This week, you have an opportunity to practice reflective thinking. Reflective thinking is an effective strategy to enhance your personal growth and development. When things go well, reflection helps you identify behaviors or practices you can repeat to accomplish the same or similar results in the future. When things do not go well, reflection helps you identify the source of the problem. Then you can consider how to achieve a better result in the future.
Reflect
Think about your social identity constructs (the list can be found under the “Social Identity” tab; feel free to add others that identify who you are) and align them with the types of professional/work environment you think will be best for fostering inclusion and belonging.
For this activity, you will reflect and respond to the following prompts,
What identities do you have to think about on a daily basis?
What identities do you not have to be conscious of?
Are there any parts of your identity that you try to hide?
How do you feel when you have to communicate with someone who does not share your identity or reflect the people you normally interact with?
Write
To complete your journal,
Download the Social Identity Construct Template
Respond to each section
Save the completed template to your computer and submit it as an attachment