Has your academic job exploded out of its boundaries?
You want to be in the ivory tower, not the air traffic control tower! Join me and steer clear of burnout and the ever-expanding to-do list!
with
Jennifer Askey
with
Jennifer Askey
PhD, CPCC, PCC | Academic Coach
You’re constantly putting out fires. You’re so buried in paperwork and committees that you barely have time for meaningful work.
You're not sure how long you want to keep this up!
Re-design and re-prioritize your academic career in five essential steps.
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Join an upcoming cohort
Flourishing at Work in Academia
Cohort 2
$1200 CAD
Dates
June 15 - Aug 17, 2022
Application Deadline
June 15, 2022
Are you a professor(*) struggling with the following?
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You’re in the early or mid-stages of your career worried about burnout, a lack of balance, and an ever-expanding to-do list.
02
You want to create sustainable work habits, not suffer through all-nighters, writing sprints, or bootcamps.
03
You want to create a career you love and the impact you desire, not suffer through a job for a paycheck.
(*)Professor is a catch-all term. Tenure-track, tenured, adjunct, sessional, soft-money, research-focused, etc. All are welcome and if this speaks to you, this is FOR you!
Key outcomes
Discover FLOW and find ease, rather than struggle
You're burned out because of all the demands placed on your time and energy.
Getting into the Flow state increases your productivity and reduces stress.
Know that your efforts are worth it because you're connected to your purpose.
Design habits that work for you
You have a planner or calendar and it contains hour after hour of interruptions to your work, commitments to other people, and obligations that pull you in multiple directions.
You'll streamline and focus your planning system (or create one!) to represent your priorities.
Articulate a career vision and purpose to guide you
Develop a litmus test for opportunities, costs, rewards, and risks in your career. This focuses your time and attention, saves you energy, and reinforces joy!
Decisive prioritization!
If the opportunity isn't a clear HECK YES, then it is likely a HELL NO! Create a system to eliminate waffling in uncertainty!
Meet your instructor
Jennifer Askey
PhD, CPCC, PCC
I have been an academic coach for five years, working with academics one-on-one to help them identify and meet their career goals.
In this course, I am taking the key foundational steps I provide for all of my one-on-one clients and putting them together in an accessible, cohort-based course that gives you the best possible foundation for career planning, career decision making, and productivity.
Not only will you learn key wellbeing and productivity strategies, you'll learn and practice them together, with other smart, dedicated, cool people who want academic life to be fun and rewarding.
Before I became a coach, I was an adjunct professor, a visiting professor, a tenure-track then tenured professor, Dean's project coordinator, and a Learning and Professional Development Coordinator -- all in higher education.
In addition to my Ph.D. in German Literature, I am a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach with CTI, and a Professional Certified Coach through ICF, and a certified Positive Intelligence coach.
Join an upcoming cohort
Flourishing at Work in Academia
Cohort 2
$1200 CAD
Dates
June 15 - Aug 17, 2022
Application Deadline
June 15, 2022
Course syllabus
01
Intro Session: Setting the Stage
In this session, you'll meet your cohort and instructor. Navigate the course platform.
Use the PERMA tool to assess your wellbeing and decide on your focus for the course.
- Positive Emotions
- Engagement
- Positive Relationships
- Meaning
- Achievement
02
Define Success
What does success look like for you? In this session you'll
- create a "vision of success statement"
- prioritize your professional activities according to your vision of success
03
Get in Alignment
How you spend your days is, after all, how you spend your career. In this session, you'll start aligning, de-prioritizing, and planning the actual work, rest, and new learning you need to do to reach your definition of success.
04
Integration & Coaching
You "get" it, but are you doing it?
Are you stuck and in need of encouragement or strategies to get unstuck?
Do you need the commitment of a work session to actually do some calendar cleanup, some emailing, some drafting?
Let's get some work done!
05
Activate Your Network
You don't do this alone. You need allies, a warm and receptive audience, and cheerleaders. In this session, you'll learn
- where to find your people
- low-stress, high-impact ways of staying connected
06
Channel Zapping for Perspective
Each of us experiences about 60,000 thoughts per day, most of them popping into our minds without us having gone to look for them. Frequently, these thoughts are sabotuer driven. Ewwww. But you don't have to stay on tuned into Saboteur Radio.
In this session, you'll learn the value of positivity for productivity
- two key activities to access positi
07
Trust, Emotions, & Decision Making
At some point in creating goals and working toward them, you will wonder if it is safe to do so. This is where the juicy work of self-trust, using emotions as data, and "reading" your interpersonal environment all come into play.
In this session, you'll get a fresh new perspective on self-trust and learn a model for trust in your organization.
08
Integration & Coaching
You "get" it, but are you doing it?
Are you stuck and in need of encouragement or strategies to get unstuck?
Do you need the commitment of a work session to actually do some calendar cleanup, some emailing, some drafting?
Let's get some work done!
09
Draw a Roadmap
You have a picture of success in your mind, you have a sense of priorities to get you there. Now, in this session, you'll
- break your priorities down into goals for the year
- create your first 3-month plan for action
- say no to things that don't fit!
10
Crossing over into Commitment
11
Integration & Coaching
You "get" it, but are you doing it?
Are you stuck and in need of encouragement or strategies to get unstuck?
Do you need the commitment of a work session to actually do some calendar cleanup, some emailing, some drafting?
Let's get some work done!
12
Celebrate
All along the journey, you'll hold one another accountable, share insights and ideas, and celebrate your successes.
Welcome, friends!
May the camera always get your best angle!
Small Group Coaching
Active, not passive
This course focuses on live workshops and offers opportunities for micro-coaching, as well as feedback and support.
Create academic community
One of the pillars of wellbeing is positive social relationships. Join us to build an academic community that focuses on wellbeing.
Learn with a cohort of peers
In a cohort, one person's a-ha moment gets to be everyone's insight. Learn and grow together and increase your impact.
Frequently Asked Questions
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