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.

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

Enlist a team of family and friends to help you with a specific home improvement project.

Encourage a quiet and reserved colleague to express themselves in a meeting or class.

Develop stretch assignments for direct reports who demonstrate willingness to grow in their careers.

Delete your work email app from your phone during vacations. Designate one person who may contact you in an emergency.

Create an internship program for your department or team to bring in diverse students from the university.

Create a unit-wide succession plan based on best practices utilized by leaders across the university.

Create a subgroup for an organization that you volunteer with that identifies rising leaders and ways to leverage opportunities and responsibilities to promote their development.

Create a hiring guide for your group. Included DEI related questions during an interview (e.g., "What do you do to ensure that all members of your team feel included and feel their opinions are valued?").