by Damien | Jun 18, 2022 | Career, Time management, Work-life balance
My burnout experience: Four years ago, I took an unpaid leave of absence from my position as Chair in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. There were many reasons behind this decision, including Brexit and other personal reasons, but certainly one of... 
by Damien | Apr 7, 2022 | Career
Grant writing for promotion: In the many discussions we have had with academics from assistant professor to full professor, the biggest challenges faced by everyone are either time management or grant writing. It is the latter that we would like to address today.... 
by Damien | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Team
Expert coaching: Coaching has a powerful, positive impact on self-confidence, work-performance and wellness. Coaching is a highly personalized and individualized process where the coach accompanies you and works side by side with you towards the achievement of your... 
by Damien | Feb 8, 2022 | Education, Leadership
Andy Grove, ex-CEO of Intel, said: “Bad companies are destroyed by crisis, good companies survive them, great companies are improved by them”. I also believe that a crisis is a pivoting moment, and it is important to know when to pivot and in which direction. This... 
by Damien | Jan 19, 2022 | Leadership, Team, Time management
We are in a society of meetings. I spend half of my time in meetings. Meetings that I organise and meetings that I am invited. Most of them are short, between 15 min for my undergraduate students, to 30 min for my 1:2:1 meetings with my staff, to 1 h for research...
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