Serve on or consult with the leadership of a community organization or nonprofit seeking strategic planning direction to change and innovate.

Serve on a municipality's planning commission.

Serve on a capital campaign committee.

Serve as the representative for your unit on a university-wide project.

Serve as a mentor for an organization developing leaders outside of the university.

Seek outside perspectives for input on a new initiative.

Seek opportunities to serve on a U-M task force or innovation team that serves as a pipeline for new initiatives.

Seek insights into improving particular services, processes or systems from your team and colleagues across the university.

Seek feedback from a coach, mentor, or colleagues about one message that you are developing that explains goals and the reasons behind them.

Seek and meet leaders who successfully engaged their team during a change initiative.