David Moss – Headteacher (TKAT)

“I had experienced other leadership coaching before, and it hadn’t worked for me. I enjoyed that coaching but had reverted to old habits straight afterwards. Compete coaching experience was very different from the
very first session. I had a real revelation in that initial session – that our physiology is linked to our behaviours. The iceberg model was transformative for me. To the extent that at that point I made the decision that I would never again behave in the way I had before.”

“I could be quite reactive, and I let things bother me and get to me. Until that point it hadn’t occurred to me that I didn’t need to let it bother me. That I could be in control of my feelings.”

“I kept engaged with the programme. Despite the challenges we’ve all faced in last year, I have managed to hold fast to those principles: in particular the practical things I’ve learned like the breathing techniques to manage my responses to situations.”

“I’ve been in teaching for more than 20 years and I thought I couldn’t help the way I was. Now I know differently. I’ve done Myers Briggs – it’s interesting but they seem to work on the basis of you are who you are. With Complete, you can develop and evolve – your behaviour is not fixed.”