Analyze the purpose, required tasks and expected deliverables of a team that you are creating. Select and leverage team members based on complimentary skills, diverse experiences backgrounds and styles.

Analyze current on-boarding programming for your unit/group. With your team, create a needs assessment and collaborate to develop a 3-12 month on-boarding program that is unique to your group or department.

Always acknowledge others in your presence.

After a team meeting, share and request feedback on your notes with team members. Include action steps and note the responsible party.

Admit to your team or supervisor a mistake that you made. Promote mistakes as learning experiences.

Admit the next mistake that you make and strive to mitigate it.

Address mistakes as learning opportunities. Share a mistake that you made and how you learned from it.

Address a difficult problem that others have been unable to solve.

Actively recruit and assemble a team of people with diverse backgrounds, skills, perspectives and experiences.

Actively listen without distractions when a colleague is speaking.