We catalyze change by recognizing its need, challenging the status quo, energizing stakeholders* and those we serve, and championing experiments to improve.
Identify an opportunity for your group or within a project and share it with your team.
Identify a skill or process that you need to learn and is too challenging to master on your own. Request a peer coach to help you master that competency.
Identify a process that could use improving and ask your supervisor if you can research ways to do that.
Identify a particular areas that you would like to learn about. Create a survey and send it to stakeholders in that area.
For a professional organization in which you are involved, agree to address and work on a process or policy that requires review and revision.
Follow through on tasks assigned to you that are associated with a change.
Follow a process from start to finish and make recommendations on ways to improve it.
Facilitate the creation of a mission statement for an organization your are involved in. Throughout the process, request feedback on potential obstacles and alternatives. Revisit the statement annually.
Explore the U-M ITS website for more productive and engaging ways to accomplish an existing task and present to your team.
Examine the cultural dynamics within your unit, and the pervasive types of conflict that arise from them.
