Identify where a task or assignment you perform fits in to the workflow process and where bottlenecks could occur.

Identify two people to shadow one another for half of a day and then trade tasks and assignments for a specific amount of time. Communicate openly with both participants about your intentions to use this opportunity to leverage their talents and foster their growth within the organization.

Identify those who are successful at developing their direct reports. Learn what they do. Reflect how those methods could be carried across the unit(s).

Hold brown bag events for direct reports and mentees. Familiarize them with culture change initiatives and available training and resources available from Organizational Learning.

Identify someone you work with who makes others feel valued, respected and included. Reflect on their behaviors and identify two to adapt to your daily practice.

Identify positive behaviors that your unit has established as norms (e.g., respectful interactions, how to disagree).

Identify bottlenecks that you or your team faces and present them to your supervisor or team to work out.

Identify and take several professional development classes (see the Education section of the Development Journey for resources).

Identify and meet with a direct report who is struggling. Where possible, offer positive, constructive feedback while also noting their accountability to the workflow and goals of the unit.

Identify and delegate a stretch assignment to a direct report that will help them to aspire to their goals.