I’m Keri Lyle, a Professional Certified Coach who works with people at pivotal moments in their leadership and career journeys. My approach focuses on navigating transitions with more awareness and intention so that they become not just moments of external change but also periods of internal growth.

My clients come from nearly every functional area and a wide range of industries – from biotech, to financial services, to environmental and social impact. While I primarily work with emerging leaders and Directors and VPs, I also work with C-Suite leaders at smaller companies, individual contributors, people between positions, and those in non-corporate careers. I’m also a coach for Harvard Business School Executive Education and for Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) coaching certification students, and a coaching partner for Starboard Leadership Consulting, Regroup, Kamyn Search, and Collectively.

I started building my coaching practice a decade ago in the midst of a fast growing career in corporate HR. After managing the full employee lifecycle at a startup, I joined Google where I held multiple roles over time including leading global location strategy and the return to office PMO, serving as an HR business partner, and running the company’s best-in-class executive coaching program. Having also completed my coaching certification while at Google, on top of my core roles I served as an internal coach for top talent and a facilitator for career and leadership development programs for women. I also trained new managers in coaching skills and trained and onboarded peer-to-peer coaches.

I’m a Professional Certified Coach (PCC-level) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and completed my coach certification at the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI). After 15 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, I now reside in my home state of Maine and contribute to the community as a coach, mentor, and member of the Maine Outdoor Film Festival screening committee. Challenging myself in the outdoors is an important way I foster my own growth and development, hence part of the inspiration for the name Birch Collaborative as birches are called the “Lady of the Woods.”