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Self-Awareness – How to Thrive
We talk about self-awareness as if it is something we have just understood. In fact, we have always known it to be important but we have not always been able to pin it down in a way that matters for our development. Perhaps we can now. But we are talking not just...
Professional Development Seminar – JFK School of Sport and Performance Psychology
Last Friday, Prof Peter Clough and Doug Strycharczyk, CEO, of AQR International were incredibly pleased to run a seminar on the eight-factor 4Cs mental toughness concept for students and alumni from the JFK School of Sport and Performance Psychology in California....
What is needed to make performance management effective and why understanding mental toughness might just be the key. AQR International · Why Performance Management Often Doesn’t Work
A case study looking at how Muhammad Ali recognised opportunity when it presented itself and had the courage and conviction to pick it up. AQR International · Role models of Mental Toughness - Muhammad Ali Check out more audio clips here
Developing Resilience and Positivity in Higher Education
Nottingham Business School Doug Strycharczyk recently had a really interesting and useful day, working with Peter Sewell and colleagues at Nottingham Business School, to help prepare Masters students for handling major projects and assignments. Although these are...
Resilience + Positivity = Mental Toughness
There is a tendency for people now to try to attempt to redefine Resilience. This is unnecessary. Resilience is its own concept, and it is a valuable and important quality in its own right. If we change its meaning, we can easily lose sight of what we are doing. The...