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4Cs – Commitment
WHY CAN COMMITMENT IMPACT ON MY PERFORMANCE AND WELLBEING? WHAT DO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO DEVELOP THIS? Commitment is the second of the 4Cs - which were identified by Clough and Earle as the major components of the mental toughness concept. It is the factor that...
AQR INT · Do we need to better understand what we mean by strengths?
4Cs – Control
WHY IS A SENSE OF CONTROL CRUCIAL FOR SUCCESS AND WELLBEING? WHY CAN IT BE CHALLENGING TO DEVELOP THIS? In 2002 the 4Cs model of Mental Toughness emerged*. This ground breaking work brought understanding to an aspect of personality that had long been known to be...
AQR INT · Mental Toughness and Decision Making
How to Develop Resilience and Wellbeing Programs That Can Really Work
The 4Cs approach to developing the 4Cs of Mental Toughness A recent (March 2023) paper from Oxford University* found that, resilience and wellbeing programs in 143 UK organisations employing almost 28,000 people failed to deliver satisfactory results and that some...
AQR INT · Happiness vs Contentment