Andrew Smith
Andrew partners with next level senior leaders (the layer below the C-suite) to help them be effective in ways their last roles didn’t prepare them for. As an executive leadership coach he helps clients see themselves more clearly, think more honestly, and move with more intention towards their leadership potential. Over the last decade he’s worked with leaders across industries, including scaling startups, non-profits, global enterprise, and consumer packaged goods companies.
Andrew believes deeply that an insight someone hands you doesn’t lead to transformation. He serves his clients by being an honest, thoughtful mirror to help his clients design actions that make them more effective.This happens through the conditions he creates for his clients to be truly great leaders: trust and partnership, authenticity and accountability, courage and curiosity.
Andrew led HR teams and talent management programs at high-growth tech startups and global Fortune 500 organizations for nearly 20 years. Through building and running teams, partnering with executives to restructure and optimize their organizations, designing new and effective talent programs, or acting as a steady hand through business disruption, he’s sat in the operator’s seat his clients sit in. That perspective - and the empathy it creates for leaders feeling the pinch of translating strategy to execution in a sea of ambiguity - is one thing that makes his coaching especially grounded, relatable, and effective.
Specialties: Talent Management, Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Organizational Culture, Communication, Management Effectiveness
Education: Bachelor’s Degree, Grove City College; Master’s in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Human Resources Management, Appalachian State University
Certifications: Professional Coach Certification (PCC), International Coaching Federation; Executive Certificate in Leadership Coaching, Georgetown University Institute for Transformational Leadership
Philanthropy: Andrew has served as a volunteer lay leader at his church as the leader of the Personnel Committee and member of the Vestry (like the board for a church); he also volunteers as an assistant soccer coach and with his kids’ swim and dive team team at Camelot Community Club.