Open a team meeting with a positively framed icebreaker question.

Offer to work on a project or task with a tight deadline.

Offer to work on a new initiative.

Offer to run a part of project with an established due date and expected outcomes. Select a process mapping tool from ITS to use.

Offer to research U-M Sexual Misconduct Reporting and Resources with a faculty or staff member who has confided in you about an inappropriate interaction with a coworker.

Offer to research different data metrics that could work well in your line of work. Report your finding at a team meeting.

Offer to research a new product or service to be offered by your unit.

Offer to help a colleague (e.g., proofread a document, look up directions for an event).

Offer to coach a peer from a different group than your own.

Offer different perspectives than those already presented.