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Build productivity habits your professor-brain will love—in just 3 weeks.

🚀 What is the Productive Professor Intensive?

A 3-week deep dive into the mental and digital tools professors need to be productive in their research, teaching, and service — and to enjoy the work again.

🎯 "Productivity" Isn't a Bad Word

You’re teaching classes that matter and doing research that matters. I want you to do all of these things well, in a way that energizes you and doesn't burn you out. That’s why I want you to be productive. I named my business Productive for Good because I believe productivity is the vehicle for good work.

For professors, productivity means making time for your responsibilities and passion projects; it also means using techniques that make your work less depleting and more energizing. As a former college professor, I want you to have the tools to do great work without sacrificing the rest of your life.

👥 Who Is The Program For?

This program is designed for college professors in any field, at any stage of their career, who are struggling with productivity (e.g., overwhelm, procrastination, ADHD) or who realize it shouldn't be this hard to do good work.

You've pushed through your studies to make it this far in your career, but the productivity strategies you used in grad school aren't a recipe for thriving in the rest of your career—they're a recipe for burnout. Learn a better approach.

💬 What Participants Think…

Who Leads It?

Academia puts a high value on the content expertise that comes from rigorous academic training. Our students are taught by experts in the field. When learning about productivity, don’t you also want to learn from an expert with rigorous academic training?

This program is led by me, Dr. Matt Jarman. I’m an organizational psychologist, former psychology professor, and have been teaching productivity for almost 20 years. I have expertise in productivity, engagement, leadership, and ADHD. I understand the productivity challenges of academia because I’ve been there. And if you struggle with ADHD, I've been there too.

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🎯 Program Focus: 

🔍 1. You'll learn a quick assessment procedure, for determining which of the 4 productivity drivers are holding you back at a particular moment.

🛠️ 2. You'll learn practical techniques for each of the 4 key productivity skillsets: Managing your mind, tasks, time, and pulls.

🎓 3. You'll learn to incorporate these techniques into your work with students. Once you know how to troubleshoot your own productivity, you'll be able to help students to do the same. You'll also understand how to design assignments that students are actually excited to complete.

🧩 Your 4 Productivity Skillsets

These core productivity skillsets are the focus of the program. Once you understand how to use each of these, you'll know how to respond to any productivity obstacle.

1. Managing Your Mind

Manage your thoughts and mental energy. Academic work is cognitively draining—how do you recharge? Taking a break only helps a little. Instead, learn techniques that actively restore your cognitive resources.

3. Managing Your Time

Decide how to spend your limited time. Academia is filled with tradeoffs—an hour spent on class prep means an hour not spent on research and other responsibilities. How do you decide which tradeoffs to make?  My time management approach simplifies the decision.

2. Managing Your Tasks

Use tools to more effectively remember and plan tasks. Doing all your work planning in your mind is a waste of limited cognitive resources. Develop a task management system you can stick with that frees up your brain for your actual work.

4. Managing Your Pulls

Create a mental pull for unpleasant tasks. Tasks you're internally resisting take longer, are more cognitively depleting, and are a recipe for burnout. Learn 3 types of strategies for turning tasks you resist (e.g., committee work, class prep) into tasks you're eager to dive into.

⏱️ What's the Time Commitment?

Live Sessions: Six 90-minute sessions, twice weekly over 3 weeks. All learning, reflection exercises, and group activities happen during these sessions—no homework or outside prep required.

Between Sessions: Your job is to practice the techniques we cover and share successes/struggles with the group. Some technique examples:

  • When you're mentally depleted, use a 2-minute mental restart (or 10-minute restorative technique if needed).
  • Spend a few minutes throughout your day using the time management process.

Program Logistics

Who?

Professors in any field, at any career stage.

What?

A 3-week productivity intensive to build the productivity habits you need.

Where?

Over Zoom. Join from anywhere in the world!

Cost

$495 for all 3 weeks (6 sessions).**

Financial Aid available. Request it here.

Times

90-min sessions; Days/times TBD (indicate your preference on Waitlist form!)

Dates

The next group session dates TBD - tentatively planned for June or July.

**If your school or department offers professional development funding, this program should be an eligible expense.

⭐️ Money-Back Guarantee

 If you put in the effort—attending sessions, practicing the techniques, and staying engaged—and you don't finish the 3 weeks with better productivity tools and strategies than you started with, I'll give you a full refund.

Even if you've already read books on productivity or tried other approaches, I guarantee this program's unique approach will give you something new and valuable.

🧭 What Next?

👥 Get on the Waitlist for the next Productive Professor Intensive

Space is limited. Be the first to hear when registration opens up by getting on the waitlist!

Don't want to wait until a future program? Explore 1-on-1 coaching options.