The school holidays are great for getting much needed perspective, aren't they?
How do you plan to maintain that when you're back in school?
That's what coaching creates. Not just in the holidays.
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Clearer. Re-energised. Equipped.
That's what coaching should actually feel like.
Not just a good chat. A proper shift.
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Every holiday I made the same plans. Work differently. Delegate. Get strategic.
Two weeks in, everything crept back.
Coaching was what made the difference stick.
Noticing the drift is enough to deserve support.
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HTs - I wish I could get back to why I took this job.
Strategic conversations. Curriculum work. Visibility in school.
Instead: back to back meetings. The urgent vs the important.
Surviving not thriving.
Actually thrive? That's what coaching is for.
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A mentor tells you what worked for them. A coach helps you find what works for you.
Mentoring gives you a map someone else drew. Coaching helps you draw your own.
Still stuck after mentoring? That might be exactly why.
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The loudest hostile presence in a headteacher's life?
Not the difficult parent. Not the demanding governor.
The voice in their own head. Keeping score of every unread email, every classroom visit that didn't happen.
Context problem. Not a character flaw.
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Capable headteacher. School functioning. On paper, fine.
But the gap between what you know you can achieve & what's actually getting done? That's the problem.
Your context is suppressing your capability. It's not a you problem & it's not permanent.
Let's talk.
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You've got your deputy. A colleague you can call. Someone who gets it.
But think about those conversations.
You talk it through. Feel better. Same issue, next week.
A colleague validates. A coach moves things forward.
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Two weeks off won't solve a year of firefighting.
It just pauses it.
It's not about needing more rest. It's about having a different way of working when you go back.
If that landed somewhere, let's talk.
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I work with time-poor headteachers to stop the firefighting so they can get on with the strategic.
That's it. That's the job.
If that sentence just landed somewhere, let's talk.
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Yes, I am about to hug a tree.
No, I'm not sorry.
Quietly doing its job for hundreds of years. No drama, no inbox, no governor queries.
Headteachers hold things together for everyone. Sometimes you need to hold a tree instead.
What do you do to switch off?
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As a headteacher, what happens if you disappear for a week? A month?
You're an essential piece of the puzzle. The picture can't be completed without you.
So why are you treating your piece as expendable?
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You haven't lost your judgment. You've just lost the headspace to use it. When did you last make a call that ruffled a few feathers?
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