Ryan Smith

Founder - Unearth Coaching

Hi, I’m Ryan!

I am passionate about helping people reach their full potential and uncovering innovative solutions to their problems. This was my vision behind Unearth Coaching:

That every leader and team has the potential to succeed with the right tools and perspective. The problem is that we sometimes get in our own way.

Growing up I was someone who loved learning and was hungry to draw from whoever I could. This interest led me to meet and work with many interesting and influential people over the years. In building these connections, I learned that people experience their most profound growth through relationships.  From that point on I realized I wanted to bring this revelation into the workplace.

As a leadership and team building coach, I help organizations learn to do relationships well because that is the ultimate driver of growth and high performance. When leaders truly lead, and teams work really well together, it empowers them to devote all their energy to their craft rather than wasting it on things like politics, unproductive conflict, and miscommunication.

Every person needs others to help them become their best self. I want to be part of your journey as a leader by helping you:

Uncover your full leadership potential, and in turn teach you to do that for others.

You and your team have more potential than you think. Let’s unearth that together!

Ryan is an experienced leadership and team building coach, and founder of Unearth Coaching Inc based in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. With a strong track record of coaching leaders for many years, he specializes in refining leadership and interpersonal skills to tackle common organizational challenges such as:

  • Miscommunication

  • Unproductive conflict

  • Leadership gaps

  • Employee disengagement

  • Siloed teams and departments

Ryan holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Trent University and certification as an Everything DISC trainer. Beyond his coaching work, he excels as a dynamic public speaker and skilled workshop facilitator.

Born and raised in Peterborough, Ryan is passionate about his hometown, where he currently resides with his wife. When he's not coaching, you can find him indulging his love of basketball, strumming his guitar, and maintaining his impeccable beard.

Biography:

My Approach: It Starts with Leadership

While leadership has always been a central topic in organizational circles, it is often hard for us to define. We like to keep it simple by dividing it into 3 distinct spheres. Using these spheres, we assess a leader’s greatest areas of need and then build out a development plan to address them. These spheres inform the kinds of topics we could work on with you and your organization.

Oneself

Here we work on your level of self-awareness and efficacy. These skills could include goal-setting, time management, and resiliency.

One to One

Here we help you build a toolbox for powerful conversations by focusing on communication, conflict resolution, delegation and mentoring.

One to Many

This is where you will learn to rally and mobilize your team using skills like vision casting, public speaking, gaining buy-in and alignment.

Find out how I can help you optimize performance at your organization