Duncan Piper-Blake

ABOUT ME
I'm a certified professional coach, trained by the International Coach Academy and credentialed by the International Coaching Federation, the world’s leading coaching body. I help executives, leaders and rising stars achieve higher performance, increase their wellbeing and find greater fulfilment by supporting them to navigate or create meaningful changes in their professional and personal lives.

I was formerly the founding chief executive of The Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology – a brand new multimillion-pound university at the heart of industry – where I made continuous coaching a pillar of the degree programme. Before that, I built and ran a leadership development company, delivering programmes to thousands of participants from across the UK, US and Asia, including extensive one-to-one coaching. I have also served on the boards of a social justice charity and an inner-London academy.

My coaching practice is informed by my wide-ranging experience, but I don’t offer advice, quick fixes or corporate sound bites. Our work will go much deeper: my job is to listen, observe, share reflections and ask powerful questions to help you to see your situation in 3D, work out what you want to do, and then do it.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
I developed the Cadence Coaching Model to help my clients unlock their greatest potential, founded on four core elements:

An ethical coaching space of acceptance, recognition and optimism;
An open, committed and honest client, who brings a clear challenge or ambition to each session;
A coach, who provides a carefully calibrated blend of accountability, creativity, challenge, warmth and pace into the room;
And a powerful coaching process that allows the client to see and accept the reality of their current situation, decide what they want to be different, explore the various ways of making that change, converge on a course of action, commit to it, and then enact it.

You can learn more about Cadence Coaching on my website.

WHAT ONE OF MY CLIENTS SAYS:
Duncan has an incredible ability to facilitate self-discovery. He never imposed answers or tried to solve anything but in exploring and guiding my own thinking, helped me to understand new perspectives on my past, present and future … I came away every time with my horizon expanded, my shoulders relaxed and my mind fizzing with excitement at the opportunities and ideas I had uncovered. Working with Duncan gave me precious time to both reflect deeply and move my thinking forward – which made my decision-making more efficient so that I was able to direct my energy to the right places, benefiting me physically, mentally, financially. Duncan is a fantastic coach with a calm and generous presence and I look forward to reconnecting in the future.
Lucy, London, UK

GET IN TOUCH
If you feel we might be a good fit, do get in touch. Call me on +44(0)7719 192 988, or email me on duncan@duncanpiperblake.com.