What Clients Say
Executives, founders & professionals
I reached out to Ryan at a point when I felt professionally and spiritually stuck, and I needed clarity and direction to move forward. Through his coaching, I've seen meaningful growth in my leadership, relationships, and personal life—my family has noticed the difference, and I'm showing up at work with greater purpose, balance, and impact.
Ryan has a rare ability to get to the core of what matters and translate insight into practical, sustainable action, drawing on both his business experience and deep understanding of leadership. His authenticity and willingness to share his own journey make the process both credible and inspiring. I would wholeheartedly recommend Ryan to any leader looking to grow with clarity, intention, and integrity.
Cory Sellers, CFP®, CRPS®
Consulting Associate, UBS Institutional Consulting Group
There are coaches, and then there is Ryan. I've been around people who read others well — I'd even put myself in that category — but Ryan operates on a different level entirely. His ability to see what's really going on in a person, beneath the surface, beneath the professional polish, is genuinely rare. It's not a skill he learned in a certification program. It's a gift.
What set Ryan apart for me wasn't just his insight — it was what he did with it. He helped me identify gifts and talents in myself I hadn't fully named or owned, and he built my confidence in a way that has stayed with me. He was the most real, transparent, and genuinely vulnerable coach I've ever encountered. He didn't hide behind a professional persona. He showed up as a whole person, and that created space for me to do the same.
Ryan brings everything he has — his discernment, his faith, his experience, his heart — entirely in service of the person in front of him. There is no ego in it. There is no performance. Just someone who is exceptionally gifted and completely committed to the growth and wellbeing of his clients.
No one can pay him what he's worth. But if you have the opportunity to work with him, take it.
Heidi Rajecki
Dignity Memorial
I have known Ryan since 2005. Before that time one of my very successful friends, Tim Keller, the former Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York City, knew Ryan and recommended him to me. That recommendation has been very accurate. Ryan has been a considerable help to a number of people through his coaching and teaching skills.
As a pastor, I have found him to be an effective coach and mentor. Ryan really understands how the Gospel shapes our lives and how to apply it to where God is at work in us. His walk with Christ and the presence of God's Spirit in his life give him the sensitivity, insight, and questioning that are essential for effective life coaching.
We look forward to a long relationship with Ryan. He is the coach that I most frequently suggest as a referral.
Wayne Frazier
Former Senior Pastor, Back Creek Presbyterian Church
I am a trial lawyer, ranked as the top 1% in the country based on actual case results. I've also built several multi-million-dollar businesses from the ground up, including Scott Pryor Law, Pryor Entertainment, and a residential waste company we sold for $3.8 million after 3 years.
I have known and worked with Ryan since early 2017. He has coached me through a demanding professional career, helping me run several businesses simultaneously and grow as a leader, both inside of my businesses and outside as a family man.
Ryan gets to the core of issues fast and then leads me in developing winning solutions. As a result of Ryan's coaching, my business has grown 10-20% year after year. He integrates Scripture in highly relevant ways, powerfully conveying truths in a way that enhances all I do.
Scott Pryor
Attorney & Managing Partner, Scott Pryor Law
I first worked with Ryan in May of 2010. Ryan has played a significant role in helping me get to the next level in business, both from a productivity and prosperity standpoint.
His coaching has been extremely valuable in helping me better harness my vision and mental energy, giving me the ability to develop strategies that have helped bring my company to the top of our industry. Ryan helped my business immensely through a major leadership transition, during which significant changes were made to the management team.
When it came down to selling the company, we were able to sell it for 10% above the asking price. Ryan has helped me across my life, including in my walk with Christ, my marriage, and my extended family. I cannot recommend him highly enough.
Dirk Tanis
CEO of Itani, LLC
I started working with Ryan during a season where my role was stretching me in ways I didn't quite see coming. What stood out right away was how different his approach is. He meets you exactly where you are, adjusts to how you think and operate, and helps connect the dots between your leadership, your relationships, and your faith in a way that actually sticks.
The biggest surprise for me has been how centering a focus on God's love has become, especially in high-pressure situations. I'm leading with more clarity, more confidence, and a lot more peace than I used to.
Ryan is direct, prepared, and genuinely invested. If you're a professional who wants to grow in the areas that actually matter, he's the guy. If you need a guy that will make you better every day, I recommend that you reach out to the best that there is.
Kevin Heid, CLMC
Leading Sales and Operations Executive
One of the greatest strengths of Ryan's coaching is how he helps you hear clearly — to reconnect with God-centered conviction and move to action with confidence. Ryan Bailey provides so much more than guidance and coaching. His work is transformational.
I was well underway in a corporate career and had a solid foot in my community as a respected leader. He guided me back to my God-centered purpose and vision, and gave me the clarity and conviction to align my life with it.
He is not going to just 'coach' you and tell you what you 'want to hear.' Ryan has a gift for helping you see who God has actually made you to be — and building your life from that truth. A year later, I am living in a different city, have a stronger family, greater peace, and work daily in my purpose. I have never been so happy.
Robyn Hamilton
Director of Corporate and Sports Partnerships, Novant Health
Since beginning work with Ryan in 2022, I've experienced meaningful growth in how I lead, make decisions, and handle pressure in a demanding medical setting. His Scriptural insights, thoughtful questions, and faith-informed perspective have consistently met me where I am and helped me see both myself and my circumstances more clearly. The time has been both honest and encouraging, and it has positively shaped how I show up for my patients, my family, and the future I'm building.