Talk with your supervisor about joining a committee within your unit or a university-wide group such as Voices of the Staff.

Talk with your direct reports about what excitement on the job looks like to them and assign more challenging assignments and a greater variety of opportunities.

Talk to your supervisor about appropriate unit committees to serve on and how to go about joining one.

Talk to the next person you are in conflict with. Address events or behaviors, not personality and identify areas of agreement and disagreement.

Talk to one of your mentors about professional organization committees or work groups to join and how to do so.

Take ownership of the learning opportunities that you engage in at U-M and keep a record to show your supervisor.

Take on a task that you have never tried, dislike or hate to do, and is outside of your domain. Stick to it and focus on the learning you've derived from it.

Take on a leadership role within a organization outside of work.

Take note of a colleague or senior leader who provides excellent feedback and note what is said and how it is presented. Try to emulate one or two of the behaviors or skills that you witnessed.

Take and encourage others to complete the Haven for Faculty and Staff program.