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.

Read How to Engage Employees Through Your Company Vision Statement and tie the mission with team and individual goals.

Read The Coaching Habit or listen to the summary of The Coaching Habit and incorporate the strategies into your daily practice. For one week, maintain a journal recording a daily instance when you used a Coaching Habit question and the outcome.

Reach out to other units to collaborate on projects and initiatives with your unit.