This workshop will help you review your 'rules' of how you work, and adapt them to serve you better. You’ll review what really matters to you, and what that means for prioritising your workload in any given moment. Then you’ll be in a better place to define how you choose to work within and flex those changes. With greater clarity on your workload and what is really important to you, experiment with tools that help you optimise small pockets of time.

Learning outcomes

Engaging with this programme will enable you to:

• Gain clarity on your workload in your research context, and clearly define your priorities
• Explore the assumptions that underpin your current way of working - enhance what is working for you, and change what isn't
• Take more deliberate control of your attention, energy, and commitments, to experience a positive impact on your workload
• Adapt the 'how', 'when', and 'where' of your work in alignment with your daily rhythms
• Optimise your motivation by working with (rather than against) your preferences for starting, finishing, and progressing projects

Target audience

Postgraduate researchers at all stages and from all disciplines, and ECRs from all disciplines, broadly encompassing research assistants, postdoctoral researchers and research fellows at grades 6-8.

About the facilitator

This workshop is designed and delivered by Dr Sarah Robins-Hobden, chartered psychologist

About this theme

Grow workshops get you thinking about your personal effectiveness and career plans. Visit our Grow workshops page for more sessions.

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By: Zydrune Jasiunaite
Last updated: Tuesday, 28 January 2025