people in
many industries. It will be useful in the future as well. Most of the people develop this skill in
them for proper presentation of projects and services. Besides, it is a reflective process, which
will provide better learning (Bassot, 2016). Most of the leaders have used their skills to
improve their knowledge as well as other factors.
Moreover, the audience can provide feedback and suggestions to improve their skills.
Besides, some people can manage their skills using this activity. Self-awareness is necessary
for a person. It is a better way to show our skills in front of others using the presentation. It
will require technical knowledge as well. This activity will be provided with better learning.
It is the base of a person to develop new skills from our experience (Brown, 2018).
Furthermore, presentation skill is necessary to manage all the things. There are different types
of audience in front of us. Thus, it is necessary to cover all the audience using public
speaking skills as well.
Emotional intelligence-based activity
There are many things to manage at the workplace, such as physiological, psychological and
behavioural changes. This activity will require different groups for managing all the things in
a proper manner. In this activity, we can know about the management of different situations
in the workplace. we can allocate different emotions to each group, such as hope, fear, joy,
anger, surprise, and sorrow (Bariso, 2019). This activity will improve the emotional power of

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group members. There are different situations in the workplace because of work. In addition,
it is necessary to learn about the various processes of the workplace and it will provide
strengths to handle all the things in a better way.
It will improve the emotions of a person. This activity will provide the strengths to handle
conflicts between colleagues and clients (Horrigan, 2011). Furthermore, this activity will be
used for self-awareness as well. It will develop emotional intelligence in the group members,
which can be used for business as well. Emotional intelligence is a new trend in the market to
handle customers and employees as well (Johns, 2017).
Most of the companies have used knowledge management and emotional intelligence to
handle new hurdle in their business. It is helpful in change management as well. Moreover,
people can use emotional intelligence in their personal and professional life as well. There are
many benefits of this activity in professionalism (Sigmar, Lucia Stretcher, et al., 2012).
In addition, this activity will provide many benefits to participants. Moreover, emotional
intelligence is a basic need for a manager or leader. Mostly, employees must know about the
changes in the industry. In addition, leaders can manage their followers using emotional
intelligence.
Part -2
This workshop is based on the self-awareness, which is necessary for development of differ
type of skills. The Johari Window activity will provide help into identification of various
skills using open communication. In addition, all the activities are beneficial for participants
in their professional development as well as personal development. There are some special
benefits of presentation activity, which are communication and time management. Technical
knowledge will require to make presentations innovative and creative, which makes a huge
impact on the audience. Furthermore, self-awareness is necessary for the development of
different skills. In addition, many things can be managed using this skill. A person can use
their strengths to develop new skills, which are helpful in the management of their
professional career. It is a basic need for a professional career. However, people can improve
their skills using self-awareness activities. In addition, basic processes can be managed using
all those skills. Emotional intelligence is necessary to manage critical conditions in a
business, which is a new trend in the market place. All the activities can be used for self-
awareness and self-analysis. There are many benefits of this activity for a leader and

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manager. Most of the person learns from this activity to manage different types of conflicts.
In addition, basic processes can be managed using emotional intelligence.
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