Freie Plätze:
Are you having trouble sorting out your priorities? Are you unmotivated and feel that your life is not on track? If you answer yes to these questions, you may need to work on your vision. Envisioning the future and setting long-term goals is essential to living a fulfilled life, maintaining motivation and overcoming obstacles. In this shortcut session, you will develop a vision of your future that fills you with joy and set concrete goals to make that vision a reality.
The Productivity Shortcut Sessions are short, interactive webinars designed to boost your productivity and help you work with more focus and motivation. Each session tackles one key topic –procrastination, goals & focus– and offers science-based techniques you can apply immediately. You’re welcome to attend one, two, or all three sessions. Please note that separate registration is required for each webinar.
Target group
All employees at the WU who want to work with more clarity and purpose.
Goals
- Develop a long-term vision and find new motivation
- Clarify priorities
- Increase productivity
Content
Many people feel unclear about where they’re heading or how to structure their time meaningfully — especially in demanding work environments where everything feels urgent. This workshop helps you reconnect with your deeper sense of direction and translate it into concrete, achievable goals.
You’ll begin by creating a personal vision of what a fulfilling future could look like — not only in your career, but also in your life more broadly. From there, you’ll explore what steps might bring you closer to that future, anticipate possible obstacles, and turn your ideas into specific, realistic goals. Along the way, you’ll learn what makes goals effective and how to structure them in a way that actually supports motivation and follow-through.
By the end of the session, you’ll walk away with more clarity, a stronger sense of purpose, and practical tools to help you move forward with focus and intention.
Methods
The workshop is interactive and takes place in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. It combines short inputs, individual and group exercises, and guided discussions. All methods introduced are easy to apply, time-efficient, and directly relevant to your current work and challenges.
In cooperation with
This course is part of the ENGAGE.EU Staff Academy, an initiative to enable academic and administrative staff to take part in workshops across the partner universities of ENGAGE.EU (an alliance of leading European universities in business, economics, and the social sciences). Enhancing the professional skills of our staff is at the core of the ENGAGE.EU staff academy - an opportunity for you to access intercultural courses and new and rich experiences.
Registration process for WU staff:
Please register as usual via the "Register" button in the menu on the left and follow the instructions.
Registration process for staff members of ENGAGE.EU partner universities:
Please send us an e-mail to personneldevelopment@wu.ac.at with the following information:
- Course title
- Full name
- Gender
- Name of your university
- Organizational unit
- Personnel category: administrative or academic staff member, with or without leadership responsibility
Participation is free of charge for staff members of ENGAGE.EU partner universities. Nevertheless, please inform us before the deregistration deadline if you are unable to attend by email to personneldevelopment@wu.ac.at. There are often waiting lists and this will give another person the chance to attend.
The course is partly organized via the my.km platform. By registering, you agree to the processing of your data in accordance with our Data Protection Statement.
- Clarifying long-term vision and values
- Learning what makes goals effective
- Reflecting on possible paths toward a desired future
- Anticipating obstacles and preparing for them (WOOP technique)
- Setting specific, realistic short-term goals (SMART goals)
- Building momentum with practical next steps