Include information about your unit's DEI initiative and activities in the early stages of your new employee's onboarding.

Include a meeting between your DEI lead and new hires during the onboarding process.

If someone vents to you, try to put yourself in their shoes to better understand their perspective. Agree that their situation sounds rough or frustrating.

Identify those who are successful at developing their direct reports. Learn what they do. Reflect how those methods could be carried across the unit(s).

Host a meeting or brown bag lunch for faculty and staff who make hiring decisions to stress the need to hire high caliber, diverse people who will fit within the organization's culture.

Guide family or friends in making a decision pertaining to an important, complex matter.

Facilitate a long or short term strategic plan for an organization you volunteer with.

Focus on facts the next time you share your point of view.

For a professional organization that you belong to, plan and run a panel discussion about talent management systems, talent pipelines and succession planning.

Familiarize yourself with the resources and tools offered by the U-M Work-Life Resource Center and invite a representative to speak to your team.