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.

Advertise job postings throughout your internal and external networks and those of the university. Utilize the U-M Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion resources to post to diverse organizations.

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.