by Damien | Sep 16, 2024 | Career, Personal Development
Academia is a long career in which most postdoctoral researchers or assistant professors are not really well prepared. A lot of the learning and skills in managing and leading your career is acquired over time through experience. During that journey, there are many... 
by Damien | Mar 22, 2024 | Career, Personal Development, Work-life balance
We have all heard about the importance of building resilience. Resilience is often considered a characteristic of people who are professionally and personally successful or have things ‘all figured out’. It is basically the skill and the capacity to be robust under... 
by Damien | Jul 31, 2023 | Career, Time management, Work-life balance
End of a cycle We are currently at the end of a cycle that is bringing a lot of changes in the world (see Ray Dalio). Before a new order and a new era come, there will be most likely difficult times for quite a few years. This process started in 2008 with the... 
by Damien | Apr 9, 2023 | Career, Time management, Work-life balance
The “wheel of life” is a powerful tool that will not only help you to evaluate each aspect of your life, but it will also help you to set goals in your areas of personal and professional interest, and live a balanced life. The first time I did this exercise I was... 
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....
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