“Leadership challenges are best met with a strong team and a great coach. Duncan takes the time to learn the business and the people on the team. With his coaching and leadership development work with the staff, we were able to turn around a failing division, improving employee engagement and creating a fluid set of working agreements that changed slow policy with fast moving teamwork.”
—CEO | INSURANCE AND TRAVEL COMPANY—
Duncan Drechsel | Executive Coach
Duncan brings a significant depth of operating expertise with high-growth and emerging businesses as context to his work with clients including general management, marketing, strategy and product management. He has held leadership roles at organizations including Walmart, Pacific Telesis (now AT&T), BabyCenter (now Johnson & Johnson), and caused-based work at Common Sense Media.
Duncan helps individuals and teams embrace and utilize their unique strengths, identify and overcome their limitations, and develop new skills. He serves as a catalyst for change, working to develop highly engaged, high-performance cultures built on a foundation of authentic leadership. His work with clients focuses on building awareness, connection to purpose, and clarity of intention.
Duncan lives in Marin County, CA and can often be found riding and running on a trail or road, and competes in triathlons as a celebration of fitness.
SELECTED CLIENTS:
AAA
Apollo Education Group
BMC Software
Cisco
Genentech
Haas School UC Berkeley
Intersect Power
iSpecimen
LinkedIn
Northwest Farm Credit Services
Recurrent Energy
The Hewlett Foundation
The Peery Foundation
EDUCATION:
MBA, Cornell University
BA in Economics,
University of California, Irvine
Coaches Training Institute