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Children and Mental Toughness
I realised recently that I have been helping people to develop their Mental Toughness for almost forty years now. The first activity I was involved in after giving up my career in the chemical industry was working with children and adolescents; essentially in...
Mentally tough teams
Having mentally tough individuals in the team is one thing, having a mentally tough team is something else. We all bring strengths to a team, some of us are heads down and focussed on achieving the team’s objectives, some of us are questioning the team’s...
Trust
“Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships” Stephen Covey Is trust more about you or more about them? Why do you trust someone? Is it because, “she’s...
Leadership – an individual journey to a collective destination
I’ve been involved in a number of discussions recently around “is leadership a journey or a destination”? Here are some of my thoughts and my conclusion. According to John Donahoe, “Leadership is a journey, not a destination. It is a marathon, not a sprint. It...
Mental Toughness – Confidence
Mental Toughness is a personality trait which determines, in large part, how people respond to challenge, stress and pressure, irrespective of their circumstances. Mental Toughness comprises four components, the 4C’s of Control, Commitment, Challenge and...
Mental Toughness – Challenge
Mental Toughness is a personality trait which determines, in large part, how people respond to challenge, stress and pressure, irrespective of their circumstances. Mental Toughness comprises four components, the 4C’s of Control, Commitment, Challenge and...
Mental Toughness – Commitment
Mental Toughness is a personality trait which determines, in large part, how people respond to challenge, stress and pressure, irrespective of their circumstances. Mental Toughness comprises four components, the 4C’s of Control, Commitment, Challenge and...
Mental Toughness – Control
Mental Toughness is a personality trait which determines, in large part, how people respond to challenge, stress and pressure, irrespective of their circumstances. Mental Toughness comprises four components, the 4C’s of Control, Commitment, Challenge and...
Noble leadership
The question was asked in a LinkedIn group some time ago, “Who is your favourite leader from ancient times? Why?” My answer was King Leonidas who with his small Spartan army held off the Persians for 3 days at Thermopylae before being betrayed and dying with...
Mentally tough people
Mental Toughness is not something you can see; it’s a mindset or an attitude – it’s something that goes on in our head. However, those with high Mental Toughness; i.e., those with relatively high “scores” in all of the eight sub-dimensions, tend to have a...