Time Management Challenges Are a Leadership Development Issue, Not a Personal Failing
In almost every research organisation, you’ll hear it said in one form or another: “I just need to get better with my time management.” It’s often spoken quietly, almost apologetically, by highly capable scientists who are juggling research, supervision, teaching, grant-writing, committee work, reporting, conferences, and, somewhere in the background, life. The implicit belief is […]
How Science Leaders Can Create a Supportive Culture Around Work-Life Balance
The lab lights are still on at 9 p.m. again. Someone’s running an overnight experiment, another is writing up results before a grant deadline, and someone else is fielding emails from three time zones away. So how can science leaders create a healthier work-life balance? If you work in marine science or any other research […]
What’s Really Getting in the Way? Rethinking Time Management for Scientists
You sit down to finally read that long-ignored paper, prep your strategy deck for next week’s funders’ meeting, or check in with a junior colleague who’s been visibly off their game. Then your inbox pings. Again. The meeting you didn’t ask for gets rescheduled. Again. And before you know it, it’s 5:30pm and the “real” […]
The Power of an Hour
The idea for this blog came from such an hour – a meeting last week with my business partner, Martin Bloxham and our marketing guru Richard. As Martin said the words “The power of an hour”, Richard and I immediately responded ‘that’s a great title’! And the meeting we had was indeed an hour with […]
The missing piece of the time management puzzle.
It’s 11 am, early November 2023 in a warm training room of a Westcountry organic food company. It’s the 2nd of 3 workshops I’m running for them on time management over a 5 month period and we’re about to encounter the ‘missing piece’. I’ve been running sessions, workshops and programmes on time management for over […]