Ask your supervisor and other colleagues in your field for recommendations for regional or national organizations to get involved with.

Ask you supervisor about the reasoning behind a decision to assign you a particular assignment.

Ask two to three people, or your team, for their input on a decision you are making: request that they take different angles with their perspectives. Maintain confidences.

Ask to represent your unit in a university initiative.

Ask to manage a group of resistant people with low morale.

Ask for the other person's perspective if they dropped the ball on something. Actively listen, reflect, and paraphrase their response before commenting.

Ask someone who did not speak up in a meeting to share their thoughts with you afterward. Listen, make eye contact, reflect on their perspective before commenting.

Ask questions using positive inquiry (e.g., "Help me to further understand your point of view").

Ask open ended questions to better understand stakeholder needs.

Ask new hires, guests, and other stakeholders their personal pronoun preferences.