Why is Mental Toughness so important?
The world in which we live is full of pressures and stressors. From the moment we wake to the time we go to sleep, most of us find ourselves responding to stress, pressure and challenge. For some of us that pressure is a driver. It stimulates us and we respond by aspiring to high performance. For others that same pressure will produce a different response.
Mental toughness is about how effectively individuals deal with stress, pressure and challenge. It describes the mindset that every person adopts in everything they do and is closely related to qualities such as character, resilience and grit. We can measure these qualities with the MTQ.
Published research and case studies from around the world show that Mental Toughness is a major factor in:
Performance – explaining up to 25% of the variation in performance in individuals
Positive Behaviour – more engaged, more positive, more “can do”
Wellbeing – more contentment, better stress management, less prone to bullying
Aspirations – more ambitious, prepared to manage more risk
Research shows that mental toughness correlates closely with performance, wellbeing, mental agility and aspirations
All interrelated and all central to success for individuals and organisations.
Our assessments and development programmes enable individuals and organisations to:
Identify nature of challenge and the sources of stress and pressure – and the consequences for performance
Identify individual’s strengths and mental toughness development needs in dealing with stressors, pressure and challenges
Implement techniques to deal and/or cope with stressors and challenges and develop their mental toughness
Create and sustain effective plans to build mental toughness and optimise performance, wellbeing and develop positive behaviours
