Gill Launches Programs to Get "You Unstuck"
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LIBBY GILL LAUNCHES PROGRAMS TO GET "YOU UNSTUCK"
(Los Angeles, CA September 23, 2009) Executive coach and bestselling author Libby Gill, whose clients call her the "Queen of Accountability," offers practical advice on how to get "unstuck" in careers, health, relationships and finances in her new book "You Unstuck: Mastering the New Rules of Risk-taking in Work and Life."
Gill's third book has received advanced acclaim from experts and business leaders including bestselling leadership author Ken Blanchard, Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh, educator and founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation Erin Gruwell, noted psychologist Dr. Susan Jeffers and many others. You Unstuck also hit the top ten in three categories on Amazon.com, including success, health and personal development, and careers.
According to Gill, "Everyone from the contestants on the Biggest Loser to the president of the United States talks about accountability. I didn't want to just talk or write about it, I wanted to create tools to hold people accountable for taking action instead of complaining about how tough things were."
In addition to writing You Unstuck, Gill launched MyAccountabilityClub.com, dedicated to keeping people on track toward success. Through monthly conversations with experts and structured goal-keeping, Gill keeps her community accountable to hitting personal and professional milestones ranging from weight loss to revenue increase
Gill's keys to accountability featured in You Unstuck, include learning to:
- Master the "Clarify, Simplify & Execute" process where you clarify your vision for success, simplify the most direct path to reaching it, then execute your action plan again measurable milestones
- Transcend excuse-making by refusing to let excuses stop you - even if they're true (I'm too old, I'm too poor, I don't have enough time)
- Identify significant Monthly Milestones, then break them down into Game Changer Goal action steps
Success stories featured from You Unstuck and the Accountability Club:
Joe Vizi is the owner of Eco-Scrub, a family-owned environmentally friendly carpet cleaning business. As a member of Libby's Accountability Club, Joe was familiar with Libby's theory of "negative rewards." Specifically, if you want to reach a milestone and positive rewards aren't enough to motivate you, give your accountability buddy, spouse or friend $100 to hold for a month. If you don't reach your Monthly Milestone, they get to keep the money.
Joe took it one step further, challenging himself to reach a three-month goal to create five joint ventures with retail companies that would help drive his cleaning business. To create pressure and keep himself accountable, Joe offered Libby $1,000 to hold until he reached his goal. Libby plans on giving the money to charity if she wins the challenge, but Joe has determined that he will buy his hard-working family a hot tub when he gets his grand back.
Nancy Tetens is an elementary school principal in Milan, Michigan. For most of her life she has been obese, at one point weighing nearly 300 pounds. As part of a goal-setting challenge, Libby took Nancy through the Clarify, Simplify & Execute process for accountability. Libby sent a weight loss expert to Milan to put Nancy - and the town - on a plan that included daily check-ins, daily exercise and weekly weigh-ins.
Nancy has since lost almost 150 pounds, run a half marathon (she's training for a full marathon) and rallied her community to lose a collective one ton. Best of all, Nancy has become a powerful role model for her elementary students who are experimenting with healthy foods and exercising regularly.
ABOUT LIBBY GILL
An entertainment industry veteran, Libby Gill spent fifteen years heading public relations and corporate communications at Universal Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting. She was also the branding/PR brain behind the launch of the Dr. Phil Show.
Libby is now an internationally respected executive coach, speaker and bestselling author. She has shared her success strategies on the Today Show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNN, NPR, Oprah & Friends Radio Network, Fox News, CBS Early Show, and in Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, O Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Self and many more.
Product Information:
Traveler's Tales / Solas House
ISBN 978-193236168-1
$16.95
285 pages
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/yjechbq
www.MyAccountabilityClub.com
www.LibbyGill.com