Better advising is essential. Encourage the writing minor. Almost everything we're talking about takes money. Administrators need freedom so they can have more time to raise funds, etc. Faculty need to get more involved in fundraising.
Flexibility can lead to people feeling shortchanged.
Tolerate variation in levels of activities. If one person teaches less but does another activity more, others might need to recognize this is not unnecessarily unfair to those who teach more. Flexibility in lifestyles. Flexibility in expression. Flexibility in other scheduling.