Confidence. Get it, Feel it!

A researcher’s guide to gaining and maintaining the quiet confidence and motivation essential to gaining a Ph.D. and cultivating career success

You need to believe that you can go out and achieve things but that’s not the same as thinking that you’re above other people. This workshop will teach you how to gain and really feel the quiet confidence you need to succeed.

Self- confidence determines what you attempt, the strategies you adopt and how others respond. Most importantly, it determines the outcomes of your actions. Your attitude can mean the difference between success and failure. Maintaining an appropriate level of confidence is essential. This workshop covers effective ways to actually be able to feel good confidence and to be positively assertive in a way that does not alienate others.

The workshop will also have a section on how to deal effectively with overconfident people. The workshop covers special techniques for understanding hidden motivations and strategies for responding to the conflicts commonly encountered in the workplace. The workshop will also cover non-aggressive and non-confrontational techniques for ensuring the improvement and maintenance of productive, harmonious working relationships.

This workshop covers:

  • Self-awareness and how it is maintained
  • The problems of changing low self-confidence
  • Building and maintaining appropriate confidence
  • Assertiveness without confrontation
  • Dealing with difficult people

Outcomes:

Participants will learn how to effectively build self-confidence beyond the often-fleeting confidence that comes with a success milestone. Confidence built gradually but firmly that can withstand difficult times and situations. Confidence that will last.

Workshop style:

The workshop draws on the personal experience of all participants as well as that of the trainer, thereby ensuring that the training is specific for and relevant to the participants’ individual needs. The workshop will be a structured discussion forum to facilitate ideas and develop strategies.

The workshop will be informal, fun and tailored to the exact needs of the participants.

Friday

June 6, 2025

9 am - 5 pm

Attention

On campus workshop: the room will be announced via E-Mail.

  • Course language: English
  • Registration deadline: May 21st, 2025
  • Trainer:
    Rob Thompson,
    RTTA – soft skills for real results
  • Course number: 2025/13_GA

You have to register via the registration form above. Once the Graduate Academy confirms the registration, it is binding. The workshop is free of charge. The terms and conditions listed within the registration form are valid.

Rob Thompson has worked both in industry and with research scientists. He has over 15 years’ experience as a trainer helping groups to improve their skills. His workshops are very interactive with the goal that participants find the techniques and practices work best for them as individuals.