Erin
McTigue

ACADEMIC COACHING is for faculty and researchers wanting to improve how they go about their daily work – to understand their motivations & roadblocks, harness their strengths, and try new approaches to get the important work done efficiently. Academic coaching overlaps with inquiry models of executive coaching in the business world but is specific to academia.

PRODUCTIVITY is the output of academia and is usually writing (e.g., articles, proposals, technical reports).  My work includes typical “writing coaching”, but goes beyond that.  For while  “not getting enough writing done” may reflect a need to improve writing skills, just as often, it can signal other work challenges (e.g., project management, effective limit setting, value conflicts).  Furthermore, I believe in Positivity — that academics possessing greater well-being, less stress and more joy at work will be more productive.