Performing in the Storm: From Procrastination to Bright Beginnings (703)

6 March 2025

Dr Thomas Teichler

As a doctoral candidate or researcher, you may face an increasing demand on your time: there is a continuous flow of tasks, emails, and meetings calling for your immediate attention next to your own ambitious projects. Moreover, there is the mental pressure resulting from working from home.

All this may result in unrealistic expectations on what can be achieved in a day. Eventually, even high performers struggle to stay motivated and to deliver and end up depleted until, inevitably, performance will drop. Then it is important to rebound quickly.

Our Workouts are highly experiential and intensive. You work on your own life situation. Therefore, we ask you to bring a story to share that is relevant to the topic. In each Workout, you will learn how to shift your mindset, acquire one or two state-of-the-art techniques for your self-management, and create a practice that will help you to navigate stressful situations in the future. The workouts last two and half hours and are limited to 18 participants. Every Workout is a standalone training that can be taken without attending the other Workouts.

Most of us are very familiar with procrastination: we want to get things done, yet fail to start or to finish our task, even when we are well aware of its negative consequences.

By the end of this Workout you will:

• Know how to recognize your procrastination patterns;
• Know what type of procrastinator you are;
• Get practical tips on how to tackle procrastination, including how to set powerful intentions and the 2-minute rule.

Altogether, these learnings will help you to overcome procrastination and to get "back on the horse" should it occur again.

During the workshop participants will experience a trustful and engaging environment, where they will feel comfortable to open up and share their experiences, while being challenged to stretch and take some action. Thereby, participants will have a chance to not only learn new techniques but also build confidence.

ONLINE!

Date: Thursday, 6th March 2025

Schedule: 9 am to 11:30 am

Place: Online, on Zoom

Trainer:

Dr Thomas Teichler is a certified Co-active coach, trainer and consultant on leadership, team development, and change management. After a few years with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants he set up his own market research and coaching business, before writing a PhD about science cooperation in the high-tech and security sector at the European University Institute in Florence. As a policy consultant Thomas worked for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at Manchester Business School in the UK and for Technopolis Group in Germany. He advised the European Commission, national governments and international organizations on research and innovation policy. He trains doctoral students and post-docs at universities in Switzerland and Germany, as well as the Max Planck Society.

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