Jun 9, 2021 | Mental Toughness, Peter Clough
How self-awareness about our Mental Toughness can help our sleep. Sometimes old adages are correct – well at least partially. The often-quoted ‘early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise has at its core some truth; well at least the...
May 31, 2021 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
Happiness v Contentment. Is there a difference and does it matter? How does understanding Mental Toughness matter? Happiness is a term that is very widely used to describe a state to which, it seems, we should all aspire. Use the term in a discussion and all will have...
May 24, 2021 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
“What is the relationship between the Big Five personality framework and the 4Cs Mental Toughness concept?” This is one of the most common questions received here are AQR International. The Big Five personality model is, possibly, the most widely utilised...
May 19, 2021 | Mental Toughness, Poland, Wojtek Grad
A case study on implementing a new sales strategy The Challenge Bona Fide was contacted by the HR function of a major Financial institution who, in implementing a new sales management model, wanted to support their District Managers (DM’s) in several key areas...
May 13, 2021 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
Are Mentally Tough individuals more likely to be promoted? One formal piece of peer-reviewed research is useful here*. One of the things that Professor Peter Clough and a colleague Dr David Marchant examined was the relationship between age (and managerial level)...
Apr 22, 2021 | Busting Myths about Mental Toughness, Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
These two phrases are often used interchangeably – especially in the press but also by people development professionals. However, we, at AQR international, tend to be careful about how we describe Mental Toughness for some important reasons. Firstly, the opposite of...
