May 23, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Education, Mental Toughness
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...
May 22, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, 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...
May 15, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
In general, the answer appears that it is. Of course, being run over by a car might mean that you live a short life despite being optimistic about crossing that bit of road. One clue comes from an interesting article from the Conversation. This explored research...
May 5, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
As the Mental Toughness concept begins to enter the mainstream of people and organisation development, there is a temptation to see this as a new concept. In fact, like leadership, it is a concept that has long been understood to be important and valuable for success...
May 2, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
If I use my super-power we can all thrive As the leading organisation bringing this concept to practitioners the world over, one of our greatest challenges is dealing with the preconception that if you are mentally tough you will succeed at most things more than would...
Apr 25, 2023 | Coaching, Doug Strycharczyk
Authenticity is a term that has entered the vernacular in the world of people and organisation development. It is a term that might be running into trouble. Whether it is debated in writing or in person, it is clear that different people have a different take on the...
