Our Coaching Team

Our coaching leadership team offers diverse and extensive industry experience.

We have all completed an advanced level of evidence based coaching studies, which support our highly effective coaching engagements.

Explore our team profiles to see how we can help you and your organisation thrive.

Steve Lewis

Founder & CEO

Steve Lewis

Founder & Director

Steve is passionate about our business. He leads our business development team and consulting team. Steve is the creator of many of our core models and programmes, such as 'The Manager's GIFTS', and 'CEE Your Clients' for professional practitioners.

Steve is an active member of our coaching team and loves working with leadership teams to create business success through thriving workplaces.

Whilst many of Steve's clients operate at executive levels, Steve is passionate about offering coaching support throughout a business. Steve holds an MSc in Behavioural Change from Henley Business School and specialises in 'Future Thinking'.

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Jane Newman

Lead Coach

Jane trains our associates and supports external coaches, drawing on her career in HR leadership to help individuals and leadership teams navigate change.

She is a highly skilled coach who has helped business managers and leaders create balance in life while achieving success.

Jane specialises in Personal Values and their impact on our lives. She has written several articles on the Power of Personal Values and helped create tools for individuals to explore and apply their values to thrive. Jane also supports our specialist programmes for senior employees preparing for their next phase of life.

Jane Newman

Lead Coach

Grant Metcalfe - Smith

Coach Leader

Grant Metcalfe-Smith

Coach Partner

Grant is a Coach Leader within our team, with expertise in Financial Services and Senior Leadership. Grant connects clients from across the globe with clients from Europe, Asia, and Africa.

As a coach Grant challenges his clients to think more deeply, holistically, and creatively about their role as leaders and people managers. Grant leads and supports the implementation of the

Co-Labpeople programmes.

He is driven by facilitating outcomes for clients which are measurable and evident to the client and their stakeholders.

Melanie Lansbury

Coach Partner

Melanie works with leaders and teams across organisations, from front-line to senior leadership, designing and delivering programmes that help people gain clarity, confidence, and momentum during periods of change.

She works across the public and private sectors, supporting leaders and teams to strengthen collaboration, trust, and effective decision-making.

Melanie specialises in leadership development and team effectiveness during change. Her consulting and economics background enables her to translate insight into effective action.