Maintain open and respectful communication with stakeholders and colleagues.

Maintain a list of potential leaders that you hear about from other colleagues, staff, friends.

Look through the menu of Steve Robbins self-awareness videos and select three to watch. Reflect on the videos and how they apply to you.

Look through The Book of Beautiful Questions and select a few to use the next time you are in a setting where you know few people.

Listen to the Manager Tools coaching podcasts to learn more tips and tricks to diverse coaching strategies.

Listen to the Use Learning to Engage Your Team HBR podcast and apply findings to the work you perform with a community organization.

Listen from the heart to a friend or family member experiencing a great challenge or set back.

List the five most important core values you live by and how you think you positively exhibit them. Ask a colleague or your supervisor for their input.

Leverage your internal networks and news outlets to gain a better understanding of organizational politics.

Leverage the strengths of a direct report in a different capacity by assigning them to a role that is unfamiliar to them.