Aug 3, 2017 | Authors, Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness, Models of Mental Toughness
This is the fourth in the series of Mental Toughness role models. It can’t have escaped anyone’s attention that the Harry Potter stories, whilst” a rattling good read”, also convey some important subliminal and not so subliminal messages to the reader. And these...
Jul 17, 2017 | Doug Strycharczyk, Leadership, Mental Toughness
According to Bersin by Deloitte, “employee engagement (by 2016) has become the top issue on the minds of business leaders, directing us to an entirely new model of management”. Firstly, we need to understand what Employee Engagement is, why it is growing in importance...
Jun 30, 2017 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
I am indebted to Marzena Jankowska for drawing attention to an interesting study she came across in the April 2011 edition of New Scientist which contained an interesting feature on Mental toughness! This described the idea that most of us think that traumatic...
Jun 21, 2017 | Doug Strycharczyk, Employability, Mental Toughness
Problem Solving and Decision Making are regularly identified as one of the core “soft skills” for staff at all levels in organisations. The World Economic Forum study on the core skills needed for a successful 21st Century Employee identified these amongst others....
Jun 19, 2017 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
Often raised as an issue in the workplace and often associated with workload or pressure, tiredness or fatigue is one of the most common complaints that Doctors come across in the surgeries. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, at any given time, one in...
Jun 6, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness, Steve Oakes
Can you remember your first day at High School? How were you feeling as you walked through the gates? If you ask any adult about the transition from primary to secondary school, they can quite often remember some key moments. I remember being told that there would be...
