Download and listen to the Managers Tool podcast episodes relating to onboarding.

Determine ways to leverage strengths of some of your employees with the weaknesses of others.

Demonstrate bystander intervention techniques when the situation warrants.

Delegate a decision to a direct report in which all of the facts or data are not present. Offer your support to facilitate their growth in this area if they seek it.

Create your own group of mentors who will meet with you to offer advice about your professional goals, aspirations, and challenges.

Create and implement a buddy system for new hires to facilitate acculturation to the group.

Create an improvement plan with a direct report to strengthen a weak skill that they need to perform their job. Designate a deadline and locate resources that the person can use.

Create an action plan to learn one new skill well within six months (e.g., ballroom dancing, speaking a foreign language, story telling).

Create an account on Workplace and join groups that pertain to your line of work and areas of interest.

Create a reverse mentoring program that enables older, more experienced employees to interact and learn from younger colleagues (e.g., younger hires teach older hires new technologies and older employees impart institutional wisdom).