Hi, I’m Ryan!
Ryan Smith, ACC
Founder & Lead Coach
I’m a leadership coach and founder of Unearth Coaching.
Growing up, I never considered myself a leader, but I really loved learning and was hungry to draw from whoever I could. This passion led to some of the most enriching relationships in my life. In building these connections, I learned that people experience their most profound growth through relationships.
I didn’t know it then, but I was discovering one of the most important parts of leadership: seeing potential in someone before they see it themselves, and helping them grow into it.
I wanted to do for others what my mentors had done for me, and it’s why I started Unearth Coaching.
Most people step into leadership without a roadmap, and without the mentors I was lucky to have. That's why I built The 5 Thresholds of Leadership: a 1:1 coaching program that guides people through the five turning points every new leader has to cross.
Every person needs others to help them become their best self. I hope to be part of that journey for you and your team!
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Biography:
Ryan Smith helps high performers and technical experts transition into confident, capable leaders.
He works with the people organizations can't afford to lose: technical experts, senior individual contributors, and newly promoted managers who were great in their last role and are now being asked to lead others. It's one of the hardest steps in any career, because the skills that earned the promotion rarely translate into leading people.
Ryan works with these leaders and the executives who invest in them, building the self-awareness, communication, and people skills that separate a strong performer from a leader people want to follow. He is the founder of Unearth Coaching Inc. and the creator of The 5 Thresholds of Leadership, a 1:1 coaching program built around the five turning points every new leader has to cross.
He is an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and a certified Everything DiSC trainer, with a Bachelor of Business from Trent University and a Leadership & Performance Coaching certification from Canada Coach Academy. He also runs workshops and gives talks for leadership teams on communication, conflict, and how teams work together.
Born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, Ryan still calls it home and lives there with his wife. Outside of coaching, you'll usually find him on a basketball court, playing his guitar, or grooming a beard he takes a little too seriously.