Louise Duncan

Louise is the former Managing Director and now serves as the Global Brand Ambassador for TetraMap International. Over the past 18 years, she has played a pivotal role in building the New Zealand business and transforming the vision of its two remarkable founders into a global organisation.

She had the privilege of being involved from (almost) the beginning, evolving from a workshop facilitator to leading the business as the founders gradually stepped back from daily operations. Meaningful work in a context of transparency is central to her personal belief system.

Throughout her career, Louise has collaborated with diverse organisations from military, corporate, education and community sectors across the globe and some of the most respected brands in the world.

TetraMap Facilitation

Louise became a Master Facilitator in 2004, and since then has delivered many certification programmes in New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. She developed an innovative Global Master TetraMap Facilitator Programme designed to achieve business sustainability, and develop more leaders and ensure a strong legacy for TetraMap’s future. 

“It is such a privilege to share TetraMap with other facilitators. Initially most see it as a model of behaviour where, indeed, TetraMap was founded. The Certification Courses provide a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate how facilitators can take TetraMap from behaviour into a tool for team development and planning, and deeper again into a conceptual thinking and problem solving framework.

“The group dynamics at our courses are often quite extraordinary. The most beautiful thing for me to see is the diversity of people and organisations who want to learn more about TetraMap, and the diversity of applications it provides.

Participant comments

I have worked with Louise since early 2019, initially when Louise was my mentor through the TetraMap Master Facilitator programme and, more recently, on co-created projects. Louise has an extraordinary ability to inspire meaningful collaboration among people that produces outstanding, creative results. Endlessly positive, while firm about the task at hand, Louise tackles change openly and harnesses the collective talents of those around her to build a direction together – which is always rooted in learning from one another. I heartily recommend Louise as an expert facilitator, mentor and change professional – as well as someone who is great fun to work with.
Emma Mauger, Global Head of Learning, TetraMap International, Guernsey UK 

Louise’s leadership and support in the process of my becoming a TetraMap Master Facilitator was superb; insightful feedback, heaps of encouragement, helpful hints, oodles of ideas – and so much more. Her deep understanding of the dynamics of training and her focus on the learning outcomes for participants made every co-facilitation experience with her a leap in learning for me. Not only was the Master Facilitator’s programme a career highlight for me, but the professional support from one of world’s leading TetraMappers made for an outstanding personal experience.

Robyn Walshe, Director, Communications expert, Master TetraMap Facilitator, Perth, Australia

It’s not very often that you come across someone who truly cares about their community, many profess to, but too often their actions don’t match their words. Louise’ walks the talk’ and demonstrably does care about her community.

I have been connected to Louise for 25 years, having worked with her at Consolidated Financial Insurance/GE Capital Insurance Services and more recently as part of the ‘TetraMap Certified Facilitators’ community, that Louise leads.

I am always in admiration of how Louise lives her own and the TetraMap values, and how she utilises the diverse strengths of the TetraMap community, to deliver learning through the ‘TetraMap Teach and Learn’ series. I love the TetraMap model. For something that on the face of it is so intuitive and simple; it provides so much; it goes way beyond a tool that is only used to identify behavioural diversity.

I wholeheartedly recommend Louise’s leadership and her commitment to the creation and inclusivity of the TetraMap community.

Mark Brown, Trainer and Coach, The Intuitive learning Company, UK 

Louise’s work with young leaders, such as those who attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Programme is impressive. Her deep knowledge of the TetraMap and the nature of behaviour is one thing. The ability to transfer that knowledge to the participants on the Programme is another. It was a joy to behold.

Wendy Betteridge, Rotary Youth Leadership Award Convenor, NZ

“Thanks Louise for your many inspiring years of growing me as a TetraMap facilitator and as a person. At every turn you have provided new insights and challenges for me to take up, yet never let me flounder alone. You have known when to lead from the front and guide me, when to walk alongside me and let me catch my breath and always, always encouraged me to step up and out to my edge. I have been especially grateful for the way in which you shine the light on those sticky and complex issues that got in the way of great work and guided me to find simple and elegant solutions. Plus, you’re fun to be around.”

Esther Bukholt, Facilitator, Wellington, NZ