About Lee Duncan -The Double Your Business Coach

Lee Duncan helps small to medium businesses to grow using his unique Double Your Business Coaching methodology.   He is unique in offering a success guarantee.

Lee has been featured in several national publications, with his advice being included in the prestigious Management Today magazine, as well as other more industry specific journals as diverse as craft businesses and financial services.

Lee has also been referenced in many local media stories about his clients' success stories, including the Cambridge Evening News and The Hunts Post.  He was also a finalist in a regional business person of the year award.

Having been raised in a small business family, Lee returned to small business in 2004 when he invested in a business coaching franchise.

Within 2 years he was awarded the coveted award for Best Client Results in Europe, beating over 150 other franchisees.  Awarded for the results his clients achieved, rather than his own business, this award demonstrates the value of Lee's coaching to his clients.  You can read a selection of business coaching success stories here.

In 2007 Lee left the franchise to pursue his own business agenda, finding that his creativity was stifled within the constraints of a fixed franchise system.  From his experiences working within the franchise and also working with over 30 other franchises, Lee wrote The Franchise Opportunity Workbook, a guide to safely buying a good franchise while avoiding a bad one.

Going further back, Lee graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Computer Science in 1988 and after a brief period programming computer systems that make life-saving drugs, he moved into project management.  At this time he was professionally trained in business consulting and worked on major business process re-engineering programmes.

In 1993 Lee was trained in coaching skills for management by David Hemery, the winner of the Olympic Gold Medal for hurdling.

Achievements in his corporate career include planning and managing a business restructuring exercise, negotiating a massive international service contract down from £87M to £65M and recruiting over 35 new staff within an 18 month period.  All of this was accomplished while managing a team of 6 directors responsible for 170 staff.