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About Academy of Work Science

The Mental Toughness of the professional athlete. The Intellectual Curiosity and Drive for Achievement of the successful entrepreneur. The Confidence and Emotional Intelligence of the high performing executive. Through our research spanning thousands of corporations, sports teams, start-ups, and other organizations; The Academy of Work Science has identified 4 psychological skills areas that, if developed over time, will have a profound impact on professional performance and career growth: • Mental Toughness: Persisting through obstacles, resilience, controlling emotions, tolerating stress, & maintaining confidence • Emotional Intelligence: being empathic, managing the emotions of others, influencing and persuading, being self-aware • Intellectual Curiosity: exploring the possibilities, ideation, inquisitiveness, social curiosity, having to know • Achievement Striving: self-discipline, taking initiative, work ethic, competitiveness While not everyone starts at the same developmental point with respect to these skills, we now know that each can and should be consciously developed in professionals across performance domains. Through our skills development program, participants not only develop their own capacity in these areas, but they can also train to use psychological principles to develop these skills in others as current and future coaches, mentors, and leaders. Specialized tracks provide targeted assessment and coaching certification programs for a) talent management professionals/organizational leaders, b) professional coaches, c) business schools/educators, and d) athletic departments. To learn more about The Academy of Work Science, visit https://www.academyofworkscience.com