Molly Gimmel
A voice for women entrepreneurs, a builder of bold businesses,
and a leader who gets results.
I’m Molly Gimmel — speaker, author, and unapologetic truth-teller. My work is about helping leaders rise Unshattered by setbacks, Uncorked from perfection, and grounded in CIA Leadership: Confidence, Integrity, and Authenticity.
Leadership today is drowning in buzzwords and best practices. I’m here to torch the playbook. I don’t hand out sugar-coated advice. I hand leaders back their power — raw, messy, and real.
If you’re ready to uncork the truth and lead without apology, pour a glass of sauvignon blanc. We’ve got work to do.
In 2022, Molly published “Master Your Mindset: How Women Leaders Step Up” in which she shared many of her own leadership experiences, as well as insights from over two dozen accomplished women leaders that she interviewed, to reveal the mental attitudes that define effective leadership. Filled with personal stories, humor, and profound insights from the trenches, "Master Your Mindset" shows you step by step how to connect with yourself and with those around you in authenticity, confidence, and integrity—to become the best leader you can be.
There’s a story in leadership circles that goes like this:
One night, there was a really big storm and the next morning, a man went to the beach, and as far as the eye could see in both directions, there were thousands and thousands of starfish that had washed up onto the beach. He started walking down the beach, and in the distance, he saw what looked like someone dancing. As he got closer, he realized it was a young woman, and she wasn’t dancing, she was picking up starfish and throwing them into the ocean. When he got to her, he asked, “Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean? There’s so many, you can’t possibly make a difference.” She looked at him, stooped down, picked up a starfish, threw it into the ocean, and responded, “I just made a difference for that one.”
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