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

Explore the other person's perspective by asking questions, gathering information and actively listening.

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

Engage in conversation with everyone. Ask a few questions and listen intently. Share something about yourself.

Encourage your mentee to attend an upcoming DEI event with you. Invite other colleagues to join you with their mentees and to discuss the program afterward.

Encourage faculty or staff to present new knowledge that they learned in a class, via a stretch assignment, or in a coaching session with their team of colleagues.

Encourage colleagues whom you work with on U-M committees to take on a challenging assignment within that role. Provide supportive feedback and coaching if you have expertise in that area.

Encourage collaboration. Clearly define objectives and goals to your team and facilitate brainstorming and discussion to meet those goals. Offer support.

Encourage and promote the use of the U-M Provost holiday calendar when scheduling meeting and events.

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