Identify your unit's core values and reflect how you demonstrated them the last three times you were involved in making a decision either alone or as part of a group.

Identify someone you regularly interrupt. The next time you converse with them, hold your comments until they have finished. Should you find yourself interrupting, apologize and ask them to continue.

Highlight stories of interesting things that your team has accomplished to other colleagues in your field at U-M.

Highlight in a weekly email or other publication a team that demonstrates the mission and values of your unit. Invite groups throughout your unit to share similar stories for publication.

Have a constructive conversation with an employee who appears to be acting in ways inconsistent with the values of your unit. Ask open-ended questions to better understand the root of the problem.

Follow through on a commitment to a team or person you are working with outside of your job that you have been procrastinating about.

Facilitate a mediation between family members in dispute and develop behavior and communication norms as part of the resolution.

Download Michelle McQuaid's Making Positive Psychology Work podcast and listen to Can You Build Happier Relationships at Work? Identify three takeaways that you will apply to cultivate a healthier relationship with a friend or family member.

Defend a recent decision that you made by aligning your unit's values to the final decision or the decision making process that was utilized.

Create a walk and talk program whereby any employee can schedule time on a particular day of each month to meet with you and guide the conversation.