Jan 21, 2025 | Doug Strycharczyk, John Perry, Mental Toughness
Mental Toughness describes who you are and how you respond mentally to adversity, obstacles, challenges and opportunities. A mentally tough person is not necessarily mentally strong. A mentally sensitive person is not weak. These labels confuse and interfere with...
Jan 16, 2025 | John Perry, Mental Toughness
2002 saw the launch of the 4Cs Mental Toughness concept and the MTQ48 measure. In recent times this has been developed into a powerful 8-factor concept with a high-quality measure in the MTQPlus. We now have a very good and evidenced understanding of a personality...
Jan 8, 2025 | Doug Strycharczyk, John Perry, Mental Toughness
You can but it’s not always necessary to improve well-being and performance. So, what does that mean? This is probably the most common question we get asked. It is understandable up to a point. People often assume that if there is an important attribute then...
Jan 7, 2025 | Doug Strycharczyk, John Perry, Mental Toughness
MTQPlus and the Mental Toughness Concept – Bringing another dimension to people and organisation development. The mental toughness concept and the MTQPlus bring thought leadership and innovation to understanding how people (and teams) respond to events. Very...
Oct 12, 2022 | Doug Strycharczyk, John Perry, Mental Toughness, Update
Examining the Mental Toughness profiles of psychology undergraduates across six continents to explore where, and if, cultural differences can be detected and identified. The Mental Toughness concept has emerged as one of the most important advances in the field of...
Jun 13, 2022 | Doug Strycharczyk, John Perry, Mental Toughness, Peter Clough
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...
