Ask your supervisor to help you select the best decision making tool for a specific situation your team is encountering.

Ask your supervisor to explain the line of sight between your group's tasks and the mission and vision of your unit. Refer to the line of sight when motivating others.

Ask your supervisor if you can follow a new product or service through the entire idea, design, test market and launch cycle.

Ask two to three people, or your team, for their input on a decision you are making: request that they take different angles with their perspectives. Maintain confidences.

Ask to join of a task force or networking group that's addressing a pressing problem.

Ask each direct report what motivates them at work and then incorporate several motivators into a scope of their work.

Ask clients and other stakeholders their opinions and suggestions to improve processes and service.

Address mistakes as learning opportunities. Share a mistake that you made and how you learned from it.

Accept accountability for a role you may have played in a recent conflict, try to understand the perspective of others affected, work collaboratively to resolve the situation, and support one another.