Episode 101 – Leadership, Influence and Navigating Complexity with Dr Michelle Gibbings

🎙️ In this episode of The Jane Anderson Show, Jane is joined by the thoughtful and deeply respected Dr Michelle Gibbings—an award-winning leadership expert, author, and trusted advisor known for helping leaders navigate complexity with clarity, confidence, and purpose. With more than a decade building her own practice after a distinguished corporate career, Michelle brings rare depth, warmth, and pragmatic wisdom to the conversation.

Meet Dr Michelle Gibbings

Michelle is a leadership expert, executive coach, and the founder of a globally recognised advisory practice supporting senior leaders through change, influence, and decision-making. Her journey spans senior executive roles, large-scale transformation, bestselling books, Harvard Business Review publications, and a PhD—blending academic rigour with lived corporate experience. Today, she works with leaders and organisations around the world, helping them lead with integrity and impact.

Building Authority Through Substance and Experience

Michelle shares her unconventional career path and the deliberate choices behind building a sustainable, values-driven practice. She reflects on the importance of structure, credibility, and doing the work behind the scenes—whether through research, writing, or deep client engagement—to earn trust and confidently claim expertise.

Courage, Confidence, and the Long Game of Leadership

This episode explores what it really takes to put yourself out there. From writing her first book while grappling with fear, to learning how to reward progress and navigate self-doubt, Michelle offers honest insights into the emotional and practical realities of leadership and thought leadership growth.

Designing a Practice—and a Life—That Works

Michelle also speaks openly about partnership, support, and intentional decision-making. From building financial buffers to choosing how (and where) she delivers her work, her approach shows how clarity, boundaries, and values create both professional success and personal contentment.

✨ Tune in to hear a powerful conversation about influence, courage, purpose, and building a leadership practice that reflects who you truly are—without overcomplicating your life.

Episode 101 &ndash; Leadership, Influence and Navigating Complexity with Dr Michelle Gibbings
🎙️ In this episode of The Jane Anderson Show, Jane is joined by the thoughtful and deeply respected Dr Michelle Gibbings&mdash;an award-winning leadership expert, author, and trusted advisor known for helping leaders navigate complexity with clarity, confidence, and purpose. With more than a decade building her own practice after a distinguished corporate career, Michelle brings rare depth, warmth, and pragmatic wisdom to the conversation.
Meet Dr Michelle Gibbings
Michelle is a leadership expert, executive coach, and the founder of a globally recognised advisory practice supporting senior leaders through change, influence, and decision-making. Her journey spans senior executive roles, large-scale transformation, bestselling books, Harvard Business Review publications, and a PhD&mdash;blending academic rigour with lived corporate experience. Today, she works with leaders and organisations around the world, helping them lead with integrity and impact.
Building Authority Through Substance and Experience
Michelle shares her unconventional career path and the deliberate choices behind building a sustainable, values-driven practice. She reflects on the importance of structure, credibility, and doing the work behind the scenes&mdash;whether through research, writing, or deep client engagement&mdash;to earn trust and confidently claim expertise.
Courage, Confidence, and the Long Game of Leadership
This episode explores what it really takes to put yourself out there. From writing her first book while grappling with fear, to learning how to reward progress and navigate self-doubt, Michelle offers honest insights into the emotional and practical realities of leadership and thought leadership growth.
Designing a Practice&mdash;and a Life&mdash;That Works
Michelle also speaks openly about partnership, support, and intentional decision-making. From building financial buffers to choosing how (and where) she delivers her work, her approach shows how clarity, boundaries, and values create both professional success and personal contentment.
✨ Tune in to hear a powerful conversation about influence, courage, purpose, and building a leadership practice that reflects who you truly are&mdash;without overcomplicating your life.

🎙️ The Jane Anderson Brand You Show is the ultimate podcast for ambitious thought leaders ready to amplify their influence, attract premium clients, and build a powerful personal brand that opens doors.

If you’re a consultant, coach, speaker, author, trainer, or academic who wants to be known for your ideas and sought after for your expertise, this show is your unfair advantage. Hosted by Jane Anderson—strategic communications expert, author of 14 books, and one of the world’s most awarded branding thinkers—this show delivers the tools, strategies, and behind-the-scenes insights to help you grow a sustainable, 7-figure expert practice with impact and integrity.

Each episode is packed with real-world advice, inspiring interviews, and actionable frameworks to help you:
Stand out in a crowded market
Build trust with your audience
Convert visibility into revenue
Scale your influence with grace and ease

Jane has worked with over 200,000 professionals across 5 countries and 30 industries. Her thought leadership has helped generate $100M+ in revenue, and her podcast debuted in the global top 10 for Management & Leadership. She’s been featured on Sky Business, Channel 9, The Age, and the BBC.

If you’re ready to move from expert to trusted authority, hit subscribe and let’s elevate your brand—together.

🎙️ The Jane Anderson Brand You Show is the ultimate podcast for ambitious thought leaders ready to amplify their influence, attract premium clients, and build a powerful personal brand that opens doors.
If you&rsquo;re a consultant, coach, speaker, author, trainer, or academic who wants to be known for your ideas and sought after for your expertise, this show is your unfair advantage. Hosted by Jane Anderson&mdash;strategic communications expert, author of 14 books, and one of the world&rsquo;s most awarded branding thinkers&mdash;this show delivers the tools, strategies, and behind-the-scenes insights to help you grow a sustainable, 7-figure expert practice with impact and integrity.
Each episode is packed with real-world advice, inspiring interviews, and actionable frameworks to help you:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Stand out in a crowded market</li>
<li aria-level="1">Build trust with your audience</li>
<li aria-level="1">Convert visibility into revenue</li>
<li aria-level="1">Scale your influence with grace and ease</li>
</ul>
Jane has worked with over 200,000 professionals across 5 countries and 30 industries. Her thought leadership has helped generate $100M+ in revenue, and her podcast debuted in the global top 10 for Management &amp; Leadership. She&rsquo;s been featured on Sky Business, Channel 9, The Age, and the BBC.
If you&rsquo;re ready to move from expert to trusted authority, hit subscribe and let&rsquo;s elevate your brand&mdash;together.

The Jane Anderson  Brand You Show is the podcast for experts, consultants, speakers, trainers, academics and coaches who are or aim to be the leaders in their field. Jane shares her insights as well as interviews those who are industry experts to find out about their experiences when marketing themselves under their Personal Brand, or name.

Jane Anderson Show Podcast

The Jane Anderson Show is delivered by Australia's Leading Personal Branding Expert, Jane Anderson herself. 

Jane shares a mix of some of her own experiences and thoughts on how you can improve your Personal Branding in your Business, as well as interviews with some of the world leading experts in their field and how they have navigated some of the challenges to grow their business under theirname.com.

Having helped over 20,000 people she has been featured on Sky Business, The Today Show, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, BBC, Channel 9 & Management Today.

Jane speaks at conferences globally,  runs workshops, mentoring programs for experts in their field on topics such as marketing, sales, speaking and social media. On faculty in Thought Leaders Business School, she mentors experts to create a practice generating $500k-$1.5m with 1-2 staff. 

Jane holds one of the top 1% viewed LinkedIn profiles globally & is the host of the #1 ranked "Jane Anderson Brand You Show" Podcast in iTunes. She was nominated for Telstra Business Women Awards in 2014 & 2016.

The author of 4 books, she is one of 12 LinkedIn Influencers in Australia & NZ & her blog has been voted in the top 25 branding blogs globally by Feedspot. She is also the creator of the Lead Generation Indicator, the world's first diagnostic for experts to identify marketing gaps in their practice.

Jane has worked with clients such as the International Rice Research Institute, Wesfarmers, Virgin Australia, IKEA, LEGO, Mercedes-Benz?, La Trobe Institute of Molecular Science, Australian Medical Association, Shell Energy, Deakin University, and Griffith Uni.