Create a reverse mentoring program that enables older, more experienced employees to interact and learn from younger colleagues (e.g., younger hires teach older hires new technologies and older employees impart institutional wisdom).

Create a project timeline that includes consideration of unexpected challenges and scheduled disruptions, such as holidays and illness.

Create a plan and an outline for the next message or announcement you need to make. Determine your audience, the main message, and your main objective as well as facts or a story that substantiate your topic and objective, and your closing.

Create a pilot project for a product or service that you are developing. Recruit a focus group of diverse constituents who fall within and outside of your target audience.

Create a network of stakeholders who can trust you with information pertaining to disruptive stakeholders. Honor their confidentiality.

Create a feedback system for internal and external stakeholders requesting suggestions for improvement.

Create a factual yet compassionate message pertaining to the need for an unpopular action. Take into consideration reactions that people have expressed and use empathy, recognizing the challenges of the situation.

Create a cross-level team to address a priority in your unit.

Create a cross functional, interdisciplinary, or multilevel employee involvement team to address problems from different perspectives and to discover new solutions.

Create a concise email to your reports explaining the reasoning behind certain goals. Invite feedback from a variety of stakeholders before sending.