We are politically and organizationally astute, understanding internal and external forces that affect the organization.
Meet with a direct report to go over their Development Journey self assessment and to coach them through the Individual Development Plan (IDP).
Manage a new cross functional project from beginning to end.
Make a presentation about best practices employed in your unit.
Listen to the Use Learning to Engage Your Team HBR podcast and apply findings to the work you perform with a community organization.
Leverage talent from diverse areas of your unit to participate on a project in need of that skill or experience.
Leverage talent across departments to fill in gaps, innovate, and optimize everyone's contributions while minimizing waste.
Join the leadership of an organization with many reporting arms (e.g., house of worship, national professional organization).
Join a task force or group that actively seeks to improve the experiences of the stakeholders served.
Invite the most skeptical member of your peer group to partner with you on a change project. Learn the basis of their resistance and help them to understand the importance of the endeavor.
Invite members of a U-M group you are involved with to share characteristics of their favorite supervisors. Analyze how those supervisors demonstrated and coached those characteristics.
