Aug 15, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY CHALLENGE WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR OUR MENTAL RESPONSES Challenge is the third of the 4 constructs of the 4Cs mental toughness concept. By Challenge we mean being able to deal with the current situation and the future – even though this might not...
Aug 7, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
WHY CAN COMMITMENT IMPACT ON MY PERFORMANCE AND WELLBEING? WHAT DO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND TO DEVELOP THIS? Commitment is the second of the 4Cs – which were identified by Clough and Earle as the major components of the mental toughness concept. It is the factor...
Jul 25, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
The 4Cs approach to developing the 4Cs of Mental Toughness A recent (March 2023) paper from Oxford University* found that, resilience and wellbeing programs in 143 UK organisations employing almost 28,000 people failed to deliver satisfactory results and that some...
Jul 10, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
“We’re high performers here. We always deliver. So why does anyone here think we have a wellbeing problem?” Really! This is a comment we got from a senior manager in a large multinational with whom we were working as we came to the end of a diagnostic phase on a...
Jul 5, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness, Social/Third Sector
An option for developing interventions that protect mental health workers. A new study (May 2023) carried out by researchers at Newcastle University and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has shed light on a major issue for mental health...
Jul 3, 2023 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
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...
