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Why Mental Toughness and not Mental Strength?
These two phrases are often used interchangeably – especially in the press but also by people development professionals. However, we, at AQR international, tend to be careful about how we describe Mental Toughness for some important reasons. Firstly, the opposite of...
Mental Toughness and Fatigue
How does my mental approach to events impact my Fatigue Often raised as an issue in the workplace and often associated with workload or pressure, tiredness or fatigue is one of the most common complaints that Doctors come across in surgeries. According to the Royal...
Mental Toughness and Your Psychological Safety
Psychological Safety Psychological Safety is not a new idea. It has gained a lot of attention in the workplace in recent years for very good reasons. It is an important idea in a wide range of settings. A useful description of psychological safety is provided by...
Mental Toughness and the Sexes
A focus on women’s development Mental Toughness is a personality trait that describes how individuals respond mentally to stressors, pressures, opportunity and challenge, irrespective of circumstances. It is a spectrum with mental toughness at one end and mental...
Team Working, the TWOI and Mental Toughness
Putting positivity and resilience back into teams and team working. In my last post, I reflected on the resurgence of interest in team working at the current time. As the pandemic has worn on, we see established teams being disrupted and organisations re-organising in...
International Centre for Mental Toughness Research and Development
A Global Community Creation of an Advisory Board The Mental Toughness concept and associated measures lie at the heart of the AQR International offering for individual and organisational development in every sector across the globe. The development of the concept and...