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BUILDING A GLOBAL NETWORK OF BUSINESS PARTNERS
AQR International is a developer and distributor of remarkably well evidenced measures and materials which are used to develop people and organisations to be the best that they can be. Its flagship measure is the MTQPlus, the world leading measure of Metal Toughness....
Personality Typing – Is it past its use by date?
How the mental toughness concept is taking us to a new level of understanding. How have we got here? Over the past 80 years or so, we have witnessed a major shift in the approach to people and organisational development. Particularly in the value of understanding what...
The MTQPlus Measure
How important is it in assessing and developing mental toughness in people and organisations? “Making the invisible, visible” * The short answer to this question is “It is very important and its more important than most people realise”. Mental Toughness is a...
Why Performance Management often doesn’t work – and what is needed to make it effective
Understanding mental toughness might just be the key. Just before the pandemic struck, and in the good old days before Zoom, I was invited to speak on the relationship between mental toughness and performance to an audience of around 60 HR Directors. At one point,...
Is it purpose rather than goal setting that brings results?
How the 8-factor mental toughness concept brings this into focus We are often told that “goals and goal setting are the sources of drive”. Are they? Is this really enough? Our work on the mental toughness concept has perhaps enabled us to develop a more subtle, more...
MTQPlus now available in Portuguese
As interest in AQR International’s work on Mental Toughness continues to grow around the world, we are pleased to announce the development of the Portuguese translation for the MTQPlus questionnaire. Mental Toughness is a leading-edge concept which describes a...