We are politically and organizationally astute, understanding internal and external forces that affect the organization.
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.
Participate on a U-M volunteer community service project (e.g., Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Food Gatherers project).
Participate in a mentoring group.
Organize a retreat for a nonprofit you are involved in.
Organize a gathering for people from an organization you volunteer with.
Organize a game night with family and friends. With them, develop community guidelines before playing (e.g., putting away all cell phones).
