Hold crucial conversations with individuals whose self interest and behaviors are detrimental to your unit.

Hold a town meeting about one topic that is a priority for your organization. Provide different feedback modalities to cultivate participation.

Hold a stakeholder meeting to come to consensus on behaviors that best create value for the diverse communities you serve and how to reinforce those behaviors.

Hold a brainstorming session to improve upon an existing product or service. To start, distribute index cards that participants use to write their ideas and submit anonymously.

Highlight in a weekly email or other publication a team that demonstrates the mission and values of your unit. Invite groups throughout your unit to share similar stories for publication.

Have a constructive conversation with an employee who appears to be acting in ways inconsistent with the values of your unit. Ask open-ended questions to better understand the root of the problem.

Handle a tough negotiation with an internal or external client. Beforehand, learn as much as you can about them to better understand their viewpoint.

Give presentations to your team about the ways in which your unit will execute a university initiative. Adjust your presentation based on the audiences.

Give a presentation about your unit's product or service at a Rotary or other community organization meeting.

Familiarize yourself with the Michigan Expectations Model and choose an area in which to grow your competencies.