Effective Strategies for PhD Productivity and Self-Care
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3 x 3 hr. webinars
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Trainer: Mark Edwards
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Maximum output from yourself, your projects and your cooperation partners 1 min 08 secs
On three subsequent mornings, this group experience workshop examines common challenges faced by PhD researchers in maintaining productivity without compromising well-being. Using a combination of guided discussion, small-group work, and expert-led tutorials, participants will engage with issues stemming from three sources: from individual behaviours, from workload pressures, and from interpersonal dynamics.
Solutions to problems from the self:
How to change our habits, thinking patterns and mindset
Keeping stress at bay, and developing academic resilience
Dismantling practical and psychological barriers to writing
Good habits of personal self-care for productivity
Solutions to problems from the workload:
Simple time and activity management techniques that really work
Retaining focus and completing on time
7 methods of prioritisation
How clarity of purpose, vision and defined goals inform where to spend your effort
How to make hard choices: looking beyond completion
Simplifying your PhD – productive work organization methods
Knowing when enough is enough
Solutions to problems from other people
Dealing effectively with external blocks and disruptions
Managing your relationship with your supervisor
Leadership from all positions in the hierarchy
Appreciative communication and managing conflict
Learning to flex your communication style
Methods
The seminar comprises inspirational input, lively and challenging exercises, small group work and group discussion. An exciting learning atmosphere is created, and sustainable results obtained.
On three subsequent mornings, this group experience workshop examines common challenges faced by PhD researchers in maintaining productivity without compromising well-being. Using a combination of guided discussion, small-group work, and expert-led tutorials, participants will engage with issues stemming from three sources: from individual behaviours, from workload pressures, and from interpersonal dynamics.
Solutions to problems from the self:
How to change our habits, thinking patterns and mindset
Keeping stress at bay, and developing academic resilience
Dismantling practical and psychological barriers to writing
Good habits of personal self-care for productivity
Solutions to problems from the workload:
Simple time and activity management techniques that really work
Retaining focus and completing on time
7 methods of prioritisation
How clarity of purpose, vision and defined goals inform where to spend your effort
How to make hard choices: looking beyond completion
Simplifying your PhD – productive work organization methods
Knowing when enough is enough
Solutions to problems from other people
Dealing effectively with external blocks and disruptions
Managing your relationship with your supervisor
Leadership from all positions in the hierarchy
Appreciative communication and managing conflict
Learning to flex your communication style
Methods
The seminar comprises inspirational input, lively and challenging exercises, small group work and group discussion. An exciting learning atmosphere is created, and sustainable results obtained.
