Comparing Personalities Using Gardner's Model and Johari Window

This essay analyzes personality traits through the lens of Howard Gardner's Model of Multiple Intelligences and the Johari Window. Part 1 compares two respondents' personalities based on their scores in Gardner's model, interpreting their placement within the Johari Window to determine their strengths and weaknesses in areas such as team play and communication. Part 2 provides a personal reflection on the assessment, highlighting the insights gained about the author's leadership qualities, self-awareness, and potential areas for improvement in logical and linguistic faculties. Part 3 expands on the application of these models in a global context, illustrating how the combined use of Gardner's model and the Johari Window can facilitate cross-cultural understanding and the development of global competence, particularly in business and communication. The essay emphasizes the role of these tools in fostering self-awareness and understanding others in a globalized world.

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Part 1
A comparison of personalities based on the findings of Howard Gardiner's Model
The Howard Gardiner' model is an effective way to make a judgment about an individual's
personality traits. The results of this scale can be measured by an individual for a
retrospection of his personality, leaders, and motivators can also use this scale for personality
diagnostic purposes and decide a course of personality grooming for an individual
(Aramstrong, 2010). For instance in the case of the respondent of the test 2 we can examine
two facts, first, this person scored a rating of 1 for the question that asks him about his
willingness to participate in debates, and the second question is connected to his choice of
team sports where he scored four ratings for a question where he said that he loves the games
where individual performance matters. When we check the same ratings on the Johari
window’s quadrants then we find that this individual falls in the quadrant of the unknown and
he is not a team player (Kay, 2018). The respondent one, on the other hand, likes team sports
and on the merit of this answer, we can predict that he is a team player and has a placement in
the known quadrant or the arena quadrant of the Johari window.
In a broader way, we can say that Gardner's model gives us information and its processing in
the Johari Window can give us some conclusions about the person in question. In the present
scenario, we can say that person one is an extrovert and person two is an introvert. When we
check the final analysis of the two in the Gardner model then again we find in spite the fact
that respondent two is not good at communication even then his intrapersonal skills are better
than the respondent one. This type of an analysis can also help a manager in identifying the
key result areas of the improvement for an individual. In the current case, we can say that
respondent one should try to improve his ranking and jump into the known arena of the Johari
Window. He should learn to express himself in front of the others and try to work on the
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expressions. The same result also gives us an idea that the respondent of the test one should
employee more logical faculty while interacting with the individuals. The virtue of being an
introvert can misfire sometimes and it can be the case with the respondent one (L.David,
2014).
Part 2
Howard Gardner scale allows an individual to figure out some dark corner of the personality
of an individual. It allows us to retrospect certain areas of the personality that can make
difference. For instance, there are two answers that made me thought about myself. The first
answer was about my ability to see the faults and the virtues in the others; the second is about
my ability to be realistic about my strengths and weaknesses. These two virtues bring me in
the arena window of the Johari window. My personal analysis gave me a line of thought that I
can cultivate a leader in me and develop a certain leadership style. Since I am able to find out
the weaknesses and virtues in other, it is a leadership quality. Since I am open about my own
weaknesses, I can inspire myself and improve myself to set an example for the others. Let’s
keep aside the findings for a while; an interaction with the Gardner scale also prompted me to
see myself from an objective point of view. It is true that I scored well at interpersonal skills
and intrapersonal skills (Herndon, 2018). However, my presence in the arena quadrant gave
me confidence, however; it also gave me a sense of responsibility related to my projection as
well.
It is a general perception that if you are in the open window of Johari Window then you are
more successful at an interpersonal level. It says that you can express yourself and sail
through different situations easily (Richard West, 2010). However, the open quadrant of the
Johari Window only gives us an idea that we are visible to the world. If we are visible to the
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others then it can become a cause of worry for us, the Gardner model allows us to get into the
finer details of our personality. The selection of the right words to serve the right occasions
can be a concern area for me, my scores on the scale of linguistic faculty and logical faculty
are slightly low. It can be an issue of great worry, I can speak my heart out, and however, I
have the right content to speak in front of the others or not is a big question. The scores of the
Gardner window gives me an idea that I have no inhibitions in expressing me in front of the
strangers and friends (Cherry, 2018). This also makes me fit for the job where public
speaking skills are required. However, my weaknesses in the area of logical faculty bring me
in a dark area about myself. If I put myself in Johari window with an intention to judge
myself on the basis of my logical faculty then I am in a dark area. I need to figure out that
why I am not able to process certain pieces of information, where others are capable of doing
it.
Part 3
Model of the Gardner connects us to our inner self, the Johari window, on the other hand,
gives us a bright idea that how others are thinking about us. If we wish to become a global
citizen then we need to see ourselves in the Johari Window first before starting an interaction
with any other person (James McGrath, 2017). When McDonald launches its business in
China, they were surprised to know that in China, the concept of fast food joints doesn't exist,
visiting a restaurant is a celebration for them. This is why they changed the settings of the
McDonald outlets in China and make them a place where people can hang around (Gray,
2016).
Globalization of the world will bring many such situations in front of the business fraternities
and individuals where they were forced to act in accordance with the likings of people living
in different countries and belonging to different cultures. At the turn of this century on the
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onset of globalization, many business managers took the support of the Johari window to
understand their position in different markets. Many indigenous surveys were designed to
figure out the position of a product in the Johari Window of an individual. This technique
worked well for these businesses, now a let's check the same scenario in a different light, let's
now consider that Gardner MI model is another questionnaire that can help an individual in
understanding his own position in the Johari window then it makes a great tool (Benfield,
2017). The results of the mixed analysis of Johari window and Gardner scale can be used to
develop a framework of the global competence in the field of communication (Zukauskiene,
2017). Johari window gives us an idea about the perception of the others about us. The
results of the MI model allow us to retrospect ourselves. It is a complete circle of the
thoughts. Both the tools can be used as a diagnostic facility for the assessment of the
personality of an individual. The metrics to attain a global competence can be attained with
the help of the rational coaching programs. Many international business outsourcing units
across the world have successfully prepared many models to create a global workforce. The
joint impact of the Johari window and Gardner scale can be utilized to create global citizens
very easily for the creation of a global world (Richard West, 2010).
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