About You + Me
About Me
Coaches executives, boards, seasoned and emerging leaders with from Tech to MFG, Apparel to Chemicals Fortune 500 corporations.
Co-Active Coach - Completed 100+ hours of coaching training from CTI15+ years of strategy and management consulting experience to C-suite and VPs. Strong expertise in facilitating complex stakeholder engagements, sales and marketing strategy and training
Serves as a world-class wilderness guide and backpacking teacher through his nonprofit; frequent speaker at industry events
Duncan brings 15+ years of experience in business strategy, coaching, organizational leadership, and nonprofit management. He coaches executives on compassionate leadership and communication and trains teams and organizations to work effectively and efficiently.
He believes that every person he coaches has all the insights, intuition, and resourcefulness to make wise and kind decisions, and sees his role as a coach to empower people to uncover and make skillful use of their innate strengths. Duncan received both his BA (with distinction) and Masters degree from Yale University and completed his coaching training from the Co-Active Training Institute.
Duncan is a seasoned business strategy consultant. His expertise in facilitating executive and stakeholder alignment and developing business strategy has earned him the invited role of primary advisor for 6 years in a row at a $50-billion manufacturing company. His consulting clients have included Nike, GAP, General Electric, Stanley Black & Decker, Citigroup, Gossamer Gear, and Fortune 2000 companies and tech firms.
Duncan has been teaching minimalist backpacking and guiding wilderness adventures through his nonprofit since 2012. Him and his ninja-geologist son Kiyo live in Berkeley CA, calls Hong Kong their ancestral home, and considers Wilderness the home to which they belong.
About You
My clients tend to be people who are adept at work and in life, but noticed the limits of conventional definitions of success. When we first met, many of them say that they feel inadequate, burned out, or uncertain about their futures. Most are curious about how to be happier in life.
Through coaching, clients have told me that they have discovered parts of themselves – their values, purpose, their own spirituality – that they didn’t know were already present within them. Through coaching they get to harness their true nature, and create a life they want and do good for the people and our planet.
About Us
Our journey won’t always be easy or comfortable. No path is charted. And you may not always come away feeling inspired or relieved. But you will get closer to your true nature.
You will often come away with new insights that you can immediately apply, a deep question to ponder over, or a newfound commitment to take an action you have been reluctant to take.
Our journey will require both of us to show up with authenticity, vulnerability, integrity, courage, and perseverance. I will show up with mine. Will you show up with yours?