About Merriweather
TRANSforming
In business it is never all plain sailing. Things go wrong, businesses fail. Successful leaders are asked to take on new challenges to transform and improve under-performing business units.
The causes may not be in your control, however, the solutions have to be.
You have to lead and inspire a new approach, deliver an inspiring vision and plan for success. You will be required to take tough decisions, deliver change and take your team with you. Success rests with you and an inspired team can help you make it happen.
THE CHALLENGES WE HELP OUR CLIENTS OVERCOME
- Managing change
- Team alignment
- Uniting a business to deliver goals
- Building a team of leaders
- Overcoming team dysfunctions
- Improving performance in a business
- Realignment following reorganisation
- Helping a new leader build a winning team
- Developing talent
- Building a team everyone wants to join and no one wants to leave
- Improving employee engagement
- Developing a high performance culture
- Maintaining a thriving business
- Inspiring a new level of commitment
established in 1997 by a unique partnership of a successful sportsman with an experienced corporate leader
Today Richard and Malcolm lead Merriweather and continue to transform leaders' teams and businesses all around the world through the Merriweather business improvement methods with inspirational coaching and facilitation.
Around The World For 20 Years
CORPORATE BROCHURE
Read more about Merriweather and how we continue to help improve business performance, leaders and teams around the world.
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RICHARD MERRIWEATHERManaging Director & Business CoachFounder and Chief of Merriweather Limited – established in 1997. Oozing inspiration, Richard is an outstanding coach to ambitious leaders and executives. Previously enjoying 12 years as an accomplished professional racing sailor and yacht skipper. Challenges include: competing to represent Great Britain in 1996 Olympics, Skipper in 1992 and 1996 round the world yacht races and skipper of a Tall Ship running development programmes for some of the countries most disadvantaged 16 - 30yr olds. READ ARTICLE
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Malcolm BrownDirector & Business CoachMalcolm has been with Merriweather since its inception. Following a successful career in Human Resources and Training & Development with Barclays Bank and Norwich and Peterborough Building society, Malcolm successfully implements change programmes and improves performances of leaders and their teams. In Malcolm’s early years, he had a very interesting role supporting service teams at a famous stately homes.
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EMMA KINGBusiness ManagerEmma’s experience in training and management led her to be head-hunted to join Merriweather as Business Manager in 2010. Her previous professional successes at Kraft Foods International and Sotheby’s Fine Art Auctioneers gives Emma the edge in people management. Emma’s role is very much at the heart of the business and her attention to detail is second-to-none. She also balances her business career with family life in South West London.
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NIGEL KINGBusiness CoachAn acclaimed Professional Sailor, National Champion and Performance Coach, with over 30 years of competing and coaching at the highest level, Nigel’s accomplishments have naturally fused to form an all encompassing and powerful business and leadership offering. With an impressive portfolio of qualifications and experience supporting Sport England, Dame Ellen MacArthur DBE, Sport Science & Business and Leadership teams at top UK universities, adviser to TASS (Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme) and 6 round the world campaigns, including 2 Volvo ocean races, and a Jules Verne Trophy record attempt. READ FULL BIO
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EMILY DAVIDSONBusiness CoachA seasoned, successful coaching professional, Emily brings a co-creative approach with her clients, an endless curiosity that lifts the rocks, and a lived experience of the effectiveness of the Merriweather ethos. Today she employs the same collaborative and questioning approach to gain understanding and inspiration that she first learnt onboard the yacht Compaq more than 20 years ago, when Merriweather provided her team with inspiring, winning team building in the Round The World Global Yacht Race. READ FULL BIO