Libby Gill Explained

Libby Gill
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

Libby Gill is a leadership speaker, executive coach and author from Los Angeles, California.[1] [2] [3] [4] She also is the CEO of Libby Gill & Company, an executive coaching and consulting firm. Previously, Gill was Senior Vice President at Universal Studios Television, and Vice President at Sony Pictures Television and Turner Broadcasting.[5]

She is a former columnist for The Dallas Morning News.[6]

Early life and education

Gill was born in New York and raised in Mandarin, Florida. 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 MCA Television group.[7] Gill had senior leadership positions at Turner Broadcasting, Universal Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment for fifteen years before founding Libby Gill & Company, an executive coaching and consulting firm, in November 2000.[8] Her clients include AMC Networks, Avery Dennison, CA Technologies, Disney-ABC, Kellogg's, Microsoft, PayPal, Wells Fargo, and others.[9]

She began writing about her experiences as an executive and teaching at a local university. She has also taught at California State, Northridge.[10] She authored four books and shared her experiences in Time,[11] The New York Times,[12] and The Wall Street Journal.[13]

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.[14] After ten years of her husband being the primary caregiver in the house, she wrote the book.[15] The journal, Adolescence, called it a "step by step blueprint for transitioning into a stay-at-home-dad family."[16]

Traveling Hopefully: How to Lose Your Baggage and Jumpstart Your Life (2005) includes personal stories from her own childhood traumas.[17] 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.[18] She earned a silver award and was tied with Leanne Cusumano Roque who wrote Live Light: Simple Steps.[19]

Gill was the media consultant for the Dr Phil television show. The Desert Sun called her "the brains behind the Dr. Phil show."[20]

Personal life

Gill lives in Medford, Oregon with her husband, attorney David Stern, and is the mother of two sons.[21]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Solutions. Sarah. Kerner. 2006-02-06. The Dallas Morning News.
  2. You Unstuck: Creating Your Wow Career . Winter 2010. Today’s Financial Women.
  3. How to avoid being derailed by midlife crisis. 2005-04-24. Jane Glenn Haas. Orange Country Register.
  4. Web site: Traveling Hopefully: Q & A with Libby Gill. 2014-10-10.
  5. Coyne. Kate. March 2005. Dr. Phil's secret weapon. Good Housekeeping. 240. 3. 146. subscription . EBSCOhost.
  6. Web site: Libby Gill. 2014-10-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141022132015/http://www.businessspeakersbureau.com/espeakers/8428/Libby-Gill.html?topic=-1. 2014-10-22.
  7. News: Maverick's Konowitch Outsted. 1995-12-12. The Los Angeles Times. 2018-01-31. 64. Newspapers.com.
  8. 12 October 2000. VP Exits Studios USA to Set up Libby Gill & Go.. Daily Variety. 269. 6. subscription . EBSCOhost.
  9. News: Gill to Speak at NKY Chamber Women's Initiative Regional Summit. 2017-09-07. The Cincinnati Enquirer. 2018-01-31. B4. Newspapers.com.
  10. Web site: Why Confidence is Critical: Libby Gill. Shepard. Mitch. 2014-02-03. 2014-10-10.
  11. Domestic Dads. Barovick. Harriet. 2002-08-18. Time. 2018-01-31. en-US. 0040-781X.
  12. News: When Stay-at-Home Fathers Return to Work (Elsewhere). Lawlor. Julia. 2004-08-01. The New York Times. 2018-01-31. en-US. 0362-4331.
  13. News: Stay-at-Home Dads Fight Stigma. Dunham. Kemba J.. 2003-08-26. Wall Street Journal. 2018-01-31. en-US. 0099-9660. subscription .
  14. News: Welcome Home. 2002-06-11. The Star Press. 2018-01-31. 20. Newspapers.com.
  15. News: Families Can Thrive With Dad at Home. Stein. Beth. 2001-09-27. The Tennessean. 2018-01-31. 36. Newspapers.com.
  16. Summer 2005. Stay-at-Home Dads. Adolescence. 40. 449. 158. subscription . EBSCOhost.
  17. News: Nonfiction Book Review: TRAVELING HOPEFULLY: How to Lose Your Baggage and Jumpstart Your Life. Publishers Weekly. 2018-01-31. en.
  18. Web site: International Executive Coach, Brand Strategist and Bestselling Author Libby Gill. Chris Treece Show. March 2011 . 2014-10-10.
  19. Web site: 2010 Medalists. IPPY Awards. en. 2018-01-31.
  20. News: Branding Power. Gruszecki. Debra. 2007-11-10. The Desert Sun. 2018-01-31. 65. Newspapers.com.
  21. Web site: Libby Gill Biography . All American Speakers Bureau . 1 February 2023.

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