This toolkit provides a road map for designing and conducting effective workshops. The purpose of the toolkit is to help academic staff members in effectively organizing and facilitating workshops for .future candidates in the early stages of their academic career. The toolkit is part of the GARCIA project (Gendering the Academy and Research: combating Career Instability and Asymmetries), which is concerned with the implementation of actions in European universities and research centres to enforce gender equality and to prevent gender stereotypes and discriminations.