In this (long awaited) episode of Mentoring Matters we discuss how to get our students started off strong at the beginning of the semester. Things we discussed include:

• How much Steph loves to plan
• Setting goals and milestones for your students AND helping them understand your purpose behind the plan

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Dr. Jodi McGill (Assistant Dean of Research and Graduate Students at Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine) joined us to discuss what we learned in our last grad faculty book club. We read the book "Wellbeing at Work" by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter, which is from Gallup and CliftonStrengths-based. The book focuses on 5 pillars of wellbeing, a topic we've been very interested in lately.
Some takeaways from this episode:

• Faculty need to thrive themselves before they can help students thrive
• Encouraging grad students to be comfortable enough to share their struggles
• Everyone is different, and there are aspects that support wellbeing that may look different between students
• How important it is to model work/life balance and the value we as faculty place on wellbeing

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Time management can be a struggle for graduate students and faculty. In this episode we offer tips to make more efficient use of your time, with the goal of reducing everyone's stress.
We discussed:

• Scheduling "the big rocks" (e.g. the important, big items) first and putting the "sand" around them (e.g. the smaller, urgent things)
• Understanding how much stuff you can really put on your plate, and ways to say "No"
• Calendar management tips
• Being realistic with when you work the best and why this might be different for you and your students
• The necessity of reflection to find what's working and what's not
• Not losing sight of the important/mission serving pieces when the fires (e.g. emails) are such an easy distraction
• Being intentional with how we spend our time

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