Libby Gill

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American speaker and coach

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::summary American speaker and coach ::

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Field	Value
name	Libby Gill
image	Libby Gill at LA Times Festival of Books 2025 (cropped).jpg
caption	Gill at LA Times Festival of Books 2025
birth_date	1954
birth_place	Geneva, New York
alma_mater	California State University, Long Beach
occupation	Leadership speaker, executive coach, writer, CEO of Libby Gill & Company
children	2
website
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Libby Gill is an American speaker, coach, and author from Los Angeles, California.{{cite journal|title=How to avoid being derailed by midlife crisis |date=2005-04-24|author=Jane Glenn Haas|publisher=Orange Country Register}} She is the CEO of Libby Gill & Company. She was also the Senior Vice President at Universal Studios Television, Vice President at Sony Pictures Television, and Turner Broadcasting.

She is a former columnist for The Dallas Morning News.

Early life and education

Gill was born in New York and raised in Mandarin, Florida. She subsequently lived in Yokosuka, Japan and Manhattan Beach and Los Angeles California. She was one of six children and the daughter of a psychiatrist. She attended California State University, Long Beach and earned a degree in theater.

Career

In 1995, she was appointed to senior vice president of media relations at the Universal Television group. Gill had senior positions at Turner Broadcasting and Sony Pictures Entertainment for fifteen years before founding Libby Gill & Company, an executive coaching and consulting firm, in November 2000. Her clients include AMC Networks, Avery Dennison, CA Technologies, Disney-ABC, Kellogg's, Microsoft, PayPal, Wells Fargo, and others.

She began writing about her experiences as an executive and teaching at California State, Northridge. She authored seven books and shared her experiences in Time, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Libby_Gill_2006.jpg" caption="Gill in 2006"] ::

Stay-At-Home Dads (2001) was written about her family's experiences when she was making more money than her husband and they decided he would be a stay-at-home dad. The journal, Adolescence, called it a "step by step blueprint for transitioning into a stay-at-home-dad family."

Traveling Hopefully: How to Lose Your Baggage and Jumpstart Your Life (2005) includes personal stories from her own childhood traumas. In 2010, Gill's book You Unstuck: Mastering the New Rules of Risk-taking in Work and Life (2009) won an Independent Publishers Award in 2010. She earned a silver award and was tied with Leanne Cusumano Roque who wrote Live Light: Simple Steps.

Gill was the media consultant for the Dr Phil television show.

Personal life

Gill lives in Medford, Oregon with her husband, attorney David Stern, and is the mother of two sons.

Bibliography

Malibu Summer: A Novel (2024),
Leadership Reckoning: Can Higher Education Develop the Leaders We Need? (2021, with Thomas Kolditz and Ryan P. Brown),
The Hope-Driven Leader: Harness the Power of Positivity at Work (2018),
Capture the Mindshare and the Market Share Will Follow: The Art and Science of Building Brands (2013),
You Unstuck: Mastering the New Rules of Risk-Taking at Work and in Life (2009),
Traveling Hopefully: How to Lose Your Family Baggage and Jumpstart Your Life (2005),
Stay-At-Home Dads: The Essential Guide to Creating the New Family (2001),

References

Kerner, Sarah. (2006-02-06). "Solutions". The Dallas Morning News.
(Winter 2010). "You Unstuck: Creating Your Wow Career". Today’s Financial Women.
"Traveling Hopefully: Q & A with Libby Gill".
Coyne, Kate. (March 2005). "Dr. Phil's secret weapon". Good Housekeeping.
"Libby Gill".
(1995-12-12). "Maverick's Konowitch Outsted". The Los Angeles Times.
(12 October 2000). "VP Exits Studios USA to Set up Libby Gill & Go.". Daily Variety.
(2017-09-07). "Gill to Speak at NKY Chamber Women's Initiative Regional Summit". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Shepard, Mitch. (2014-02-03). "Why Confidence is Critical: Libby Gill".
Barovick, Harriet. (2002-08-18). "Domestic Dads".
Lawlor, Julia. (2004-08-01). "When Stay-at-Home Fathers Return to Work (Elsewhere)". The New York Times.
Dunham, Kemba J.. (2003-08-26). "Stay-at-Home Dads Fight Stigma". Wall Street Journal.
(2002-06-11). "Welcome Home". The Star Press.
Stein, Beth. (2001-09-27). "Families Can Thrive With Dad at Home". The Tennessean.
(Summer 2005). "Stay-at-Home Dads". Adolescence.
"Nonfiction Book Review: TRAVELING HOPEFULLY: How to Lose Your Baggage and Jumpstart Your Life". Publishers Weekly.
(March 2011). "International Executive Coach, Brand Strategist and Bestselling Author Libby Gill".
(18 September 2010). "2010 Medalists".
Gruszecki, Debra. (2007-11-10). "Branding Power". The Desert Sun.
"Libby Gill Biography".

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