Treat everyone with the same courtesy as they would want.

Treat everyone the way that they want to be treated.

Surface and meet with a staff member who demonstrates negative or harmful behaviors. Refer to the U-M Standard of Practice Guide or the Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX Office for resources.

Talk to your supervisor about workflow processes found in your group, specifically where your responsibilities fit.

Talk to your supervisor about shadowing the unit leader on site visits to groups throughout the organization to gain a better understanding of the work they do.

Take on a leadership priority where you will be charting a new opportunity involving conducting research, collecting and analyzing data, and making recommendations to senior leadership.

Talk with your direct reports about what excitement on the job looks like to them and assign more challenging assignments and a greater variety of opportunities.

Support your team. Advocate for them and use your networks to locate tools or resources they need to be successful.

The next time that you feel that someone is in conflict with you, ask them if they have a few minutes. Using active listening and open body language, share that you are feeling tension and would like them to share with you. Listen and pause before commenting.

The next time that silence falls on a meeting when comments are expected, ask a participant for their point of view.