Hi, I'm Duncan Skelton - Award-winning Executive Coach.
I partner with senior leaders to unlock their potential, transforming their approach to leadership through courageous exploration. With 25+ years in tech and global expedition experience, I guide leaders to build authentic, high-performing teams and lives they love.
At a glance
Curated signals on strengths, focus areas, and how they can help.
Led engineering management and flagship leadership development programs at Google.
Founded a coaching practice to partner with senior leaders for transformation.
Can provide frameworks for fostering psychological safety in teams.
🚀 Career trajectory
Tech Leadership Foundation
Built a robust career over 25 years in tech, including significant engineering management roles and leading flagship leadership development programs at Google.
✦ Engineering Management
✦ Leadership Development
Global Expeditionary Experience
Cultivated deep expertise in navigating extreme environments and leading expeditions through 30 years of worldwide rock climbing.
✦ Expedition Leadership
✦ Risk Management
✦ Global Experience
Principal Leadership Coach
Founded Duncan Skelton Coaching to partner with senior leaders, applying a unique blend of practical experience and coaching to foster transformation.
✦ Executive Coaching
✦ Founder
✦ Transformational Leadership
Pioneering New Ventures
Co-founding The Fax Club Experiment, exploring innovative approaches to professional community and growth.
✦ Innovation
✦ Community Building
✦ Entrepreneurship
💪🏻 Superpowers
Catalyst for Bold Leadership Journeys
Expanding leadership capacity through courageous exploration.
✦ Guide senior leaders to create lives and careers beyond imagination.
✦ Facilitate experiments for personal and professional transformation.
✦ Build conditions for psychological safety and authentic team dynamics.
Navigating Uncertainty with Expertise
Leveraging diverse experience to guide through challenges.
✦ Partner with leaders to reframe difficult conversations.
✦ Coach executives stepping into new senior roles.
✦ Share lessons from leading expeditions and climbing globally.
Engineering Vision into Reality
Translating ambitious dreams into tangible outcomes.
✦ Empower founders to build businesses around their vision.
✦ Help corporate leaders achieve extraordinary results.
✦ Provide trusted partnership for audacious goals.
I'm excited about
✦ Discovering innovative coaching methodologies for senior leaders.
✦ Connecting with fellow pioneers building extraordinary ventures.
✦ Exploring collaborations that push the boundaries of leadership.
I can help with
✦ Offer guidance on expanding leadership range and personal growth.
✦ Provide frameworks for fostering psychological safety in teams.
✦ Share strategies for navigating complex organizational challenges.
I would love your help on
✦ Insights into emerging trends in leadership and organizational design.
✦ Connections to founders building disruptive businesses.
✦ Opportunities to collaborate on transformative leadership initiatives.