Develop your own personal stress management plan to mitigate stress in and outside of work.

Develop and implement your own personal stress and pressure management plan (e.g., schedule walks, take a MFit class).

Demonstrate how you performed a function unique to your position to a developing leader without prior experience in this area. Delegate that responsibility, if possible.

Delegate components of a challenging project to a direct report as a stretch assignment.

Create a mentoring or coaching program that will support the needs of staff and faculty.

Consider a process that needs addressing (e.g., moving). Research options and ask people for insights into the way they prepare for moving from one residence to another.

Consider a game that you enjoy playing. Research a new strategy to use for the next time you play and reflect upon your success.

Confide in a leader if you witness a university employee engaging in illegal behavior.

Conduct a post-mortem on a project with a group you serve with outside of your job. Discuss mistakes that were made and how the situations can serve as a learning opportunity or catalysts for positive change.

Collaborate with other U-M leaders to determine opportunities to present at one another's units or at crossfunction events.