Sep 18, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, Leadership, Mental Toughness
Leadership is essentially about motiving others to give their discretionary effort, that is the extra effort they can bring to a task, and to give it willingly in such a way that they get satisfaction from doing it and it doesn’t diminish their wellbeing. In the...
Sep 18, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, Leadership
What is Leadership Style – and how can I assess it? Leadership rests on three competencies (global factors) that help to optimise the relationship between a leader and their followers to produce better performance and better wellbeing. A major 2025 study (with the UK...
Sep 11, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, Leadership, Mental Toughness
Leadership and Mental Toughness. The role of resilience and positivity in leadership effectiveness Leadership is a quality that has always been important, often misunderstood, and now, in the 21st Century, it has a renewed importance. It’s at the top of the...
May 15, 2026 | Coaching, Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness
In 2025, in our Talking Toughness podcasts, we spoke with coaching thought-leaders, Jonathan Passmore and David Clutterbuck, about Coaching and AI, and its impact on practitioners who work in people, team and organisation development. They saw that coaching and...
Apr 30, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, Employability, Mental Toughness, Recruitment and Selection
Get rid and replace or restore your underperforming employee? The mental toughness concept might just guide you to the best solution for everyone. It can be anyone who was once doing a good job and is now struggling. The cost of recruiting a replacement is fraught...
Apr 21, 2026 | Doug Strycharczyk, Mental Toughness, Teamworking
Optimising Team Working – You need to understand it first. Mental Toughness really helps. Optimising Team Working is important. Arguably, it is the core challenge for leadership. As Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic puts it: “can you convince people to collaborate...
