Sep 1, 2025 | Mental Toughness
Background The programme was a joint project between the AHDS (Association of Heads and Deputy Heads in Scotland) and SCEL (Scottish College for Educational Leadership). The focus of the programme was to help Head Teachers and Deputy Head Teachers to deal more...
May 26, 2025 | Coaching, Doug Strycharczyk, Psychometrics
Probably the most common response we get when speaking about the use of psychometrics is “I have my psychometric”. What they mean is they have one measure, often an ipsative measure, that they apply in every circumstance. People are complex. Each person is unique....
May 19, 2025 | Coaching, Doug Strycharczyk, Psychometrics
A few weeks ago, we were in discussion with a client about them considering using our mental toughness questionnaire – the MTQPlus – in their development programmes. The MTQPlus is a well-researched and very well-evidenced measure. The client seemed interested but...
Jan 21, 2025 | Doug Strycharczyk, John Perry, Mental Toughness
Mental Toughness describes who you are and how you respond mentally to adversity, obstacles, challenges and opportunities. A mentally tough person is not necessarily mentally strong. A mentally sensitive person is not weak. These labels confuse and interfere with...
Jan 16, 2025 | John Perry, Mental Toughness
2002 saw the launch of the 4Cs Mental Toughness concept and the MTQ48 measure. In recent times this has been developed into a powerful 8-factor concept with a high-quality measure in the MTQPlus. We now have a very good and evidenced understanding of a personality...
Jan 14, 2025 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
MTQPlus and the Mental Toughness Concept – Bringing another dimension to people and organisation development “We know WE are unique – but sometimes forget everyone else is too!” – Peter Clough “One size fits all solutions” do not work!! We know...
Jan 8, 2025 | Doug Strycharczyk, John Perry, Mental Toughness
You can but it’s not always necessary to improve well-being and performance. So, what does that mean? This is probably the most common question we get asked. It is understandable up to a point. People often assume that if there is an important attribute then...
