Attending To You

Attending to You

This workshop will encourage you to reflect on some of the personal qualities, feelings and attitudes that are an integral part of being an effective and impactful researcher.

How confident are you in what you and your research have to offer? Do you view networking as an agony to be endured or a priceless opportunity? When did you last take stock of your competencies and achievements? How good are you at asking for what you need? Do you ever get the feeling you are an imposter in the research world? Are you paying attention to YOU as well as your research?

This workshop provides an opportunity to explore some of these questions, the focus being set by delegates through a short pre-session assessment. You will be encouraged to reflect on your strengths and your attributes and also identify areas in which you need to develop and improve. Through guided activities and small group discussions you will be supported to challenge self-limiting beliefs, share tools and techniques for improvement and set yourself developmental tasks and goals.

This session is for you if:

• You want to explore your perception of yourself, including self-limiting beliefs
• You want to improve your confidence and credibility when communicating what you do
• You want to challenge yourself in areas that are holding you back

Key features of the session:

• Explore strengths and weaknesses with peers in an encouraging environment
• Set yourself tasks and goals to develop as a researcher
• Create a vision of you and your short, medium and long term research career