Developing Mental Toughness

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.

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.

Chapter - 01: Introduction; Chapter - 02: The importance of stress; Chapter - 03: Developing the model and the MTQ48; Chapter - 04: Mental toughness and the MTQ48 measure; Chapter - 05: Control; Chapter - 06: Commitment; Chapter - 07: Challenge; Chapter - 08: Confidence; Chapter - 09: Mental toughness and its relationships with other important models - Mindset, positive psychology and emotional intelligence; Chapter - 10: Decision making; Chapter - 11: Mental toughness and fatigue - The impact of mental toughness on the development of fatigue; Chapter - 12: Mental toughness and the world of work (1) - Stress, motivation, leadership, coaching and teamworking; Chapter - 13: Mental toughness and the world of work (2) - Assessment and development, and talent management; Chapter - 14: Employability - A key issue for the 21st-century employer and employee; Chapter - 15: Using the MTQ48 measure to improve self awareness; Chapter - 16: Mental toughness and the world of education and the development of young people; Chapter - 17: Mental toughness in sport; Chapter - 18: Mental toughness and its link to the social and health sectors; Chapter - 19: Can mental toughness be developed? - The practitioner's and psychologist's perspectives; Chapter - 20: Using the mental toughness model and the MTQ48 in coaching and mentoring; Chapter - 21: Positive thinking; Chapter - 22: Visualization; Chapter - 23: Anxiety control and relaxation - A physiotherapist's perspective; Chapter - 24: Attentional control; Chapter - 25: Goal setting; Chapter - 26: Research and evidence-based practice using the MTQ48