38 pages tagged "work-life balance"

Having an academic identity crisis after becoming a full professor?
04 Feb 2026 (updated 03 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Introducing a white paper to inspire you to start reflecting on the necessity, meaning, and joy in your academic career

CYGNA: Our 6th end-of-year meeting
14 Jan 2026 (updated 06 Dec 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 68th CYGNA meeting - two hours filled with reflections and fun

Academic well-being: resources for physical & mental well-being and energy management
03 Dec 2025 (updated 18 Nov 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Collates various resources on academic well-being for easy acccess and reference

Why did I take early retirement & farewell messages
01 Oct 2025 (updated 11 Oct 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
A year after retiring from Middlesex University I have finally managed to write up a post about this; it includes the many lovely farewell messages of my wonderful MDX colleagues

Every little action counts booklet now available
24 Sep 2025 (updated 31 Aug 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Announces the publication of Positive Academia's first booklet

CYG: Career stage CYGs
19 Dec 2024 (updated 16 Sep 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Introductory page for our new career stage CYGs [Cygna special interest groups]

Cygna Collaborations
19 Dec 2024 (updated 14 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Collation page for our new Cygna collaborations initiative - this page reports on some of the many collaborations our swans have engaged in across the CYGNA network in the past decade

Get Ready, Set, Go: The Doctoral Research Journey and Top Tips Workshop
22 Jan 2025 (updated 23 Jan 2025) - Susanna Menis
Joining CYGNA fostered belonging, empowered collaboration, and enriched my personal and academic growth.

CYGNA: End of 2024 celebration - ABC of research careers, Christmas carols and more...
22 Jan 2025 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 62nd CYGNA meeting - two hours filled with learning and fun

CYGNA: Our 4th Christmas meeting - failure & fun
08 Jan 2024 (updated 09 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 56th CYGNA meeting - two hours filled with stories about rejections in journal publishing, secret santa, and new year resolutions

CYGNA: Past, present, and future
06 Nov 2023 (updated 21 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 54th CYGNA meeting where we discussed the network's history, its expanded coordination team, and our exciting plans for the future

CYGNA: Thriving in Research and Coping with Uncertainties
14 Jun 2023 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 53rd CYGNA meeting: combining career development with relaxing and invigorating conversations

CYGNA: Kind and inclusive networking
26 Apr 2023 (updated 06 Sep 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 52nd meeting of the CYGNA network dealing with the why, where and how of networking in CYGNA

How to prepare a large-scale ESRC funding application?
27 Feb 2023 (updated 11 Feb 2025) - Bianca Stumbitz
Seminar in the Management, Leadership & Organizations Department seminar series at Middlesex University

Seven signs it’s time to get out: spotting toxic collaborations in academia
23 Jan 2023 (updated 10 May 2025) - Martyna Śliwa
Advice on how to spot the signs that a collaborative relationship isn’t nourishing to us and is possibly not worth continuing

CYGNA @50 and Christmas celebration 2022
16 Jan 2023 (updated 05 Sep 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 50th (!!!) CYGNA meeting. Strikes thwarted our big plans, but we still had fun.

Performance in the workplace: what’s dance got to do with it?
13 Jun 2022 (updated 13 Jun 2022) - Michela Vecchi
Summarizes a recent study on the effect of dance on well-being and productivity at work

CYGNA @EIBA Madrid 2021
14 Feb 2022 (updated 01 Mar 2025) - Ciara O’Higgins
Report and pictures by members of the CYGNA network at the EIBA conference

CYGNA: Secret Santa at the 2nd pandemic Christmas
17 Jan 2022 (updated 11 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 44th CYGNA meeting with a Secret Santa Christmas celebration

Citizens of the Organization
06 Feb 2016 (updated 14 Mar 2021) - Anne Sigismund Huff
Closing commentary on Wives of the Organization offering suggestions on how to be a better organizational citizen

Wives of the Organization
06 Feb 2016 (updated 14 Mar 2021) - Anne Sigismund Huff
An essay about how female academics often end up doing the academic equivalent of housework

Introduction to Wives of the Organization
06 Feb 2016 (updated 14 Mar 2021) - Anne-Wil Harzing
An exchange between Alison Konrad and Anne Huff to introduce Wives of the Organization

Wives of the organization - 30 years on...
08 Mar 2021 (updated 19 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Celebrating International Women's day with a reprint of a post on Anne Huff's classic treatise that has lost none of its potency

CYGNA: REF and Christmas during a pandemic
05 Jan 2021 (updated 11 Dec 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 36th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on REF and A Christmas celebration

CYGNA: The wonderful world of book publishing
12 Dec 2020 (updated 26 Aug 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 35th CYGNA meeting with three publishers discussing textbooks, research books and practice books

CYGNA: Female leadership in Higher Education
29 Oct 2020 (updated 01 Apr 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 33rd CYGNA meeting - our first in a full academic year of online meetings

2nd CYGNA Global Virtual Meeting: MBTI & Stress
16 Jul 2020 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 32nd CYGNA meeting - our second virtual meeting discussing stress trigger factors for different MBTI types

1st CYGNA Global Virtual Meeting: Coping with a Pandemic
06 Jun 2020 (updated 05 Sep 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 31st CYGNA meeting - our first virtual meeting dealing with work-life balance during a pandemic

Be proactive, resilient & realistic!
07 Jan 2020 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Argues that as an academic you are an independent professional shaping your own career

CYGNA: Work intensification, well-being and career advancement
08 Dec 2019 (updated 29 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 29th CYGNA meeting dealing with workloads and work intensification

Wives, Woes and Good Work: Untangling the Contradictions
06 Feb 2016 (updated 17 Apr 2019) - Joyce K. Fletcher
Commentary on Wives of the Organization exploring how relational practice can become invisible work

Does Everybody Still Want a Wife?
06 Feb 2016 (updated 17 Apr 2019) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Commentary on Wives of the Organization arguing how we need change institutions

When to say no?
25 Mar 2019 (updated 14 Oct 2023) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Criteria for saying no: Just because you can do something doesn't mean you always should do something

CYGNA: Be nice AND get the corner office
02 Apr 2018 (updated 02 Jun 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 21st CYGNA meeting with an emphasis on negotiating your employment conditions

CYGNA: Working effectively with support staff in academia
06 Mar 2018 (updated 21 Mar 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Reports on our 18th CYGNA meeting with a presentation on working with support staff and a discussion of boundaryless careers

Take care of the little ants
29 Jan 2018 (updated 10 May 2025) - Anne-Wil Harzing
One of the most funny and sad stories about office politics I have ever read

How to prevent burn-out? About staying sane in academia
12 May 2016 (updated 24 Oct 2024) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Provides thirteen suggestions on how to prevent burn-out and keep your sanity

Female academics: Wives of the organization?
14 Apr 2016 (updated 14 Apr 2022) - Anne-Wil Harzing
Describes how gendered interactions in the workplace subvert success for female academics