Description
Getting the right things done properly can be difficult when we also consider the limited time available and the challenges that require confident responses, rather than avoidance and procrastination.
In our training offer we have 2 courses on Personal Effectiveness with more or less the same content. However, the courses are taught by a different trainer, and differ in time commitment. The short version (12 h) is given online anyway and the long workshop (21 h) is given on campus. While there may be some differences in content, it is pointless to take both courses. So choose the course according to your preference of location and time commitment. Below you find the detailed information per course.
Personal Effectiveness - 21h course
This course will help young researchers to cope better with the available working time by creating insight of the principles, techniques and methods of time management and personal organization, taking into account the specific situation of the university.
After completing the training, participants will be able to:
- setting goals (S.M.A.R.T.)
- maintain better Priorities
- add structure in the workplace
- work from the "clean desk" principle
- deal more effective with failures and interruptions
- identify time rovers and consciously tackle improvement
- monitor responsibilities more efficiently
- say "no" on an assertive way
- forget less
- create peace in their heads
- keep their message traffic under control
- e-mail more efficiently
- use their (electronic) agenda to the fullest.
Practical Information:
Dates and location :
Course HC03: 28 April, 5 & 12 May 2025 | 9h00 - 16h30 | Campus Middelheim - Building A - Room A.301 |
Teacher:
Tom Jacobs
Language of the course:
English
Docop-points:
This course counts for 2,1 docop-points.
Registration:
Via Sisa Self Service. Log in with your student account. Registration is possible as from 8 January 2025 and after you've been (re-)enrolled as a PhD student for 2024-2025.
Personal Effectiveness - 12h course
This workshop introduces tools and approaches to review how you spend your time and energy, allowing you to make conscious decisions and motivate yourself to respond to challenges. We add in practical tools for overcoming procrastination and developing confidence and apply these to real situations you bring along.
After these four, 3-hour workshops (online) you will understand, and/or be able to:
- assess your personal and professional priorities and values
- use models to understand and prioritise use of time and energy
- turn tips and tricks of time management into personalised actions
- identify reasons for procrastination and methods to get into action
- apply evidence-based tools to set practical goals
- understand a model of individual resilience, and use it to find actions to develop your resilience
- use ideas from a number of models of motivation to set compelling goals of your choice
- apply all of these to real situations from your life
Practical information:
Dates and location :
Course HC04: 4, 5, 6 and 7 March 2025 | 9h30 - 12h30 | online |
Course HC05: 10, 11, 12 and 13 June 2025 | 13h30 - 16h30 | online |
Teacher:
Jamie McDonald
Language of the course:
English
Docop-points:
This course counts for 1,2 docop-points.
Registration:
Via Sisa Self Service. Log in with your student account. Registration is possible as from 8 January 2025 and after you've been (re-)enrolled as a PhD student for 2024-2025.