Bored of setting unrealistic plans and then beating yourself up when you don't follow through?
The Be Your Own Best Boss course teaches you how to support yourself to achieve your goals in a way that feels supportive, effective, and fun.
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The Be Your Own Best Boss course
isn't just your standard time-management training
 More than "tools"
The course helps you understand why you don't just need a new fancy system. Instead you'll learn how to build compassionate and consistent work habits to help achieve your goals.
Reflective activities
Throughout the course, you'll have reflective activities to complete, which help you understand and apply what you are learning. You can work through them bit-by-bit or binge them in one go if you prefer!
Experienced coach
The course is written by someone (me!) who not only has a PhD but has supervised a bunch of students to successful completion and trained and coached hundreds more.
 Specific examples
We'll learn about the importance of mindset and self-talk, but we'll also cover specific methods of managing your time, your tasks, and planning and reviewing your progress.Â
Hi, I'm Dr Vikki Wright
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I am an award winning professor with 20 years experience of postgraduate training and supervision. At the same time, I really struggled with procrastination and overwhelm.Â
Learning about mindset and self-talk changed everything for me. I learned to stop beating myself up and enjoy the work I was doing. Now I teach PhD students and academics how to apply this learning to managing their time, tasks and progress.Â
When I’m not coaching, I am usually snuggling my rescue labrador and getting over excited about new hobbies (currently flying trapeze, mixed media art, and trying to find a paddleboard polo club).
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My approach
I know how hard academia can be. I'm not going to tell you to "get a planner" and "be disciplined". We're going to find the real issues and come up with a plan that feels good.Â
The course takes you through step-by-step, identifying what you need from your own "boss" and how to give yourself what you need.Â
My Coaching Credentials
What is the Be Your Own Best Boss course?Â
This is a self-paced online course that helps you recognise what sort of boss you are to yourself at the moment. From there, we identify what you want to change so that you can become your own best boss.
Who is it for?Â
The Be Your Own Best Boss course is for anyone who:
- Beats themselves up a lot
- Makes unrealistic plans or doesn't plan at all
- Keeps buying new planners or systems but finds they're never quite "right" and don't solve the problem
- Struggles to prioritise when everything feels important
- Feels like time is passing too fast and they have too much to do.
What you will get in the course
Module 1 - Be the boss you need
Recognise how you currently speak to and organise yourself and understand the impact this has on your productivity and well-being. Start to identify how you want to lead yourself in future.Â
15 lessons
Module 2 - Organise your time and projects
Learn how to manage your time and tasks using my role-based time blocking system. This approach was specifically designed to support the varied and unpredictable tasks associated with academia.
14 lessons
 Module 3 - Follow your plans
Figure out why you sometimes don't follow your plans and what you can do about it. Learn specific techniques that address the real issues.
16 lessons
Module 4 - Plan and review your months and quarters
Develop a theory-informed approach to longer-term planning so that you can prioritise and achieve your goals.
10 lessons
Conclusion and final tips
This final section will help ensure that you apply all this learning and become the boss you want to be.
Investment
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FAQ
Should I buy this course or join The PhD Life Coach membership?
I’m a first year/final year/part-time student - how do I know if it’s right for me?
I don’t have a great supervisor. Does this course teach me how to supervise myself?
Let’s be our own best boss
 Self-talk, task management, prioritisation, and planning
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