Time management Before you get hired… 1. Establish a clear understanding with your department chair regarding your professional time allocation Assistant Professor (tenure-track): % research, % teaching, and % service. 2. Your professional time allocation should be documented in your offer letter. You must protect your professional time 3. Re-negotiate your time allocation if necessary Yang Chai, DDS, PhD George and MaryLou Boone Professor

Time management After you start… 1.Meet with your department chair on a regular basis to evaluate your professional time allocation. 2.Your mentors should also help you to evaluate how you are spending your professional time 3.Re-negotiate your time allocation when you get new teaching assignments or newly funded research grants

Defining Goals Long-term goals (years) Intermediate-term goals (months) Short-term goals (days) Stay Focused on Your Goals Your role Time investment to train others to help you Making Choices Saying no Maximizing returns (grants vs. manuscript reviews) Disconnecting

1. Setting Priorities KISS, keep it simple 2. Making the most of the time you have Efficiency Fitting it all in (15mins, 30mins…) 3. Improving your lab staff’s time management skills

Research – exciting Teaching – rewarding Service – something you care Our balanced profile

Research Collaboration & Service 1. Collaboration has to be beneficial for both parties 2. Respect and protect the time of yourself and your collaborators 3. Be wary of over-committing to responsibilities such as committees, reviewing and editorial activities

Project management 1.Not every project succeeds. It is better to cut your losses than to sink months of precious time into a dead end. 2.Make sure your time allocation reflects your research priorities. Google’s “20% rule”: 20% of time on interesting side projects