Use visual scorecards (e.g., dashboards or thermometers) to show progress toward realizing a vision or goals.

Treat everyone with the same courtesy as they would want.

The next time you attend a U-M event or meeting outside of your role, sit next to someone you do not know, introduce yourself, and get to know them.

Take time to learn and identify the formal and informal structures that exist in your unit: who wields power, who controls work flow, who makes decisions and who carries them out.

Share the vision and ethics of your unit with a peer in another unit. Explain how you demonstrate them on a daily basis.

Share stories with your reports of how the values and ethics of your unit are demonstrated.

Select two to three ethical behaviors of your profession and reflect on the ways you demonstrate them. Ask a colleague for their observations and compare to your reflections.

Reflect on your values and write them down. Then, consider how your personal values align with the values and mission of a U-M initiative, task force or other workgroup.

Read the short article Incorporating Core Values into Decision Making to learn the benefits of aligning your decision making with your unit's values. Explain your findings to a colleague.

Read The Little Things That Affect Our Work Relationships and select an action item from the article to practice for one week. After that week, reflect on your practices and how they turned out.