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Annie Archer-Byerley

Archer-Byerley

Annie Archer-Byerley

You are more than your job.

Have you ever felt like your job title doesn't fully describe who you are as a person?

Yeah. Me too

Work is just something you're paid for–that can also be fulfilling.
But sometimes the focus on finding fulfillment through your work gets so out of control that work takes over your life.

You might find yourself having nightmares about your latest project, when you used to have daydreams. 

The goals that used to be invigorating to hit–well now they just make you lose sleep.

And that boss whose mentorship you used to value? Well now their overbearing "advice" is living rent free in your head.

So how do you fit your job into your life–without it taking over your whole life? 

Sometimes you just need a little structure, support, and clarity to help you get there.

Well that's where I come in.
Anti-corporate career and leadership coach at your service


The day before I was laid off from the corporate job that gave me shingles at the ripe old age of 37, someone introduced me as "a subject matter in resilience."

It was the kind of job I could have stayed at for a while longer: Loved the work, had great colleagues, only ocasionally rolled my eyes at the company culture.

But the experience of being laid off, and the surprisingly perfect last day that I had at that job, gave me the spark I needed to finally do something I'd been dreaming about for years: Start my own business.

Now, I help burned out professionals get all the learning and development they'd get in a big corporation–without the corporate intermediary–so they can finally feel fulfilled by what they're doing from 9 to 5.

The "Professional" Bio

Annie Archer-Byerley

Annie Archer-Byerley is a career and leadership coach, trainer, and content creator who brings you all of the career development opportunities you'd get at a major corporation—without the corporate BS.

Known for the natural, warm, empathetic style she developed in the world of corporate HR, Annie was the lead facilitator on one of OnCon’s top 50 learning and development teams in the world.

Annie’s fascination with organizational behavior began while she was pursuing her MBA at INSEAD. She holds a Leadership and Performance Coaching Certification from ACT Leadership at Brown University; a Coaching for Engagement and Performance certification from the Human Capital Institute; and is a certified Hogan Assessments practitioner.

Along the way, Annie has helped hundreds of people at all levels of the org chart refine their "soft skills," feel more resilient at work, and understand their business from a human perspective.

Research as a leisure activity.
All the carbs.
Listening to one more chapter of that book.
Just doing the thing.


Anything I *should* be saying yes to.

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RTO

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Bread for my positive sandwich.

You're a real difference maker.

- A former Big 10 football player who also happens to have a PhD in Neuroscience

Festivus.
Just a grown woman in a ball pit.
It was fun, ok.
Why yes, I did knit that.
Horsehair firing

Icebreaker Time

My least favorite ice breaker is two truths and a lie.

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My ADHD diagnosis was the best 30th birthday present ever.

My celiac diagnosis was the worst.

My ideal Saturday: Making a mess in the nearest community pottery studio.

Horsehair firing is my favorite.

Curiosity is one of my most important values.

I'm the kind of girl who would push the red button, just to see what it does.

Learning

Find me on The Portal, a woman founded, bootstrapped and community funded anti-ai, anti-algorithm, ad free community learning neighborhood–and one of the last good places on the internet.

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Coaching

Still not sure what you want to be when you grow up? Working while neurodivergent? Feeling a little bit burned out?

Cool.

I think I can help.

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I won't turn our 1:1 into a surprise performance review. Promise.