Talking Toughness

BRINGING THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS CONCEPT TO LIFE IN THE ANTIPODES Today's guest, Paul Lyons, should be familiar to many. Paul is already one of the most prominent advocates of the mental toughness concept with a major social media presence on this important topic. He is also very familiar to both hosts having worked closely with AQR International for many years now. Paul has been instrumental in maki...

John and I find that all of our podcasts are enjoyable and illuminating. This one especially so. Our guest for this first episode of a two-parter is Ron Duren. As well as being a Prof at the University of Colorado Boulder, Ron has founded Forging Mettle Inc., a US based consultancy whose mission is to help others to "forge a culture of strength". As might be gleaned from the name of the consultanc...

Our   very special   guest is   Brent   MacDonald, one of Canada's leading psychologist practitioners is a registered psychologist and educator who has worked with individuals with complex learning need for over 25 years .    Based in Calgary in Canada he maintains an active psychological services practice with a focus on counselling and assessment in which he has developed considerable expertise....

APPLYING THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS CONCEPT AND MEASURE IN TEAM AND EXECUTIVE COACHING Our guest is one of the most experienced and thoughtful coaches we have come across – Darren Whysall. He is genuinely an expert practitioner. With a wide and eclectic background, Darren has over 25 years' experience of partnering with people and teams who work in high pressure environments including Performance Coach...

Our guest today is Paul Taylor who brings an interesting and valuable perspective to the application of the mental toughness concept. Paul is an exercise psychologist, nutritionist and neuroscientist. He is the founder and director of The Mind-Body-Brain Performance Institute which effectively sums up his approach. He adopts a holistic approach bringing together approaches and disciplines to provi...

Since its launch in 2002, the 4Cs Mental Toughness concept and the MTQ measure have seen steady growth and development. This is certainly true for the concept - now in its 8-factor form with an evidence base that is second to none. As importantly this is true for practitioners worldwide as they understand the concept and its myriad applications in the world of people and organisation development....

Features Penny Mallory, Alessia Mevoli, Jo Taylor, Jason Wyatt, Andy Riise, Adrian Logan and Lia Zalums. 

Features Maureen Keegan, Alex Opacic and Josiah Igono

This podcast features clips from Professor Peter Clough, David Charlton, Marius Bernard, Pete Wortley. 

Our guest is Lia Zalums. In Australia, Lia is recognized as one of its leading executive coaches. Passion might be an overused word but it's an accurate description for Lia. Lia has embraced the 4Cs mental toughness concept and brought it very effectively into her work… and into her twin passions - championing women to flourish in STEM careers where they are still under-represented and supporting...

Our latest guest is a remarkable individual, Jason Wyatt. Jason is the Global After Sales and Technical Training Manager for JCB - a world leader in its field. Rarely   have we met someone with such a thirst for knowledge, which he then applies in all of his work. Jason and his training partner have developed the CornerStone Programme which focusses on sales leadership development for teams direct...

Our guest, Alessia Mevoli, Lecturer, has, together with Dr Peter Sewell developed a remarkable programme for grads and undergrads in the Business and Law faculty at Anglia Ruskin University. They created an extra-curricular module on Mental Agility, Flexibility and Adaptability where students are guided through the 4 components of Mental Toughness - Control, Commitment, Change and Confidence.  In...

Our guest, Joanne Turley /Joanne Taylor, is an early adopter of the 4Cs mental toughness concept and measures, who has led the way in its application with some of the toughest challenges in society. Joanne, her colleagues and delivery partners are making a real and sustainable difference with young people who are often at the fringes of society. Joanne is a People & Performance Consultant with the...

"Taking setback and risk in your stride"   Our guest for this podcast is Adrian Logan. A little different from some of the others in this series in that there are two strands to this conversation – both linked by a need to manage setbacks and the threat of failure.   Adrian is a coach who helps salespeople and sales teams to improve their performance. Sales is a profession where failure is more fr...

Our guest is Andy Riise. A truly special guest. We have got to know Andy over the past few years and have come to admire his expertise in applying the mental toughness concept and his depth of understanding of the topic.   Why special? Andy Riise was for almost 25 years a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army where he was the Army's first Master Resilience Trainer and Facilitator. His training and pre...

Our latest guest is Penny Mallory, keynote speaker and performance coach, and a former British Rally Championship driver. She is a Leading Authority on Mental Toughness. She became the first woman to drive a World Rally Car in the otherwise male-dominated FIA World Rally Championship. Penny has also been a boxer, mountaineer, marathon runner and triathlete over an illustrious career.

Our guest, Maureen Keegan, is one of the earliest adopters of the 4Cs mental toughness concept and measures, first using it in 2004. She is Workforce Development Manager at Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in the north West of England. For almost 20 years Maureen has integrated the concepts into leadership development, team working and soft skills programs with great success. So much so that...

Josiah as a true authority on the mental toughness concept. Something that shines through in this unique podcast. He also happens to have a PhD in Mental Toughness.   The guest for this podcast is Josiah Igono who, in addition to having been Peak Performance Director for the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, has established his own practice taking the concept to major organisations in the business word...

This podcast explores Alex Opacic's career in basketball and his transition from playing sport for a living into working life and how his business helps other athletes cope with the change.

In this epidsode we discuss Brendon Pyle's work with the golf foundation and talk with the Founder of Yeast,Peter Wortley, about transforming organisations by developing people within them through coaching.  

This podcast explores the impact that Mental Toughness had on the former elite tennis player, Marius Barnard's career.

This episode John Perry, Doug Strycharczyk and David Charlton discuss the importance of Mental Toughness in sport.

The podcast explores Peter Clough's journey today and provides a peek at where the 4C's concept will grow and develop into the future.