Coaching for PhDs

• Individual life and career planning
• Individual analysis of strengths and weaknesses
• Job-related decision-making and defining goals
• Preparing your career entry after completion of the doctoral thesis
• Optimal presentation of your own personality in a professional context
• Personality development
• Work/life balance

Coaching for PhDs starts with a non-binding, 40-minute preliminary talk. Contents of the talk are:

• Getting to know each other (coach and PhD student)
• Clarifying working methods for the coaching
• Clarifying organisational questions
• Discussing the PhD student's topics

The coaching process itself is divided into 5 appointments, each with a duration of 1,5 to 2 hours. The appointments take place every 2 to 4 weeks. During these appointments, the respective coaching topics are discussed. About 3 months after the final appointment, a telephone appointment takes place to facilitate implementation of the solutions and goals discussed.

Please be aware that the coaching process takes about 3 to 5 months. This time frame results from the structure of the coaching (number of appointments, frequency of appointments).

• Voluntary participation in the coaching
• Motivation to work on yourself and your personal goals
• Willingness to invest time outside of the appointments for preparation and post-processing (e.g. reflection practices)
• PhD supervisor at TU Braunschweig

• "I was able to discover my and new skills - This was very helpful for my professional perspective"

• "My coach was always flexible to my wishes and topics"

• "The atmosphere in the coaching was always positive, appreciative and pleasant - I always came out with a smile"

• "I had a lot of time to myself: to think, reflect and talk"

• "Through the helpful questions in the coaching I got out of my mental impasse"

• "Through the coaching I was able to organize my diffuse thoughts, write them down and finally tackle them in a goal-oriented way"