welcome

mermoz ltd. was created by brian gilmore in july 2000.

we provide transformational coaching. we have some of the most highly trained and practised coaches in the world.

we coach human beings from diverse backgrounds, business sectors and levels. they happen to be main board directors of large international companies; general managers of sites accountable for the performance of upwards of 10,000 people; doctors; nhs trust managers; small & medium-sized business owners; pilots; long-haul cabin crew; vp's of marketing for banks; heads of marketing for worldwide credit card companies; operations managers; psychologists; charity board members; charity workers; mothers, maids, musicians, published authors. etc - people from a huge number of nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, religions and socio-economic groups. we see people as human beings first – afterwards comes any label. we deal with their humanness. that is why we are successful and why the coaching transcends all imagined barriers – cultural, socio-economic etc.

we make a profound difference and have fun.
we make something else possible for people and organisations.
we’re not perfect - we make errors too. we clean them up.

but before we get carried away - a passage*:

Once upon a time in a concentration camp there lived a prisoner who, even though he was under sentence of execution, was fearless and free. One day he was seen in the middle of the prison square playing his guitar. A large crowd gathered to listen, for under the spell of the music, they became as fearless as he. When the prison authorities saw this, they forbade the man to play.

But the next day there he was again, singing and playing on his guitar with a larger crowd around him. The guards angrily dragged him away and had his fingers chopped off.

Next day he was back, singing and making what music he could with his bleeding fingers. This time the crowds were cheering. The guards dragged him away and smashed his guitar.

The following day he was singing with all his heart. What a song! So pure and uplifting! The crowd joined in, and while the singing lasted, their hearts became as pure as his and their spirits as invincible. So angry were the guards this time that they had his tongue torn out. A hush descended on the camp, a something that was deathless.

To the astonishment of everyone, he was back at his place the next day swaying and dancing to a silent music that no one but he could hear. And soon everyone was holding hands and dancing around this bleeding, broken figure in the centre while the guards stood rooted to the ground in wonder.

Sudha Chandran, a contemporary classical Indian dancer was cut off in the prime of her dancing career – quite literally – when her right leg had to be amputated. After she had been fitted with an artificial leg, she went back to dancing and, incredibly, made it right back to the top again. When asked how she had managed it, she said quite simply, “You don’t need feet to dance.”

if you’d like to experience the sort of freedom that is pointed to here - that which is not dependent on circumstances, but rather that which transcends circumstance [but without the broken limbs! ;-)] then please contact us.
* Extract from The Heart of The Enlightened (Spirituality) by Anthony de Mello