May 15, 2019 | Coaching, Education, MENA, Mental Toughness
A case study into the impact of educational coaching through the assessment and development of mental toughness. Doug Strycharczyk, CEO, AQR commented: A terrific piece of work produced by Matrix Consulting featuring the mental toughness framework which illustrates... 
Nov 22, 2017 | ASEAN, Education, Mental Toughness
Melbourne based Mental Toughness Coach, Niels van Hove, has written a tremendous children’s book ‘My Strong Mind’. Using the 4C’s framework of mental toughness, “My Strong Mind’ is all about building a strong mind in children by helping them meet the challenges and... 
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... 
May 16, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness, Steve Oakes
What does the research say? Research using the mental toughness model and the MTQ48 in education is relatively new. St Clair-Thompson, Bugler, Robinson, Clough, McGeown and Perry (2014) carried out three studies examining the relationship between mental toughness and... 
May 15, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness
Research undertaken in Northern Ireland shows that SEN teachers who score highly on mental toughness cope better with pupils who present challenging behaviour in the classroom. Stress and burnout, as a result of having to deal with challenging behaviour, is one of the... 
May 12, 2017 | Education, Employability, Mental Toughness
What is Mental Toughness? Personality can be defined as an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. Key to this is Mental Toughness which explains why individuals behave the way they do. In other words, it is the thinking element of...