The Agile Research Engine
A calmer way to run research projects (and actually see progress).
A free 1-hour training for researchers who want a system that improves follow-through, reduces bottlenecks, and keeps multiple projects moving at once.
In research, priorities shift. That’s normal.
What’s not inevitable is losing momentum every time something changes—failed experiments, unresponsive collaborators, or sudden backorders.
You need a system built for how research actually works.
In this training, you’ll walk away with:
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A clear way to see what’s moving, what’s stuck, and what needs your attention (without endless status meetings)
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A short-cycle planning method that helps your team finish more and drift less
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A simple structure to reduce PI bottlenecks and build real team ownership
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A strategy for coordinating with collaborators without endless back-and-forth
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A system that accounts for the iteration and troubleshooting research actually requires
Register here
Thursday, February 12
6pm CET | 12pm ET | 11am CT | 9am PT
This is for you if:
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You feel like you’re always putting out fires instead of doing strategic work
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You’ve tried project management tools but found them too rigid for research
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You want your team to take more ownership—without you being the bottleneck for every decision
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Your research plan didn’t survive Monday. Again.
Meet Your Hosts
Stefanie Robel
Stefanie grew up in Berlin, Germany and completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in Munich before she permanently relocated to the US.
She became a personal development and leadership nerd during her postdoctoral training, initially to increase her competitiveness and later because she realized that she could use these strategies and tools to create a happier, balanced life AND increase her levels of success.
She started her independent research program in 2016, built a thriving research team, and brought in more than $6M in funding during her first two years on the tenure track. She meanwhile earned tenure and moved institutions to take her research and institutional leadership to the next level.
Stefanie started Team Leadership In Research (now GLIA-Leadership) in 2019 leveraging her life coaching skills and the experience she had gained as head coach in another business. GLIA-Leadership systematizes leadership knowledge and management approaches specifically for research teams to help team leaders achieve success and fulfillment.
Her big mission is to change the academic culture from negativity and chronic stress to one where people express their unique brilliance AND live a fun, joyful, happy life by bringing leadership training along with positivity to her community.
Robert Rossbach
Robert grew up in Berlin, Germany. He completed a master’s degree in mathematics in Berlin and Barcelona before he became a Human Resources professional while at PWC, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms. During this career stage he got insights to the structure of multi-national blue-chip corporations, as well as small and medium sized companies. During this time, he gained understanding of why some companies are more successful than others. Spoiler alert: It has to do with leadership and management strategies
Based on this expertise, he became an executive at RWE, the biggest energy supply corporation in Germany. There he became a project lead of “New Way of Working”, a full company transformation program applying a holistic approach to leadership and operational excellence to drive performance, success, and satisfaction of employees.
Robert is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, an Agile coach, a certified Professional Scrum master and Scrum Product owner as well as a PRINCE2- project manager.
Robert believes that excellence in leadership and self-organizing teams are two different words for the same thing. The concept of servant leadership in Scrum, i.e., a great leader’s role is to support team members to perform at their best. Robert teaches leaders how to do exactly that.