Download the Harvard Business Review Ideacast podcast series and listen to the Feb. 5, 2016 edition, "How to Give Constructive Feedback". Reflect on two ways that you can improve your feedback and implement a strategy to do so.

Download and listen to the Managers Tool podcast episodes relating to onboarding.

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

Determine ways to leverage strengths of some of your employees with the weaknesses of others.

Demonstrate continued accountability to those with whom you work: meet deadlines, follow through on commitments.

Demonstrate bystander intervention techniques when the situation warrants.

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

Delegate a decision to a direct report in which all of the facts or data are not present. Offer your support to facilitate their growth in this area if they seek it.

Create your own group of mentors who will meet with you to offer advice about your professional goals, aspirations, and challenges.

Create and implement a buddy system for new hires to facilitate acculturation to the group.