English 
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Do you want to boost your productivity?
Coaching can help!
I offer 1:1 confidential coaching sessions so that you can tackle your specific situation in a systematic and supportive environment. I combine my qualifications in systemic coaching with my experience and expertise in the academic world. In these coaching sessions, I create room for topics that usually do not get enough attention in the academic setting.
Topics include:
Manage
yourself!
- You feel that you’re too busy and stressed to take care of yourself?
- Work-related topics are always on your mind, even on weekends and during holidays?
- You tend to procrastinate certain aspects of your work?
- You have lost motivation and love for your research?
Plan your career!
- You have doubts whether academia is the right place for you?
- You are sure you want to have an academic career, but you don’t know how to go about it?
- You are facing an important career decision and are hoping to get outside perspective?
Work well with other people!
- You feel like you’re not getting enough support from your PI or colleagues to do your work or to proceed in your career?
- You want to improve relationships with certain colleagues?
- You suddenly have to manage people, but have never learned how to do so?
Present with self-confidence!
- You are nervous and stressed before giving presentations?
- You feel like your voice is often not heard or your ideas do not get as much attention as you would like?
- You need to prepare for an important talk or interview and want to attend with as much self-confidence as possible?
Why coaching?
If you want to maximise your productivity or are struggling with aspects of academic life, you are definitely not alone. While everyone I met during my academic career has started off highly motivated and passionate, day-to-day life and longer term career planning of scientists can be far from easy. Feeling overwhelmed, stressed and insecure are a common result. While universities and research institutes might offer soft-skill workshops and information weeks on mental health, there is usually not much individual support to look at your own particular goals, challenges and circumstances. Coaching offers exactly that!
What to expect
We will have confidential meetings that are focused on your specific situation. The aim is for you to gain insights and new perspectives on your goals and challenges, and on your personal strengths and resources that will help you to master them.
In the beginning of the coaching process, we will work out and precisely formulate your goals for the coaching. This is a bit like planning a research project and its specific aims and hypotheses.
The job of a scientist is to solve complex scientific problems by breaking a large project into smaller chunks. The systemic coaching approach I use relies on the same principles. In my coaching philosophy, you are the expert on your life and circumstances. My role is to help you structure your situation and reflect on it. I do this by asking questions that you have not asked yourself before and help you identify beliefs and assumptions that you may not be aware of. Sometimes I will also provide various tools or exercises.
We will investigate what may be the underlying factors that facilitate and maintain a challenging situation, and we will identify the factors that you have control over. I will help you to develop strategies for reaching your goals and for how you can live the academic life in a relaxed, content and self-effective way.
When is coaching not the right tool
Coaching is not the right tool if you are looking for a quick fix. I am a STEM scientist and I do not (claim to) have supernatural powers or miraculous machines.
Coaching is also not the right tool if you are looking for somebody to give you step-by-step instructions. The idea of coaching is that I support you in coming up with your own instructions, which takes time and proactivity.
Coaching is also not the right tool if you are looking to develop or improve specific skills (in that case, I recommend looking at Training options).
Coaching is not psychotherapy. If you think you may have a mental health issue that requires therapeutic intervention, coaching cannot replace that.
What next
Get in touch and we will arrange a free 30-minute discovery session (per telephone or video conference) to get to know each other and discuss your individual coaching goals. Depending on the topic and circumstances, we will then arrange individual coaching sessions. These can take place either virtually or in person in Leipzig
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