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

Create and follow through with conversation guidelines for your team (e.g., everyone has a responsibility to share in discussions, challenge the idea and not the person, speak from experience, listen respectfully).

Create and distribute a sign up for someone in need of visits, meals, help around the house.

Create an internship program for your department or team to bring in diverse students from the university.

Create an improvement plan with a direct report to strengthen a weak skill that they need to perform their job. Designate a deadline and locate resources that the person can use.

Create an action plan to learn one new skill well within six months (e.g., ballroom dancing, speaking a foreign language, story telling).

Create an account on Workplace and join groups that pertain to your line of work and areas of interest.

Create a unit-wide succession plan based on best practices utilized by leaders across the university.

Create a subgroup for an organization that you volunteer with that identifies rising leaders and ways to leverage opportunities and responsibilities to promote their development.

Create a reverse mentoring program that enables older, more experienced employees to interact and learn from younger colleagues (e.g., younger hires teach older hires new technologies and older employees impart institutional wisdom).