In an earlier post I reflected upon how the practice of law runs on trust, and how trust is also essential in practicing Belonging. To truly belong at their law firm, lawyers must trust that their firm values and needs them back, and will remain true to its values.
So, I had “trust” on my mind when I recently picked up the Claude M. Steele’s new book, Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It. In Churn, Steele revisits his exploration in Whistling Vivaldi of how stereotype threats arise and impact us. But this time, Steele homes in on our physical and mental reactions to such threats, how those reactions distract and derail us, and what to do about it.
