You are capable of more than you ever imagined.

Adapting to change, striving for continual improvement or dealing with uncertainty can often leave you overwhelmed,  emotionally drained and with your thoughts tangled.

KBM takes the lessons of elite sport and coaching, combined with evidence-based strategies to provide you with the support and challenge you need.

KBM Inspired Coaching, is here to support athletes and industry leaders on a journey of self-discovery and career fulfilment.

Each session, is as unique as the individuals that we are, so my style is reflective of this. I will move with the pace, flow, energy and natural direction of the thinker during each session.

The key to this flow for me is developing a trusting relationship with my thinking partner, to create a safe and suitably challenging thinking environment that provides the space and time to work through there thoughts whilst evoking a new degree of self awareness and supporting their own commitment to new insights.

My approach is steeped in learnings from one of the best master coaches out there, in Claire Pedrick of 3d Coaching. My coaching style is upbeat and direct, blending Claire’s practical, person centred approach to coaching, that creates a supportive container for conversations, with a flexible use of other theory and coaching tools like:- chair work, community mapping, performance interferences and cognitive behavioural change techniques, to help develop an agile mindset. Which can be so important when navigating the emotional and physical pathways of our daily lives.

Our thinkers leave energised, with new insights…

“Coaching is a a conversation where people feel heard and get new insights into their own stuff that allows them to move forward” – Claire Pedrick, Master Coach, 3D Coaching

Check out what our thinkers say about KBM

“When we are no longer
able to change a situation,
we are challenged too
change ourselves”

Victor Frankl

“When we are no longer
able to change a situation,
we are challenged too
change ourselves”

Victor Frankl

Meet Lewis

I have been operating within, and leading high performing teams for over 20 years and have experienced and utilised first-hand the benefit of a mentor and coach, who’s subtle use of coaching and behavioural change tools, helped me to overcome challenges, setbacks and drive peak performance.

As a former professional rugby player and England Captain, I have always felt incredibly fortunate to have been in a profession I loved and was utterly passionate about.

The experiences of extreme highs and deep lows in sport, has given me a unique depth of knowledge and self-awareness around what it takes to not only perform at the highest level but also to understand the constant need to adapt and overcome different types of mental and physical challenges whether on the field, in the workplace or in our private lives.

Having personally seen the effect a good mentor or coach can have, along with new qualifications in this field and my own experiences and knowledge, I now support others in their own journey of personal development and self-discovery. I have worked with a variety of talented individuals, across different sectors of sport and business, to create a safe space where thinkers can explore their own challenging questions, free from judgement, with an empathetic coach, who is providing the right level of challenge, and is there to support and invest in their forward movement. Either in person or delivered virtually by one of our incredibly experienced group of associates.

Passion

As a former professional rugby player and England International, I have always felt incredibly fortunate to have been in a profession I loved and was utterly passionate about for over 16 years.

To reach the highest peaks with extraordinary teams and finish my career captaining my country was a genuine privilege; however, in 2012 injury forced me into early retirement and I found myself unprepared for transition and unable to cope with enforced and unexpected change.

I needed time for personal reflection on who I was, what my skillsets were and how to apply them in life after sport. Becoming a World Champion in a team environment relies upon skill and behavioural interdependencies and I realised the learning on my journey was something I could use to assist others to succeed in their own environments.

People

A chance act of kindness during my career lead me to being offered the opportunity to benefit from an experienced business and life coach, who challenged my thinking and supported me to ask better questions of myself during this period.

Ultimately, this had a hugely positive impact on my transition, allowing me to realise that my unique qualities and skills were all in working with people; the ability to motivate groups and individuals, coupled with the soft skills needed to help work with teams and individuals to drive or support their own personal journeys and to catalyse the right team and personal behaviour to succeed.

At the centre of each part of my journey has been that behavioural change and the need to respond and adapt to those shifting conditions, something others experience every day, whether in business or in sport, reacting to changing conditions that are absolutely relevant to modern societal and economic trends.

Purpose

Since retiring from rugby in 2012, I have launched a start-up company with our employees supporting hundreds of young students through the power of sport in the education sector, founded a charitable foundation raising over two million pounds supporting young families with brain tumours, trekked to the geographic North and South poles and gathered significant other life experiences in other areas along the way.

As a coach I work on the assumption that we normally know the route to solve our own questions, but sometimes we just need a little encouragement, challenge and self-adjustment to help us realise we are capable of more than we ever imagined.

I am now singularly driven to support others in business or sport, to realise their purpose, understand their skills and recognise interferences with a desire to unlock their potential, whether that be as individuals or members of a wider team environment

Qualifications

ICF certified coach

IAFPD certificate in coaching 

ILM certificate in development

Associate Member of the institute for leadership and management, 

Mental health first aider

C-me practitioner

Passion

As a former professional rugby player and England International, I have always felt incredibly fortunate to have been in a profession I loved and was utterly passionate about for over 16 years.

To reach the highest peaks with extraordinary teams and finish my career captaining my country was a genuine privilege; however, in 2012 injury forced me into early retirement and I found myself unprepared for transition and unable to cope with enforced and unexpected change.

I needed time for personal reflection on who I was, what my skillsets were and how to apply them in life after sport. Becoming a World Champion in a team environment relies upon skill and behavioural interdependencies and I realised the learning on my journey was something I could use to assist others to succeed in their own environments.

People

A chance act of kindness during my career lead me to being offered the opportunity to benefit from an experienced business and life coach, who challenged my thinking and supported me to ask better questions of myself during this period.

Ultimately, this had a hugely positive impact on my transition, allowing me to realise that my unique qualities and skills were all in working with people; the ability to motivate groups and individuals, coupled with the soft skills needed to help work with teams and individuals to drive or support their own personal journeys and to catalyse the right team and personal behaviour to succeed.

At the centre of each part of my journey has been that behavioural change and the need to respond and adapt to those shifting conditions, something others experience every day, whether in business or in sport, reacting to changing conditions that are absolutely relevant to modern societal and economic trends.

Purpose

Since retiring from rugby in 2012, I have launched a start-up company with our employees supporting hundreds of young students through the power of sport in the education sector, founded a charitable foundation raising over two million pounds supporting young families with brain tumours, trekked to the geographic North and South poles and gathered significant other life experiences in other areas along the way.

As a coach I work on the assumption that we normally know the route to solve our own questions, but sometimes we just need a little encouragement, challenge and self-adjustment to help us realise we are capable of more than we ever imagined.

I am now singularly driven to support others in business or sport, to realise their purpose, understand their skills and recognise interferences with a desire to unlock their potential, whether that be as individuals or members of a wider team environment

Qualifications

ICF certified coach

IAFPD certificate in coaching 

ILM certificate in development

Associate Member of the institute for leadership and management, 

Mental health first aider

C-me practitioner

Why:

KBM Inspired was formed to provide thinking partnerships for athletes and leaders.

How:

Typical coaching relationships:

Team Development

Either in person or delivered virtually by one of our incredibly experienced group of associates

Coaching Services Offered:













Coaching Services Offered:

“The journey
of a thousand
miles starts
with one step”

Lau Tzu

Driving Performance:

3 Step Change Plan:

1. Discover your priorities and desired outcomes

2. Discuss what is working and what is not?
What’s helping you and what’s getting in the way.
3. Define the actions needed to meet your outcomes

One life.

5 Pillars of Fulfilment:

As I found in my Rugby career, getting the pillars right is key to performing. Understanding what those pillars are and the importance of building strong foundations, is key to creating a platform to support your individual fulfilment.

Agile Mindset:

Having a way of adapting to changing circumstances and situations seem ever more crucial in todays world. One area that supports our open and agile mindset is cognitive behavioural coaching, derived from cognitive behavioural therapy. Implementing these tools and techniques supported my playing career greatly and I am deeply fascinated to see how they can benefit others.

Where appropriate we will subtly introduce these tools and techniques to our sessions to help deal with those natural human states that can afflict us all at some point, like imposter syndrome, negative self talk and crippling self doubt. Through learning how to practice and apply these techniques and tools, we will help you to reframe your thinking and develop an agile mindset capable of flexing through many varying scenarios.

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