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#Dispatches From the Front – Journal Editor Advice

By Karen Kelsky | March 2, 2020

In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. This week, the question is: “Journal Editors! What do you wish scholars understood better about the article publication … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front – Journal Editor Advice

Filed Under: Dispatches, Publishing Issues

Productivity: Escaping The Land of Stuck, Part 1: The Isle of Perfectionism

By Kel Weinhold | February 27, 2020

So you’re stuck. Welcome. We all spend time here now and again. How about we toss self-castigation into the bin and try a different tactic in getting unstuck. Step #1: Instead of being mad at yourself for ending up here, get curious. Grab … [Read more...] about Productivity: Escaping The Land of Stuck, Part 1: The Isle of Perfectionism

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Productivity: Play to your Strengths

By Kel Weinhold | February 20, 2020

We are all very good at identifying our weaknesses.And highlighting them.And worrying about them.And perseverating on them. To what end? Does intense focus on a supposed deficit change behavior? (Hint: The answer is no.) For some of us, … [Read more...] about Productivity: Play to your Strengths

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing

Productivity: Find What You Value. Follow It.

By Kel Weinhold | February 13, 2020

“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because … [Read more...] about Productivity: Find What You Value. Follow It.

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Productivity: Think less. Accomplish more.

By Kel Weinhold | February 6, 2020

Welcome to Week Three of creating your own Peak Productivity Pyramid. If you missed the first two, please read the one on Physical Capacity and the one of Emotional Capacity. The next level of the pyramid (after physical and emotional … [Read more...] about Productivity: Think less. Accomplish more.

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing

Productivity: Find Your Joy. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

By Kel Weinhold | January 30, 2020

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ” —Aristotle Welcome back to our four-part discussion of creating a Productivity Pyramid. If this is your first engagement with this idea, please be sure to read last … [Read more...] about Productivity: Find Your Joy. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Shame, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Productivity: It Starts in Your Body.

By Kel Weinhold | January 23, 2020

For the next four weeks, I am going to be writing about how to define and implement your Peak Performance Strategy. If that sounds nauseatingly like classic corporate speak, you are right. The idea comes from an article I read in The Harvard … [Read more...] about Productivity: It Starts in Your Body.

Filed Under: Productivity, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

Productivity: Please Step Away From The Edge

By Kel Weinhold | January 16, 2020

By Kel Weinhold After falling into the kind of writing “hiatus” I have coached thousands of people out of, I am taking my own advice and getting back on track with my once-upon-a-time weekly productivity column. The way to get back … [Read more...] about Productivity: Please Step Away From The Edge

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Unstuck

Dispatches From the Front: Dealing with a Difficult Dean/Chair

By Karen Kelsky | January 13, 2020

Welcome to our inaugural Dispatches From the Frontlines - our new weekly advice post based on the crowdsourced wisdom of our wonderful readers! Each Monday, we crowdsource a question we get from a reader on Facebook and Twitter with a link to a … [Read more...] about Dispatches From the Front: Dealing with a Difficult Dean/Chair

Filed Under: Dispatches, Postdoc Issues, Promote Yourself!, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia

“Yes, We Will Revise that R&R”: Birthing and Writing in the “Publish-or-Perish” Paradigm – Guest Post

By Karen Kelsky | September 23, 2019

I am pleased to host this guest post by Professor Margaret M. Quinlan and Bethany L. Johnson, authors of a new book, You're Doing It Wrong! Mothering, Media, and Medical Expertise (Rutgers U Press, 2019). See below for additional info and links … [Read more...] about “Yes, We Will Revise that R&R”: Birthing and Writing in the “Publish-or-Perish” Paradigm – Guest Post

Filed Under: Intersectional Analyses, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Surviving Assistant Professorhood, Tenure--How To Get It, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

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