Workshop: Time Management: How to Work Smarter Instead of Harder

We all have 24 hours of time every day, so how is it that some people can do more than others during that time? This workshop will not give you more hours in your day, but it will teach you how to be attentive and thoughtful with your time so that you can be more productive, and enjoy what you do with your days.

Target group

Young to experienced faculty members who want to improve their time management and work more efficiently.

Goals

• Identify where your time goes.
• Identify your priorities.
• Identify the factors that prevent you from effectively managing your time.
• Learn to set achievable goals and stick to them.
• Learn to meet deadlines.
• Learn to work in a concentrated manner and avoid procrastination.
• Learn to reduce and manage time related stress.
• Learn to be in control of your time.

Content

Time is our most precious asset. What we do with our time is what we do with our lives. To have a good life, it is therefore important to manage one's time wisely. However, the daily life of a researcher and the demands associated with an academic career make this task difficult. There are so many things competing for our time: conducting research projects, writing papers, teaching, attending work meetings, applying for conferences, responding to other people's requests, social commitments, family, errands, etc. So much to do, so many distractions, and so much pressure to be successful!

This workshop is designed to help you manage your time and make the most of it. To this end, we will identify where your time is currently going, what are your priorities, and how to achieve your goals. You will learn simple methods to organize your time more efficiently, work smarter instead of harder, and enjoy what you do with your days.

Methods

This workshop is interactive and takes place in a relaxed atmosphere. It consists of discussions, individual and group exercises, and short presentations based on lectures. The contributions and methods taught in this workshop are easy to use, effective, and directly applicable to the participants' current situation.

• Identifying where your time goes and factors, that go against managing your time effectively.
• Identifying priorities.
• Learn to set goals and meet deadlines.
• Learn to focus better on your work and avoid procrastination.
• Learn to be in control of your time and reduce and manage time related stress.