Just when I thought I knew myself, Dave showed up and asked me a few questions. From that point on, with his support, I have realised that there is a lot more to be discovered by me about me.

In our six months programme Dave has managed to lead me into greater understanding of the importance of understanding myself in order to develop my leadership skills. I felt as if I was on an exciting treasure hunt. Thank you Dave for all your support!”

I have been working with Dave for the past 18 months and have found him to be an engaging, reflective coach/mentor who has helped me a great deal in balancing the demanding needs of elite coaching.

Throughout our sessions I have gained insight and practical information that I have found easy to apply to my life to gain a happy and workable balance.

I highly recommend Dave. Thank you!

Dave is a great visionary and always looks for the positive in situations and people.

He was a great support to the organisation and made a real impact while he was with us, and now is greatly missed. He lead a number of projects and initiatives which have changed the culture of the organisation for the better.

With his knowledge, experience and personality I have no doubt The Summit Partnership will make a difference to so many organisations and individuals.

I definitely would recommend Dave to others. I would not be who I am today without him and his support and pearls of wisdom he has passed on.

David Levine has been my coach for the past five years. We have met regularly sometimes frequently and now upon my request every 3 or 4 months.

David has been an excellent coach for me, impacting upon my business vision and strategy my leadership and management of goals, processes and people. David has when required and appropriate also coached me successfully with related life goals and my life work balance.

Through gentle, incisive, firm and often illuminating questions and appropriate, sensitive and timely challenge David has enabled me to see patterns, opportunities, skills (at times areas for development) and the motivation and self belief to tackle difficult challenges and unhelpful habits and procrastinations.

David is naturally a very reflective coach – rarely pushing always encouraging and happy with silence and letting solutions ‘hang in the air’ for me to circle and triangulate my options, the consequences, benefits and actions I choose to take responsibility for.

David never appears to stick to a given or model of coaching – it always feels really bespoke and that there is huge professional care to help me and not a ‘process to be gone through’.  I never feel indulged or patronised nor that he holds any value judgements beyond an excellent professional commitment to help me understand me and my business better and to feel confident, informed and energised to make the next steps.

I have had a number of coaches over many years.  Dave has been my ‘longest serving’ and will continue to be an important part of ‘my team’ – my tool box for success.

It is for these reasons that I have no reservations what so ever in recommending him to you whole heartedly.

I first met Dave when I was involved in the ECB Level 4 program. This is a course run by the ECB Elite Coaching Program in conjunction with the University of Gloucestershire. Dave’s role was to support me in a mentoring role.

He was always available for a catch up over the phone or a longer face to face chat with anything regarding work, life and in particular the course. It is fair to say I was nervous and apprehensive about the academic side of the course having not done any study since my school days.

What Dave was great at for me was simplifying the process I was going to need to complete the course from an academic side. I’ll admit, I was a bit lost with it all however after every coffee catch up with Dave I was very optimistic. There were times I was thinking about pulling the pin on the course and I am certain that without Dave to reassure me and help with a “plan of attack”, I would not have managed.

What Dave did well was not sugar coat anything- at the appropriate times he told me straight, “this is what you are going to need to do and I’m here to help you.” This is where his advice was valuable. When I was looking for an easier way, he sensed that and was straight with me in an honest and respectful way. I am very thankful for his support through this period and could not have got through without him.

Dave is an excellent communicator who you feel at ease with talking to about anything. I would not hesitate in recommending him to anyone wanting mentoring and life skills coaching.

I’d like to recommend Dave Levine as a skilled and experienced ‘people person’ with excellent insight and good strategic instincts. I worked with him on a number of occasions, finding him both knowledgeable and supportive, with a wealth of strings to his bow.

David has been working with Middlesbrough over the past years as a Professional Skills Tutor supporting, guiding and advising the Club’s Elite Coaches Apprenticeship Scheme students.  Throughout that time David has brought a wealth of knowledge and experience to the working environment.  His work with the students has been invaluable enabling them to graduate in the Premier League’s Elite Coaches Scheme. 

He has also been of great assistance to everyone in the Academy in terms of personal development and professional advice.  From a personal point of view he is someone I feel I can trust implicitly and someone I often refer to for guidance and advice on staff development.

David has vast experience working in many sporting and business fields and I would certainly recommend him to anyone wishing to enhance their own operation.

If you need any further details please do not hesitate to ask.

I first met Dave as part of British Gymnastics High Performance Coach programme.  Having never had a mentor before I was unsure what to expect and whether I needed or would gain anything form the support.  We made an instant connection and Dave illustrated the importance of good communication skills and why having someone there to challenge and reflect with is extremely powerful. 

He was a huge help through my time at Gymnastics and because of his skills and experience in Cricket we have continued our relationship into my new role at Cricket Scotland.

Dave is an exceptional skills as a coach and mentor and I would highly recommend him to anyone seeking to progress themselves gaining input form a different perspective.

I first met Dave at the beginning of my ECB Level 4 advanced coaching course and it didn’t take long for us to form a good relationship. Although i had worked with many coaches previously, these were mostly geared towards cricket specific development. Dave’s role throughout the level 4 process was to act as a ‘lifestyle coach’, helping us with any concerns we had throughout the completion of the course.  

I first met Dave at a challenging time of my life. I had just retired from professional cricket, embarking on ‘life in the real world’, had a young family to support and financial commitments to fulfil. I appreciated Dave’s genuine interest and authenticity, he made it very easy for me to talk things through. A good listener, with a dictionary of thought provoking questions, he helped me enormously to find the confidence and clarity in life after professional sport.

Dave provided consistent support and knowledge in his role as my mentor during the ECB Level 4 Coaching Course.

I got to know Dave as my playing career came to a premature end. I found Dave to be supportive, understanding, challenging and honest in our discussions. Dave has an excellent manner and good knowledge of coaching and people development. Furthermore, he demonstrates a good and clear understanding of the challenges, opportunities and issues that a professional sports person faces both during and after their careers.

I have really valued and enjoyed the development of our relationship and wish Dave and The Summit Partnership every success for the future.

I genuinely believe that what they do, can and will make a difference for individuals and organisations in looking to fulfil their potential.

I first engaged with Dave when I was really keen to further develop myself as a senior leader and to be clear on my future career objectives. Up until engaging with Dave I had struggled to get clarity on what I wanted and I used the coaching sessions with Dave to create that clarity.

Trust and mutual respect are essential in the coaching space and from day one Dave’s relaxed and positive presence made me feel very at ease and able to explore my thoughts without fear of judgement or consequence. Dave has a great ability to know when to choose the right intervention and to find the balance of when and how much challenge or support is required. A great listener, Dave will also ask the key ‘thought provoking’ question that enables a deeper understanding or a completely different perspective to enter the discussion. In addition Dave is able to gently flex between mentoring and coaching to fulfill the potential of every coaching session. I found that Dave’s positivity in sessions helped to build confidence and self belief in my evolving plans. Through our coaching sessions together, Dave has successfully helped me navigate to where I wanted to be at the end of the sessions but in reflecting on the process, this has been achieved by Dave being very authentically himself and being genuinely interested in my learning journey and my own experiences of the process.

Finally, I would not hesitate to recommend Dave to anyone who is serious about developing themselves as his calm, supportive and professional manner really energised me to follow through on discussions that I had with Dave and to have the confidence to act upon my plans.