Incorporate behavioral questions in interviews (e.g., Describe a situation where others you were working with disagreed with your ideas. How did you respond?).

Invite colleagues to a conversation pertaining to hiring practices that demonstrate and promote behaviors found in the Michigan Expectations Model.

Invite an HR representative to speak at a lunch for hiring managers to reivew the inclusing hiring practices. Assign the group to read Avoiding Discrimination in Job Postings beforehand.

Invite a stakeholder who is reluctant to speak up to coffee or tea to learn their points of view. Collaborate with them to develop a participation strategy.

Invite a group of students you volunteer with to create a community guidelines for their interactions during meeting times.

Invite a friend to see a foreign film or attend an international festival.

Invite a friend to join you in writing personal vision statements. Hold one another accountable.

Invite a friend or family member with whom you are having a dispute to go out for coffee to seek better understanding of their perspectives and engage in a thoughtful conversation.

Invite a colleague who sits on a committee or board that you chair to discuss the negatives behaviors that you have observed them demonstrate on more than one occasion.

Invite a colleague from another unit to teach you a skill that you could use on the job.