Robin Gerber is a powerful speaker, best-selling author and historian. She has appeared on History Channel and Biography Channel programming, as well as The PBS Newshour, and CBS and FOX channel affiliates. Her articles have appeared in USAToday, the Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and numerous other newspapers and magazines. Robin is Senior Faculty for the Institute for Management Studies where she teaches her popular course on "Authentic Leadership." Robin is the author of the bestseller, Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage (Penguin/Portfolio). Her most recent book is t...
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Powerful Speaker and Best-Selling Author. Using stories of famous leaders, Robin has inspired audiences around the world
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Robin Gerber is a powerful speaker, best-selling author and historian. She has appeared on History Channel and Biography Channel programming, as well as The PBS Newshour, and CBS and FOX channel affiliates. Her articles have appeared in USAToday, the Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and numerous other newspapers and magazines. Robin is Senior Faculty for the Institute for Management Studies where she teaches her popular course on “Authentic Leadership.”
Robin is the author of the bestseller, Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage (Penguin/Portfolio).
Her most recent book is the first biography of the founder of Mattel, Ruth Handler: Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her (Harper/Collins).
Robin’s book Katharine Graham: The Leadership Journey of an American Icon with a foreword by Jim Collins, author of Good to Great (Penguin/Portfolio), explores the life of the legendary publisher of The Washington Post newspaper.
Robin’s novel Eleanor vs. Ike (Harper/Avon) imagines Eleanor Roosevelt as a candidate for President in 1952.
Robin’s inspirational keynote speeches, using moving stories from the lives of Eleanor Roosevelt, Katharine Graham and other great leaders, have been enjoyed by clients including Bank of America, IBM, Marriott, Legg Mason, JP Morgan/Chase, Freddie Mac, Aetna Information Services, the AARP, Lee Hecht Harrison, Giant Food, The Culinary Institute, Sun Trust, Ameriprise, Accenture,West Point, the U.S. Forest Service, the Council for Excellence in Government, The 3rd Quality Conference of the European Union, and many universities, colleges, girls’ schools, nonprofits and government agencies.
Prior to becoming an author, Robin practiced law in Washington, D.C. and worked on Capitol Hill.
She has studied and written about leadership development since 1975.
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Thank you for sharing so beautifully at our conference on volunteerism and service. Your talk added a different perspective and lots of value to our corporate track and for that I am most grateful.
Eloquent, powerful, inspirational, motivating, fabulous story teller! Those are some of the words that came to mind when describing how the Legg Mason Capital Management group felt about Robin Gerber and her talk. This is the 3rd time I’ve heard Robin speak and once again, I walk away learning something new, and being inspired!
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will long remember Robin Gerber’s keynote. We were captivated by Robin’s superb storytelling skills and moved to make an immediate difference in our leadership circle of influence.
Robin is a compelling, authoritative story teller. Her message and delivery are highly engaging. A wonderful, targeted presentation.
Eight-hundred attendees at the AAUW National Convention in New Orleans gave Robin Gerber a standing ovation!
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Communicating as a Leader
Every great leader has been a great communicator in their own way. Through spoken and written words, but also through listening, this talk explores stories that illustrate the most powerful way to share the human experience.
Empowering Others to Lead
From business to government to nonprofits, the emphasis is on teams, macro-managing and growing leadership. The best women leaders in history have had powerful solutions for building leaders, and expanding their influence.
Finding Your Life and Leadership Passion
There is lots of talk about living your passion, but how can we make that happen? Great women leaders have faced the same question, and the stories from their lives offer answers for our quest today.
Moving From Fear to Action
Fear holds us back, keeps us stuck, reminds us of risk rather than reward. The antidote to fear is action. Through motivating stories from women leaders, this talk gets audiences moving toward their goals, not just thinking about them.
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Leaders Empower Others to Lead!
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Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage
Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her
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