Duncan Drechsel
Duncan Drechsel 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 leadership 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 holds an MBA from Cornell, and a BA in Economics from University of California, Irvine. His coach training is with the Coaches Training Institute. Duncan lives in Marin County with his wife and two sons. He can often be found riding and running on trail or road and competes in triathlons as a celebration of fitness.
TODD BURGER | CEO, AAA Mountain West
“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.”
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
AAA
Bank of the West
BMC Software
Cisco
Clorox
Eventbrite
The Hewlett Foundation
Intersect Power
LinkedIn
Recurrent Energy
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