Julia Duncan

Julia is Director of the Development Partnership (DP) and is a highly experienced executive coach, coaching supervisor and trainer. Her early career led her to strategic business leadership roles in HR and communications a number of these in large, complex organisations including AstraZeneca across the UK, USA, Asia and Europe; advising top teams working in diverse organisational cultures on strategic acquisitions, disposals and complex change programmes. Given her extensive background in management, Julia has a passion for coaching leaders to improve their confidence and impact in operating at a senior level and interacting with senior colleagues. She works with managers to develop clear strategies, business objectives and performance measures. She is also Programme lead for all the ILM Coaching qualifications where the DP team of qualified coaches including Julia have trained more than 500 managers to be professional coaches. She has recently collaborated with a colleague in writing a second edition of a book on Internal Coaching within organisations. Julia is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has recently been recognised with an award to recognise her 30+ years of service to the CIPD. With her 3 children having flown the nest, Julia now lives in south west France with her husband and 2 dogs and in her spare time sings in a local band and loves gardening, entertaining friends and having a go at watercolour painting.