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Figure 2. Reducing Blind Spots<br />

In the process of giving and asking for feedback, some people tend to do much<br />

more of one than the other, thereby creating an imbalance of these two behaviors. This<br />

imbalance may have consequences in terms of the person’s effectiveness in the group<br />

and group members’ reactions to him or her. The size and shape of the arena, therefore,<br />

is a function of both the amount of feedback shared and the ratio of giving versus<br />

eliciting feedback. In order to give you some idea of how to interpret windows, I would<br />

like to describe four different shapes that characterize an ideal window and three<br />

extreme ratios in terms of eliciting and giving feedback. These descriptions will give<br />

you some idea of how people, characterized by these windows, might appear to others in<br />

a group setting. See Figure 4.<br />

Figure 3. Reducing the Facade<br />

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The Pfeiffer Library Volume 6, 2nd Edition. Copyright ©1998 Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer

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