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Coaching a senior leadership team to lead systemic change
Coaching a senior leadership team to lead systemic change

In my experience, there is a significant difference between leading an organisation and leading a leadership team well. This case study shows how deep, system‑psychodynamic team coaching enabled a senior leadership team to work with complexity, share authority, reduce isolation, and lead ambitious cultural and strategic change with greater integrity and impact.

Inviting Your Tiger to Tea - When Ethics Required Action (hero series Part 2)
Inviting Your Tiger to Tea - When Ethics Required Action (hero series Part 2)

This article is part of my ongoing series about heroes—not the kind celebrated for titles or platforms, but those whose ethical courage shows up when systems fail.

It follows my earlier piece about David Turner, and continues my reflection on what it really means to live—and lead—according to the Principles of Public Life: integrity, accountability, openness, respect, and stewardship.

This piece centres on Tricia, a tireless campaigner, professional, and friend, whose life has repeatedly demonstrated that ethics are not abstract—they are practiced, often quietly, often at personal cost.

How to Create a Sustainable Culture in Your Workforce
How to Create a Sustainable Culture in Your Workforce

Are your staff, or partners heading towards burn out? Are you seeing significant signs of 'Strain Zone' fatigue building up? In this blog i share the insights about being Strategic about your Time and Energy.

Coaching a Scottish Organisation into Being Strategic
Coaching a Scottish Organisation into Being Strategic

In my experience there’s a big difference between having a strategy and actually ‘being strategic’. This case case study shows how I’ve helped an organisation make that difference, with the help of my Time & Energy Auditing tools.


 

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Staying Resilient – the ocean in a drop
Staying Resilient – the ocean in a drop

At a time of huge transition and challenge, there has never been a better time to harness meditation. Here’s how I go about it.

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Poems and Opinionsduncan wallaceSeptember 11, 2020
Exceptional Leadership during these times.
Exceptional Leadership during these times.

In this blog i am both celebrating the leaders i coach plus offering insights about what makes them so effective.

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Case Studies, Coaching Practice, Sustainable Businessesduncan wallaceSeptember 10, 2020
Manage time. Harness energy. Lead better.
Manage time. Harness energy. Lead better.

Managing workflow is an age-old issue. But a few years ago, I realised that it’s not just a matter of how long you spend on a task, but how much energy that task takes. My innovative Time & Energy Audit was born.

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Coaching Practice, Sustainable Businesses, Training, Time & Energy, Finding Your Focusduncan wallaceJuly 15, 2020Wellbeing, buildbackbetter, efficiency
What is “Being Strategic”?
What is “Being Strategic”?

It’s a phrase I use a lot, both in my coaching work and in my organisational development programmes. But what does it really mean to “be strategic”, beyond the buzzwords?

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Sustainable Businessesduncan wallaceJune 8, 2020
Poem for this month, with notes on the language of #blacklivesmatter
Poem for this month, with notes on the language of #blacklivesmatter

My poem for this month, in tribute to the #blacklivesmatter movement, together with my own thoughts on how gendered language can be problematic while fighting for equality.

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duncan wallaceJune 4, 2020
Action Learning Case Study – LIFE Moves
Action Learning Case Study – LIFE Moves

We were asked to help a disparate and eclectic regional group of charities and community organisations across the West of Scotland find shared purpose, direction and cohesion – Action Learning offered an effective route to success.

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Case Studies, Action Learning, Culture Changeduncan wallaceMay 28, 2020action learning, experience, #phenomenalmeetings
What are the costs and benefits of a Wriggly Time?
What are the costs and benefits of a Wriggly Time?

Having a Wriggly time is part of life. Now more than ever leaders are saying its a bit of a rollarcoaster. I think there are some great creative lessons here..

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Coaching Practiceduncan wallaceMay 8, 2020Resilience
Lean on Me is my song for these times of PolyCrisis.
Lean on Me is my song for these times of PolyCrisis.

Lean on Me is my song for this Month. Under Covid19 we are realising, more than ever that we all need to lean on each other. Bill Withers classic Lean on Me expresses what all communities are doing right now, and is born out of the need for communities in poverty to band together to be resilient. read more...

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Coaching Practice, Ethical Leadershipduncan wallaceMay 7, 2020
New forms of Activism and Entrepreneurism Required?
New forms of Activism and Entrepreneurism Required?

In the midst of being stuck at home, socially distant from our working lives and passions, I’m reminded of Thomas Merton, whose letter can offer some Social Entrepreneurs and Activists some wisdom for how to work with frustration. I hope it helps.

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Sustainable Businesses, Ethical Leadershipduncan wallaceApril 2, 2020entrepreneurship, leadership, change, Social Enterprise
Training Super-Villians and Selecting Board Members
Training Super-Villians and Selecting Board Members

From training super-villains (or rather, supervision), to interviewing potential board members for Community Justice Scotland, a diverse range of work allows me to continue to grow and develop the insights that help make the world a better place.

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Training, Coaching Practice, Culture Changeduncan wallaceJanuary 24, 2020
Time and Energy Auditing
Time and Energy Auditing

I developed the time and energy auditing tool to help Hospice managers explore issues around people’s energy when death happens around them. Many years later, I've taught it to so many different professionals, I know that it can offer great insights for anyone.

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Training, Culture Change, Coaching Practice, Finding Your Focus, Time & Energy, Sustainable Businessesduncan wallaceOctober 28, 2019coachiing, time management, energy, leadership, mentoring
Work as a Spiritual Practice
Work as a Spiritual Practice

My course in Understanding Workplace Stress and Developing Resilience, flow from my coaching work instilling resilience in leaders, teams, organisations and networks, rooted in my experience and understanding of what works, what is practical.

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Culture Change, Ethical Leadership, Trainingduncan wallaceOctober 24, 2019Resilience, Wellbeing, Spirituality, Coaching, Leaders, Teams, Training
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