Coach a rising leader whose team is operating sub-optimally.

Coach a rising leader through a time sensitive stretch assignment. Support them in breaking the assignment into chunks with deadlines and expectations.

Coach a rising leader on the organizational cultures found in higher levels of leadership at the university and how to navigate them.

Coach a rising leader about a work flow process that you were involved.

Coach a colleague in the ways that you translate goals into processes and metrics that achieve them.

Coach a colleague in an area of expertise that you have.

Choose and ask questions from The Book of Beautiful Questions to seek the root cause of a problem.

Check in with colleagues outside of your department and ask them about recent changes or upcoming changes in their department or unit. How are they responding to it? Ask them or help them to brainstorm the positive aspects of the change.

Check customer service metrics across campuses and check in for an informational interview with the unit with very high ratings.

Challenge a mentee by reviewing one to two case studies involving discretion (e.g., determining whether or not to fire a direct report, budget matters) and talk about how they would make their decisions.