Time Management

Target group

Doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers of all disciplines. Postdoctoral researchers in the faculty of medicine cannot participate in the workshop.

Content

Fundamental requirements for good time management during your research project:

• Setting smart goals
• Making decisions and developing initiative
• Gaining and re-gaining motivation along the journey

Strategies for efficient and effective use of time

• Time planning and your dissertation: long term planning with your master plan, weekly and daily planning
• Setting priorities (Eisenhower Method, Pareto Principle)
• Finding your balance: research project – job – private life
• Getting rid of time-killers
• Using high concentration techniques (silent hour, Pomodoro Technique)
• Controlling your inner state through relaxation techniques

Objectives

• You know how to plan on three timely horizons
• You know about different possible planning methods and know which one you should try
• You are able to analyze and improve your use of time applying the Eisenhower Matrix
• You know how to apply specific relaxation techniques to prevent and deal with stress
• You are able to use the Pomodoro Technique for high concentration phases

Methods

Trainer input; individual, partner, and group work; written and creative focusing exercises; relaxation exercises; guided and free sequences in which participants can develop images; brief presentations by participants; group reflection.