About
A small firm that stays
Birch Mercer is a consultancy in Chicago. Clients are across the United States and Canada. The city is a fact, not a pitch.
In practice
140
Engagements delivered end to end
86%
Of clients start a second chapter
11
Weeks from first meeting to a working rhythm
Principles
What we will not drop
Say the constraint early
Including when we should not be hired.
Name the owner
On your side and on ours, before the work starts.
Stay for the ordinary week
The recommendation has to survive contact with Tuesday.
The firm
Who you will actually meet
Helen Birch
Partner, operating companiesShe leads the cadence work and writes the brief you get after the first meeting.
Samuel Mercer
Partner, professional firmsHe spends his weeks inside practices that have outgrown informal management.
Adele Cho
Partner, owner transitionsShe builds the handover a board or a successor can run.
Marcus Ellison
Director, implementationHe is in the room for the first 30 days, when the rhythm meets the calendar.