Tengruipharm

Being a Black woman is a double-edged sword that is skillfully crafted and delicately balanced. On the one hand, we have been honed and sculpted into powerful, independent women who can look after ourselves and our loved ones, while still creating significant works of art. On the other side, there are times when the pain of our forced invincibility and independence pierces so deeply that an endless stream of blood, sweat, and tears flows.

Overuse has made us dull, but we still shine. After all, Black women are the only things to grow without nourishment. Yet, despite our incredible achievement, this precarious balance…….

As talent development professionals, our primary goal is to support the growth of others. We take up project after project, speaking with stakeholders to discover business and learning needs and designing and delivering programs that, hopefully, add to learners’ awareness, knowledge, and skills.

But how often do we reflect on how our projects or programs contribute to our learning needs? Metacognition, or “thinking about one’s own thinking,” is a powerful learning tool that many of us have employed in our programs at one time or another.

Perhaps you’re already using metacognitive ref…….