Feb 20, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
HOW TO BUILD AN ORGANISATION WHERE EVERYONE THRIVES THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS CONCEPT CAN BE THE KEY TO A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO ENABLE ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR PEOPLE THRIVE. There are several reasons why culture has been overlooked in individual and organisational...
Feb 13, 2026 | Case Studies, Coaching, Mental Toughness, Sports
Working on Mental Toughness in the Dutch football Premier League: Three years of building at FC Utrecht Women The Centre for Mental Toughness NL has been involved in a challenging project in the Netherlands for three years: a new women’s team in the Premier...
Jan 20, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, South Korea
How self-awareness about mental toughness can make that difference. In adolescence, X was a promising young athlete. Sufficiently good for her coaches to believe that she could become an elite athlete in time. She also aspired to do well. However, over-ambitious...
Jan 13, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
At the back end of 2025 I noticed that a number of people in my wider network were really making something of their birthdays, posting pictures and messages on social media. Theres nothing wrong with that but it is not something that I do. Nor do most of the people in...
Nov 18, 2025 | Mental Toughness, Update
How to achieve self-awareness that translates into helping young people on their journey to being resilient and positive adults. Since the pandemic, AQR International has seen a growing demand globally from parents wishing to support their children, often in...
