Mindy Gibbins-Klein is founder and director of REAL Thought Leaders, The Book Midwife® and Panoma Press business publishing. She is a highly sought after speaker to executive audiences; she also develops and presents workshops and training programs for top business leaders. She has presented to over 50,000 people in 18 countries.

In addition to speaking, Mindy also maintains a small list of private consultancy clients who use her services to develop their writing, publishing and speaking strategy, and to plan, write and publish specific books and articles that raise their profiles as REAL thought leaders in the market.

Her TEDx talk “Sometimes You Need to Change Yourself to Be Yourself” has had nearly half a million views and is taking Mindy into schools, colleges and corporate clients to speak on identity, self-esteem, confidence and transgender issues.

Mindy has an MBA in International Business and has taught the post-graduate diploma course for the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK. She has an enviable list of over 700 published clients, many of whom have received excellent media coverage and book sales.

Mindy has written and been interviewed for articles, radio, podcasts and television over 100 times on the subject of building a profile as a REAL thought leader, writing and publishing. She is also a regular columnist for the Huffington Post and other distinguished publications and blogs.

She is the author and co-author of eight books, including bestseller 24 Carat BOLD – The Standard for REAL Thought Leaders, about which Seth Godin said ‘This is the first thoughtful book I’ve seen about how to become a thought leader. Practical and inspiring at the same time”. Her latest book The Thoughtful Leader challenges leaders and society in general to go beyond thought leadership and focus on consideration – of ideas and people.