618 - 960 - 9580 keithbyler@gmail.com

Coaching for Physicians & Healthcare Leaders

I work with healthcare professionals to increase well-being and personal satisfaction, particularly in the face of challenging and stressful circumstances.

Why Coaching?

As a physician myself, I know the challenges you face everyday.

After more than 30 years practicing medicine (10 in emergency medicine, 20 in private practice), I’m familiar with the fatigue and challenges you face in your career – and know the impact happy, healthy physicians have on patient outcomes.

As an executive and leadership coach who specializes in supporting physicians and others in healthcare organizations, I have done executive coaching across a wide array of industries, and have most enjoyed helping my colleagues in the medical industry thrive.

For nearly 15 years I’ve enjoyed serving healthcare leaders as an ICF Professional Certified Coach, PCI certified Physician Development Coach and London Business School Executive Coach.

Whether you’re dealing with compassion fatigue, struggling with a bad patient outcome, feeling leadership or organizational growth pains or simply want to get back to loving your work again, I’d love to talk to you. 

Highly recommended

Andrew Zechnich, M.D.

Keith is fantastic, and it is so helpful to have someone skilled that I can talk with about balance and managing work stress – he has helped me find self-assessment tools and interpret them, reflect on my bigger vision and given me the courage to pursue that vision. He has even referred me to excellent resources including poetry and reflections that I have found valuable. I appreciate his easy-going style, compassion, and expertise. Very valuable experience, and I recommend Keith highly.

Andrew Zechnich, M.D.
Chief Health Information Officer at PeaceHealth

The Very Best of the Best!

Dr. Byler (Keith) is truly the very best of the best in his field. He has a warm and easygoing style but his wisdom is prodigious. His help for me when I was at a professional low point was truly invaluable and more than useful in that he was able to build me back up starting with introspection and reshaping my self esteem. I highly recommend him to any physician or professional who has need of counseling. I can’t thank him enough for all he has done for me. You are top shelf Dr. Byler, in every way! Thank you Sir!

PJP, M.D.

I have been meeting with

I have been meeting with Keith for several months now. He has been not only a physician peer coach related to my current medical practice, but also has become a trusted friend who I can discuss very difficult home situations regarding the terminal illness of my spouse, children and young adults dealing with terminal illness, my own personal feelings and concerns, and so forth. It truly takes a village when one faces such difficult tasks and Keith provides a significant foundation to my village. I cannot thank him enough for his concern, empathy, and guidance.

Dr. Larry S.

An outstanding mentor and counselor

Dr. Byler (Keith) is an outstanding mentor and counselor! His knowledge base coupled with his easygoing style make him the perfect “coach” for physicians and professionals. His help for me was invaluable and spot on. He has the skills of a “jedi master” and his warmth shines through. No hyperbole…Dr. Byler is truly at the very top of his craft and field.

Dr. Pete P.

World Class Coaching

I never imagined I would be facing the threat of losing my career over a bad patient outcome where an honest assessment showed that I did nothing wrong. However, this is the exact situation that I faced many years into my practice of medicine. Keith has been a godsend in tackling this challenge. His listening skills, focus, and attention to detail are exceptional. I have personal family members and friends who are physicians who know me intimately, and even with their emotional connection with me, they are not able to retain and focus on the details as well as Keith. Keith also demonstrates remarkable competence in developing strategies to face very complex challenges that are unique to a physician. The empathy and patience that Keith has expressed throughout this process has been life-giving and sustaining in a very special way. I cannot overstate this: I believe Keith Byler has been uniquely gifted to be a world-class physician coach. I give him my highest recommendation. I have the utmost confidence that his future clients will universally agree; Keith represents the gold-standard for a physician coach.

Dr. Pete R.

Dr. Laura A.

From the first time I visited with Keith he began helping me process and understand the wide array of feelings I was experiencing… He assisted me working through all the difficult stages of losing my confidence and needing to regain it to continue practicing medicine. I highly recommend Keith to anyone who needs assistance going through the challenges of life and practicing medicine.

Dr. Laura A.

Beth Anagnos

Keith is an outstanding coach who brings a wealth of knowledge in healthcare to his engagements. He is an experienced professional who quickly connects with his clients providing thoughtful insights, resources and support. As a physician, he is particularly helpful in working with other physicians, from those experiencing professional challenges to doctors taking on new leadership responsibilities.

 

Beth Anagnos
Mind the Gap, LLC

Anita Dahlstrom

Keith has a great appreciation for the paradoxes found in so many situations. He has a talent for balancing on that fine edge that exists between the two sides in the world of paradox where innovation and creativity thrive. Any organization with which Keith is involved benefits from his talent for sparking original thought and generating positive energy.

 

Anita Dahlstrom, M.A.
La Bonita Ventures

Beth Symes

Keith has received consistently high marks from his coaching clients [at London Business School]. He is an excellent listener and easily draws what’s most important to the client from each conversation. Having worked with Keith for over ten years now I can attest to the impressive impact he has on his clients. Very skilled!

Beth Symes, M.A., PCC
The Paideia Group

What I Do

Coaching Services

Physician Coaching

I work with physicians to increase well-being, particularly in the face of challenging and stressful circumstances, professional practice concerns or who are taking on new leadership roles.

Leadership Coaching

As an independent contractor for the London Business School I’ve trained leaders in the U.S. and worldwide, and have worked across multiple industries from manufacturing to finance to healthcare systems

Executive Coaching

As an ICF certified coach (PCC), I work with executives to increase professional impact, effectiveness and personal satisfaction and consult on negotiation, mediation, and conflict management.

Keith Byler, D.O., M.A., PCC

More than 30 years experience in the healthcare industry

Keith Byler, DO, MA, PPC is an executive and leadership coach who specializes in supporting physicians and others in healthcare organizations.

In addition to 30 years in medical practice (10 in emergency medicine, 20 in private practice), Keith has coached executives and leaders across a wide array of industries over the past 14 years, from manufacturing to finance to healthcare systems.

As a certified Physician Development Coach through the Physician Coaching Institute, Keith also holds a Master's Certificate in Evidence Based Coaching, a Master of Arts in Organization Development and an executive education certificate from Notre Dame's Mendoza School of Business in Negotiation, Mediation, and Conflict Management.

Keith is a contract coach for the London Business School, working with Nestle leaders worldwide and serves as a physician peer coach for a national physician EAP, helping physicians increase well-being, particularly in the face of challenging and stressful circumstances.

The Benefits Of 

Evidence Based Coaching

Burnout Management

Understand what's causing your burnout and find strategies for creating lasting change.

Improved Relationships

Identify behavioral patterns that have caused friction in the workplace and root them out.

 

Stress Relief

Identify your stress triggers and create solutions for managing them for increased satisfaction.

Practice Management

Respond to unanticipated outcomes & organizational issues better.
 

Leadership Development

Increase your effectiveness and communications for stronger team experiences and less friction.

Resilience Building

Create healthy habits so you can rebound from stress faster and more effectively.

Testimonials

What People Are Saying

Highly recommended

Andrew Zechnich, M.D.

Keith is fantastic, and it is so helpful to have someone skilled that I can talk with about balance and managing work stress – he has helped me find self-assessment tools and interpret them, reflect on my bigger vision and given me the courage to pursue that vision. He has even referred me to excellent resources including poetry and reflections that I have found valuable. I appreciate his easy-going style, compassion, and expertise. Very valuable experience, and I recommend Keith highly.

Andrew Zechnich, M.D.
Chief Health Information Officer at PeaceHealth

The Very Best of the Best!

Dr. Byler (Keith) is truly the very best of the best in his field. He has a warm and easygoing style but his wisdom is prodigious. His help for me when I was at a professional low point was truly invaluable and more than useful in that he was able to build me back up starting with introspection and reshaping my self esteem. I highly recommend him to any physician or professional who has need of counseling. I can’t thank him enough for all he has done for me. You are top shelf Dr. Byler, in every way! Thank you Sir!

PJP, M.D.

I have been meeting with

I have been meeting with Keith for several months now. He has been not only a physician peer coach related to my current medical practice, but also has become a trusted friend who I can discuss very difficult home situations regarding the terminal illness of my spouse, children and young adults dealing with terminal illness, my own personal feelings and concerns, and so forth. It truly takes a village when one faces such difficult tasks and Keith provides a significant foundation to my village. I cannot thank him enough for his concern, empathy, and guidance.

Dr. Larry S.

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St. Louis, MO  63105

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