I also enjoy the excitement and energy of working with associates and partners. I’d love more of that.

I deliver associate work in the following roles, virtually or in-person:

• Team coach: from solo leads for smaller teams to co-leads with larger teams
• Facilitator: delivering workshops on leadership development, leadership skills, webinars or coach training skills
• Leadership coach: delivering 1-2-1 coaching with the C-suite and senior leaders

I have a range of skills and qualities to support you in your coaching or facilitation programmes:

Delivery: Being a senior team coach and facilitator, I’m a safe pair of hands you can trust to deliver your programme as intended. Highly experienced in in-person and virtual delivery, I can easily and quickly get to grips with your programme essence, outcomes and exercises to quickly hit the ground running in delivering it.

Design: I can design too. With over 5 years of instructional design experience ranging from shorter 1-hour masterclasses, three-day in-person workshops to investment-heavy multi-format 6-month programmes across numerous client organisations and geographies, coupled with 20 years in marketing communications experience, I can bring my wide and deep design and storytelling skills to your project.

Client management skills: You can trust me with your clients. With over 15 years in account management in the advertising industry, I know how to build client relationships, bring clients with you and also be firm with them when you want me to.

Commercial acumen: I can converse with clients on their business needs. Having worked at a senior level in many commercially-driven organisations and having completed an MBA too, I have strong business and commercial awareness.

Responsiveness: A crucial quality in a co-lead and associate role. I will always endeavour to respond to you rapidly, concisely and with clarity allowing you to quickly move forward with your work.

Flexibility: With your clients’ worlds moving fast, I appreciate we need to be flexible. I will always do my very best to bend and flex to ensure your programme happens as desired by you and your clients.

Honesty and transparency: To aim for the very best, I will always share my perspective even if it might be slightly different to yours, all the while knowing the client is your client and every decision yours.

Ease: With every email and conversation with my partners, I aim to bring ease and lightness. Let’s have this be a piece of work we enjoyed working on together and one you’re proud of!

I like knowing that we are in right relationship, that there is mutual respect and care. Clarity, honesty and straight-talking too. That we’re focused on getting the work done. And doing this professionally to our very best abilities, committed to the work and with lightness too.

Wanting to know what you want from me too, we’ll have a conversation on our agreement so we’re aligned on all this and how we want to be together in the design process and in delivery.

In delivery my style is friendly, empathetic, inspiring, enthusiastic about the material, concise and clear in explanations. When needed I’m able to courageously express myself with authority while allowing for other perspectives too. I’m also spacious so we can lean into each other… finishing each other’s sentences. I also bring lightness to this work so it’s an enjoyable experience for us and your clients!

If I sound like someone who might compliment your style, someone you’d value as an associate, then please do contact me. I’d love to explore how we might work together on your clients.

“Duncan is one of my first ‘go-to’ coaches when I need a co-lead for team coaching, or another colleague to work 1-2-1 with clients. He’s enthusiastic, creative, always able to bring a new perspective or adapt to the client’s needs. He’s a powerful coach, and always in a caring and considered way. Most importantly, he’s also great to work with!” (Liz Wren, Founder, Through The Forest Mentor Coaching)

“Working with Duncan on projects in businesses and schools has been a joy. He’s a great collaborator, calm, flexible, efficient, reliable, and fun. I highly recommend him.” (Julie Darcey, Founder, Inspiring Heads)

“I’ve brought Duncan in to work with me to co-lead a few times in team coaching engagements with key clients. Why? Firstly – he really knows his stuff!  We use a lot of ORSC thinking and tools – and he just happens to be one of the front of room leads for the ORSC faculty. VERY handy! Secondly – he really compliments my skills. Unafraid of conflict, he gently and supportively challenges clients to be brave and cross their edges, holding their feet to the fire, in a way that helps them to leap. Thirdly – he is ‘all in’ as a co-lead.  There’s no politics, just a genuine commitment to getting the best results for the client, and doing whatever it takes to get to that, from the design phase to being agile and responsive to what’s needed in delivery. He partners beautifully as a co-lead in the room – an easy ebb and flow ‘dance’, and is great with the client sponsor in calls and in the room. Finally – he’s a lot of fun to work with! If you need a great co-lead to help you deliver for your clients – definitely consider Duncan. But not too much – I want first dibs on him for my clients!!” (Jo Wright, Director, Phoenix: Bringing Humanity to Work)

“I’ve known Duncan for a few years now. We worked together as a group of us explored using the Deep Democracy Process in UK prisons and schools, and then more recently when I invited him be a team coach for an organisation I was working with. When working as a trainer or team coach, Duncan is bold, courageous and enthusiastic. He brings depth and wisdom and alongside his lightness and vulnerability, he makes a powerful impact on a team. I enjoyed working with him and would welcome working with him again.” (Lori Shook, Director, Shooksvensen)