Jan 24, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching
This post was taken from our UK partners AQR Coaching & Mentoring Imagine this scenario: One of your team has made a mistake that has jeopardised your team’s chances of winning an important piece of business that the team has been pursuing for quite some time. ...
Jan 24, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness
Orginally posted by Mental Toughness Partners here Basketball is a sport that requires its players to be mentally tough and this discipline was amply illustrated on our son’s school’s recent basketball tour to the USA. During this 3 week tour, 28 boys and 7 coaches...
Jan 24, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness, Sports
Original post from Mental Toughness Partners In the sporting world athletes reach their peak performance at different ages for different sports. For example, swimmers predominately reach their peak performance in their late teens /early twenties, tennis players mid...
Jan 20, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness
Fiona Clapp Education Blog In the second half of this term my school along with about 60 other independent schools will embark on a fascinating piece of research commissioned by the ISC, the aim of which is to measure whether independent schools are better able to...
Jan 18, 2017 | Education, Press Coverage
Private school children are tougher than their state educated counterparts, a study has found. New research commissioned by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) found that pupils at fee-paying schools are more controlled, committed and confident than those who went...
Jan 18, 2017 | Education, Mental Toughness
Assessing Mental Toughness The study provided a unique opportunity to assess almost 10,000 pupils in 60 schools using the 4Cs mental toughness framework. The data emerging from what is a very significant study has been interesting, valuable and insightful. Importantly...
Jan 16, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness
When you are fatigued through heavy mental or physical demands your performance is likely to suffer. In this excellent post, Mental Toughness Partner, Michelle Bakjac explains how being mentally tough can keep you performing. CAN MENTAL TOUGHNESS IMPACT FATIGUE?...
Jan 16, 2017 | ASEAN, Coaching, Mental Toughness
Each year, through neuroscience, we learn more about the brain and how it works, enabling us to stay focused on our goals, learn faster and make better decisions. This quick read, reproducing an article by Lydia Dishman in a recent Fast Company magazine, will help you...
Jan 16, 2017 | Coaching, Mental Toughness
At this time of the year there are plenty of posts on new goals and resolutions but the New Year is only a change in the calendar unless we back it up with a change in habits and behaviours. I read a useful article on being productive at work by Rich Bellis in the...