We can help you create your ideal organisation
Successful business owners understand the importance of finding the right support. At Leaders Lab we have many years of experience in supporting organisations to grow, through coaching and consulting.
Kate Mercer
Co-Founder
Amanda Baines
Co-Founder
Co-founder of Leaders Lab, Amanda is an experienced executive coach and leadership development specialist. She delivers outstanding results through her dynamic coaching, consultancy and facilitation, producing organisations which maximise everyone’s potential and in which everyone plays to their strengths.
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I specialise in working with businesses that are scaling up. I help founders and leaders to organise their scale-up business by showing them the best ways to manage the people side of their organisation. They rapidly achieve sustainable, healthy growth and markedly more success, by making their organisations easier to run.
As your business grows, if you don’t engage people so they’re fully playing their part, you can easily end up trying to manage everything yourself. It’s stressful and often unsuccessful – and it’s very likely you’ll hold the organisation back from reaching a more sustainable level of growth.
Together with you and your team, I help you clarify the changing roles that are needed. We’ll define and agree what the business needs from each role – and what good looks like. The outcome is that everyone in the organisation is working towards the same goals, and knows exactly what is expected of them.
I’ve worked with teams in organisations at all stages, but they all had one thing in common – they knew they could achieve much more. You might be a brand-new team just setting up, or an established team crying out for a re-set. In either case, I’ll work with you to develop the structure, skills and action plans you need to take your organisation to the next level and make it really successful.
If you know your business could achieve more, and you suspect you’re missing a trick, email me at km@leaderslab.co.ukor call me on 07801 259637. Let’s have a chat about what the issues are and what you’d like to achieve.
More about Amanda Baines
I work with CEOs, Senior and Managing Partners, Board Directors, and senior executives in large professional organisations. My clients are mostly professional advisors – lawyers, wealth managers, accountants, engineers and real estate firms. They are frequently international and household names.
My clients are already successful. They also have a big vision for themselves and their organisation, and I work with them to identify what’s getting in the way and to help them make that vision a reality.
They want to be better leaders, engage and motivate their teams, and take their firm or partnership to the next level. They’re intelligent, energetic and have a sense of humour.
“I’ve worked with Amanda for over three years, and she is an outstanding coach. Over the last year we have focused on my becoming Senior Partner at Taylor Wessing, and I can’t thank her enough for her invaluable input into my campaign and my successful election.”
Nick Warr, Senior Partner, Taylor Wessing
“Amanda is in a different league to coaches I’ve worked with in the past. She supported me in developing a more effective management style which is yielding tangible results. I only wish I’d worked with her earlier in my career.”
Charlie Kannreuther, Director, Savills
If you’d like to know more, I’d be delighted to have a chat with you. You can email me at ab@leaderslab.co.uk or call me on 07770 221166.
We can talk through what your issues are and what steps you might like to take.
Gil Hilleard
Senior Consultant
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Jennifer Robinson
Associate
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I am a professional coach working with mature, successful people who want to make a difference in their lives, at work or in their communities, yet feel frustrated in important areas.
People often have blocks to full effectiveness: my coaching helps them discover hidden thinking that stops them getting the results they want. They see beyond what they already know, and are left able to take effective action in key areas.
Typical results include:
* The young woman stopped by self-doubt and fear of failing who went on to develop her own healing practice.
* The businessman, driven, overworked and anxious, who saw new ways to get support and be more effective at work, to enjoy time with his family and to dramatically improve his health.
* The woman in an acrimonious divorce who resolved past conflicts and formed a strong co-parenting relationship with her ex, free to meet as friends and enjoy family events together.
I’ve led personal growth seminars for 25 years and trained intensively as a coach and trainer.
Rob Rave
Consultant/Coach
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Rob, founder of Gamechanger Performance and former Head of Teaming UK at EY, is an experienced Performance and Executive Coach dedicated to transforming careers. Creator of the FLIP™ methodology, he works with high-achieving professionals — including entrepreneurs, finance leaders, and legal experts — who want to drive significant shifts in their results, influence, and leadership.
Rob is known for creating rapid and lasting impacts with technical and analytical professionals, often achieving breakthroughs within six sessions. His approach balances the “inner and outer game,” helping clients overcome personal and professional challenges while enhancing focus, resilience, and strategic thinking.
Starting as a sports coach focused on mindset, Rob transitioned to coaching CEOs, partners, and executives, guiding them to elevate performance and build influential relationships. During his seven years at EY, he coached partners in achieving sustainable growth and high performance, reinforcing his commitment to impactful coaching.
Rob continues to empower growth-oriented professionals, assisting with career advancement, leadership transitions, and meaningful progress.
Rachel White
Marketing Co-Ordinator