Developing Mental Toughness

Strategies to Improve Performance, Resilience and Wellbeing in Individuals and Organizations

This book

• Demystifies mental toughness and provides an evidence-based measurable framework to improve the ability to cope with daily pressures and stress, and promote performance • Features practical guidance for applying mental toughness to develop leadership, organizational culture and self-awareness • Includes case studies, such as from Deloitte and Ethiad, that demonstrate how mental toughness concepts can enhance employee experience • New to this edition: Expansion of the 4Cs model to include concepts on learning orientation and resilience; chapters on selfawareness and evidence-based practice; material on diversity and inclusion and the latest research in the field

Description

How can individuals and organizations understand and measure mental toughness to deal with stress and challenge, and so improve performance? This fully updated third edition of Developing Mental Toughness provides the answers to unlock this potential.

Tracing its development from sports psychology into the business sector, Developing Mental Toughness provides a reliable psychometric measure to apply at the organizational level. With coverage on how mental toughness relates to other behaviours and can be applied to employability, leadership, performance, creativity, emotional intelligence and motivation, the practical guidance and exercises in this book make it essential reading for academics, managers and coaches alike.

This third edition includes an expansion of the 4Cs model to include concepts on learning orientation and resilience and new chapters on evidence-based practice and using the Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ48) to gain richer self-awareness. Featuring case studies from Deloitte and Ethiad, Developing Mental Toughness is the practical coaching guide for developing capabilities and resilience.

Author Information

Peter Clough is former Head of Psychology at Hull University, UK. Based in East Yorkshire, UK, he is recognised as a leading applied academic authority in this field. Doug Strycharczyk, based in Chester, UK, is MD for AQR, an organisation which has been instrumental in most of the pilots which lead to the adoption of mental toughness in new sectors.

John Perry is Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland, and was formerly Head of Psychology at Mary Immaculate College. Edition: 3 Date: 03/09/2021 Price: £29.99 Paperback: 9781398601840 Ebook: 9781398601857 Pages: 344 Format (mm): 235x155 Product Category: Professional Subject: Career Development

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 The importance of stress 2 Developing the model and the MTQ48 3 Mental toughness and the MTQ48 measure 4 Control 5 Commitment 6 Challenge 7 Confidence 8 Mental toughness and its relationships with other important models – Mindset, positive psychology and emotional intelligence 9 Decision making 10 Mental toughness and fatigue – The impact of mental toughness on the development of fatigue 11 Mental toughness and the world of work (1) – Stress, motivation, leadership, coaching and teamworking 12 Mental toughness and the world of work (2) – Assessment and development, and talent management 13 Employability – A key issue for the 21stcentury employer and employee 14 Using the MTQ48 measure to improve self awareness 15 Mental toughness and the world of education and the development of young people 16 Mental toughness in sport 17 Mental toughness and its link to the social and health sectors 18 Can mental toughness be developed? – The practitioner’s and psychologist’s perspectives 19 Using the mental toughness model and the MTQ48 in coaching and mentoring 20 Positive thinking 21 Visualization 22 Anxiety control and relaxation – A physiotherapist’s perspective 23 Attentional control 24 Goal setting 25 Research and evidence-based practice using the MTQ48