Keep a record of the workshops, conferences and events that you attend as well as events to attend in the future.

Join the leadership of an organization with many reporting arms (e.g., house of worship, national professional organization).

Join a Workplace U-M Community of Practice that will expose you to processes and systems that could be beneficial to your operations. Report findings to your team.

Join a working group, committee, or task force that is comprised of a cross section of representatives from U-M campuses.

Join a university-wide initiative that will bring major change to your unit.

Join a task force that is working on an unpopular action.

Join a cross functional U-M group (e.g., Voices of the Staff) to learn how such a group maintains the line of sight in creating value for stakeholders.

Join a university-wide initiative that will bring major change to your division.

Invite your mentee to join you for professional events. Before the next event, facilitate goal setting with the mentee (e.g., meet three people from Business and Finance and learn what they do).

Invite a peer to talk out a problem with you.