Attn: Graduate Students, Post Docs and Faculty…

Would you like to:

• Make steady progress in your research and writing?
  
• Work without feeling stressed and overwhelmed?
• Make the most efficient use of your time?
• Balance work demands with the other things that are important to you?
• Finish a thesis or dissertation?
• Publish a paper or book?
• Reach tenure?
• Find an academic position?

Our Mission:

To help you successfully reach your academic and career goals in an efficient and satisfying manner.

Our Bigger Mission:

To help you enjoy and find satisfaction in academia.

What we can help you do:

• Identify and overcome any ineffective work habits.
• Clarify your priorities.
• Develop a work schedule that will work for you.
• Help you stay focused and on track.
• Maintain steady and consistent progress.
• Get your work done while still “having a life.”
• Feel a sense of personal satisfaction and enjoyment about your work.
• Successfully meet your goals.

I'm Ready! How Do I Get Started?

• Browse the coaching options listed below.
• To discuss coaching with our Academic Ladder Coaches, simply email Jayne London at Jayne@AcademicLadder.com .
• Jayne will contact you within 24 hours to set up a time to chat with you about how one of our coaches can help you.

1. The Academic Writing Club

The Academic Writing Club is a four-week online program that, as painlessly as possible, empowers you to:

• Learn practical strategies for developing a daily writing plan
• Put those strategies in place using an online accountability tool
• Develop a plan for maintaining your new level of productivity

2. Individual Coaching

Weekly 30 or 45-minute individual telephone sessions. We focus exclusively on your needs and goals. We can help you get prioritize, get organized, and stay on top of tasks, and we'll teach you the strategies you need to achieve your goals. We can help you to get unblocked creatively and in some cases provide you with objective feedback about your work. You can brainstorm with us about ideas, and become more clear about your arguments. We will listen and offer knowledgeable and impartial advice about the departmental challenges you face. Our goal is to help you finish your dissertation, article or book and get it published.

3. Group Coaching

Weekly 60-minute group telephone sessions utilizing a telephone bridge line. We will focus on time management and accountability, with an emphasis on small consistent actions that lead you to your goals. You will receive support and valuable, unbiased feedback. The members of the group can be a sounding board for problematic issues that you may be facing, and a source of encouragement. Each group has its own private listserv for communication during the week. CONFIDENTIALITY will be emphasized.

Is Gina Hiatt available for coaching?

Due to a busy schedule, Gina is taking only a limited number of clients.

Click here to learn more about Gina.