4 Dimensions of Me

What are the 4 Dimensions of Me?

1.     The obvious: What is plainly seen or known by others – mostly physical but also facts like job title

2.     The open - what you chose to show and share: age, weight, where you live, likes and dislikes, your personality (introvert v extrovert), your purpose and values

3.     The I’ll tell you when I’m ready: maybe some of the items from 2 above – maybe things you will be prepared to share once your confidence and understanding of your team grows

4.     The closed - what you choose not to share: there may be things that you want to hold on to, decide not to bring to the workplace – not just your deepest darkest secrets – and that’s OK!

When to explore the 4 Dimensions of You?

You want to invest some time in yourself with structured personal exploration.

You and your team want to add Emotional Intelligence to your ways of working.

You want to build foundations for establishing psychological safety and a sustainable work environment.

How to explore the 4-Dimensions of You?

1.     Your Wheel of Life:  Using the Wheel of Life (find 1 online or create your own), consider the many component parts of your life that require, demand, or you freely give your time to – understanding the full picture and the inter-plays between each component is an important exercise in its own right. (Consider working with a coach)

2.     Your 4-Dimensions:  Each dimension is made up of your facts, emotions, personality, values – and stuff.  This may differ across your Dimensions and within your Wheel of Life contexts

3.     Put it together: You’re right – it’s a complicated matrix so take your time considering how what you present outwardly and what you retain inwardly differs per Dimension and per Wheel of Life context

4.     Explore with your team: You’ve “self-coached” Yourself to a better understanding of how your own Dimensions are affected by different contexts - to make You now help others on their journey 

Visual Agile Coaching Tips

·      Illustrate your own Dimensions, and bring them to life with you, their look and feel to you

·      Same with your Wheel of Life – bring it to life with visuals

·      Use visuals to express your feelings and emotions when words may be difficult to use

·      For guidance – try the Johari window (a 4-box model for self-reflection and discovery)

Propose the 4-Dimensions of You as a team development exercise and begin to share the results to build psychological safety, emotional intelligence, and understanding within your team.

It starts with you – get comfortable with Yourself to help others discover their own Dimensions.

This template is created by The Visual Agile Coach, powered by Drawify. It helps with personal exploration and achieving a balance between what you will and won’t share – an important 1st step to coaching your team to be able to do the same.

The @Visual Agile Coach Toolkit includes tools and templates for Team Sustainability – to help cultivate and maintain the long-term health and well-being of teams.