Facilitate a family stretch goal (e.g., a big vacation) and the ways you will go about reaching it. Include milestones and a timeframe to achieve the goal. Hold someone accountable.

Explain the organizational structure of your unit to a new hire and how it fits within the university's framework.

Draft meeting agendas with priorities and time allotments.

Distribute your notes after a work group meeting and include clarifying questions if applicable. Include action steps and deadlines.

Design an organizational chart to show roles and relationships within an initiative that you are involved in. Explain the structure to mentee.

Demonstrate positive behaviors to show others that change can be a positive opportunity.

Create an Individual Development Plan (IDP) to expand your competencies and to set career objectives and goals.

Create an action plan to address adverse reactions from your group to a change initiative.

Create a project timeline that includes consideration of unexpected challenges and scheduled disruptions, such as holidays and illness.

Create a goal for yourself to learn something or to train for a physical event. Write down a plan and a timeline to achieve this goal, including milestones. Invite someone to join you or to hold you accountable.