Workshop Overview

Contents

Time Management

• Tracking activities and tasks to free your mind

• Identifying time wasters

• Activity logs

• The relation of pressure, focus and quality

• Prioritizing

Basic Time Management Tools

• Covey Matrix

• Pomodoro

• 10 ways to say no

• Silent hours

• Task board / personal Kanban

Time Management in larger Projects

• Designing SMART instead of endless tasks

• Dangers within project plans and GANTT charts

• Tracking project spikes and overhead

Breakouts (optional)

• How to run a productive meeting

• How to make journal clubs more interesting

• How to keep your focus while writing

Finding the right balance

• How to achieve high performance?

• How to be happy in your personal life?

• What brings the two together

Workshop Structure

• Pre-workshop survey to identify relevant questions

• Lecture accompanied by a worksheet for participants

• 1-3 sample situations to analyze

• Group breakout session

• On-stage simulation involving participants

• Moderated Q & A session towards the end