Workshop Overview:
The objective of this workshop is to optimize your personal time and self-management
during the PhD period. The overall focus lies on the improvement of your current scientific
work situation and keeping life balance.

Working in science often implies a conflict in allocating time between own research and the
involvement in other projects. Moreover, you need to cope with uncertainty in your time
schedule and delays in information exchange. Good time and self-management enables you
to stay flexible and to actively react to unforeseen events.

In the workshop you will reflect on strengths and weaknesses of your personal work habits
and identify practical personal solutions. In various tutorials you will gain insight into
techniques and best practices for time and self-management, e.g. how to focus on priorities,
how to use your personal power peaks and how to become more resilient. We will discuss
daily disturbances in your current working environments and develop respective
counteraction procedures to enable the efficient achievement of your personal goals.

In this workshop, Dr. Julia F. Späth will cover the following topics:
(1) How to improve work-life balance
(2) How to achieve your goals
(3) How to prioritize tasks and projects
(4) How to maintain focus on work
(5) How to improve workflows
(6) How to reduce stress

Didactical Methods in the Workshop:

• tutorials on strategies, techniques, and practical tools
• situation analyses and individual reflections
• application of time management tools for specific practical problems
• exchange of experience on best practices in small groups and plenary sessions
• personal action planning and discussion of transfer issues