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the feedback can help the client gain increased self-awareness and insight. This can
be the catalyst that leads to self-development"
Professor Stephen Palmer
Mental
Toughness Profile – Mental Toughness Quotient 48 (MTQ48)
MTQ48 provides a reliable and quick assessment of an individual’s ability to withstand pressure in a range of workplace environments. It measures mental toughness in terms of 4 core components – control, challenge, commitment and confidence.
(All Psychometrics we use can be completed on-line)
What is Mental Toughness?
Mental Toughness refers to an individual’s resilience and an inner drive to succeed - particularly when the going is challenging. It explains why it is possible to place two individuals into the same working environment and to see that one finds it difficult to cope with pressure and one thrives.
Mental Toughness also illustrates a strong link between Stress Management and Peak Performance. The latter cannot be achieved without the former.
The 4 key areas of Mental Toughness have been identified as:
- Control
- Challenge
- Commitment
- Confidence
Application & Context
Employees increasingly have to:
- Work to demanding goals and targets
- Handle several things at the same time – often on their own initiative
- Respond to sudden changes and new demands
- Achieve despite set-backs and interruptions
The key issues around Mental Toughness that individuals and organisations need to understand are:
- What causes one person to succumb and another to thrive?
- Can we identify people’s strengths and weaknesses in these areas?
- Can we “toughen up” individuals to enable them to handle stressors more effectively?
- How can we support individuals better with their specific needs?
By understanding these issues, and applying the principles of Mental Toughness in the workplace, organisations are able to:
- Develop strategies and tactics to help individuals perform under pressure.
- Help managers get the best from their people.
- Recruit more effectively around these key criteria.
Applications & Use
This tool is particularly applicable for Senior Management, Entrepreneurs & Business Owners and people who are placed in stressful situations, or manage those who are. There are three major areas where this measure will add considerable value.
- Recruitment & Selection
- Enabling better fit with a critical area for good job performance. It is now widely used in Assessment and Development Centres.
- Coaching/Development
- Provides the manager/coach with a narrative about the person’s mental toughness and offers coaching suggestions to help develop that individual.
- Personal Counselling
- Either to help people identify and cope with problems or to show people how they can be more effective in key areas.
The challenge lies in identifying what might be the causes of stress and pressure for each individual and to help the individual to become aware of these. Awareness leads to understanding, which, in turn, can lead to positive action – and improved performance.
At the wider and higher level MTQ48 can be used in:
- Organisational Development
- where the organisation and one's peers/managers become aware of the potential causes of stress and pressure they are more able to plan and to act to minimise their impact.
Features
- One of the world’s first measures of Mental Toughness
- Efficient ‘online’ format – takes less than 8 minutes to complete
- Reliable and Valid
- Provides ‘action to take’
- Developed under the expert guidance of Dr Peter Clough, Head of Psychology, Hull University
David Bredin is licensed (MTQ123007) to deliver & interpret MTQ48 by AQR Limited
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