Read the Coaching Habit and integrate the questions into your daily practice.

Read How to Create a Talent Management Process and reflect on the system that is currently in place. Identify areas of opportunity, collaborate with members of your unit to create and implement an action plan.

Reach out to others if you are stuck on a task or decision.

Raise the profile of a rising leader by inviting them to participate on a panel or committee.

Raise the profile of a high performing person you know by introducing them to people affiliated with organizations outside of the university.

Quiet or redirect the more extroverted and passionate members of a group outside of your direct role to provide opportunities for others to speak up.

Provide your mentor with the how and the why behind President Schlissel's University DEI Initiatives, including Campus Climate: Sexual Misconduct.

Provide the link to a map the next time that you send directions to someone.

Provide frequent regular feedback to direct reports. Start with positive comments pertaining to their performance or strengths before issuing constructive comments. Use specific examples.

Provide a meal to a direct report who is on medical leave. Drop it off yourself and visit for a short while. Coordinate with the person or the family to order a meal and have it delivered if the person lives or is receiving care outside of your area.