Mindy Gibbins-Klein is founder and managing director of REAL Thought Leaders, Panoma Press and The Book Midwife®. She is a highly sought after speaker to executive audiences and top business leaders. She has spoken to and coached tens of thousands of people in 11 countries. Mindy is a Fellow of the PSA (Professional Speaking Association) and past president of the PSA London Region. In addition to speaking, Ms Gibbins-Klein 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. Mindy has an enviable list of over 500 published clients, many of whom have received excellent media coverage and book sales. Mindy has written and been interviewed for articles, radio and television over 100 times on the subject of building a profile as a REAL thought leader, writing, publishing and speaking. She is also a regular columnist for several magazines and online publications, as well as being an expert consultant for several communities of business leaders.

She is the author and co-author of seven books (including this one).