Gala Jackson-Dobbins
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Build your Career Roadmap with New York Times Featured Coach Gala Jackson
Studied at Valdosta State University
Works at Wiley
Available Sunday at 4:00 PM UTC
I offer unique availability to meet the needs of working parents with packed daytime and evening calendars. I also recognize not everyone can fully engage in a coaching call at work and may need more flexible times to get the most out the coaching experience. Last, but not least, I like to accommodate individuals outside of the Eastern time zone. Talk with you soon!
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Gala's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $250/hr
Get help with Leadership, AI-Powered Job Search, and .
Gala’s Career Coaching Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Director
500+ people coached for Career Coaching
Welcome to my profile! With over a decade of experience as an Executive Leadership & Career Coach, I specialize in guiding mid-career women through transitions and reinventions to achieve fulfilling careers. As the Founder and Head of Coaching at BOLD Career Collective, I offer a unique blend of career strategy, mindset coaching, and sustainable growth techniques to help women articulate their strengths and make confident, aligned career decisions. My work is deeply rooted in creating spaces for reflection and emotional intelligence, empowering clients to build careers that truly support their desired lifestyles. I'm the former Head of Coaching at Parentaly supporting parents with family leave and I am the former Director of Career Coaching at Ellevest. I've been featured in the New York Times, Marie Claire, Essence, Millie Magazine, Huffington Post, and more! I'm also the author of Courage, Clarity, and Confidence: Redefine Success and the Way You Work published by Wiley. Whether you're seeking clarity in your career path or aiming for a coveted leadership role, I'm here to help you move from hesitation to decisive action. Let's connect and start building your career roadmap with confidence today!
Gala can help with:
Leadership
AI-Powered Job Search
Cover Letters
General Exploration
Professional Networking
Salary Negotiation
Networking Strategy
Job Search Strategies
Interview Prep
Career Planning
Resume Review
Personal Branding
About Gala
An acclaimed author, career strategist, leader coach, and community founder, Gala Jackson-Dobbins is devoted to helping individuals redefine success, move in alignment, and lead with wellness at the epicenter. With unapologetic boldness, she guides leaders through career pivots with clarity and life transitions with intention. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Essence, Marie Claire, HuffPost, and on the global TED platform, where her TED Talk has reached nearly 2 million viewers worldwide. Drawing from her own evolution and reinvention, as well as a distinguished career as an executive leadership coach and consultant, Gala blends strategic insight with profound introspection. She helps individuals align ambition with authenticity and ascend to new levels of personal and professional success. She is the author of the bestselling book Courage, Clarity, and Confidence: Redefine Success and the Way You Work, which has sparked a movement and a global online community. Her frameworks are trusted by global organizations and embraced by individuals ready to chart a bold path on their own terms. She is the founder of the BOLD Collaborative and the BOLD Career Collective, membership communities for women navigating change and transition in their lives and careers. Gala is a catalyst. Her presence invites transformation, her voice brings clarity to complexity, and her work equips people to take decisive, values-driven action. Her mission is clear: we’re not chasing a bag—we’re building legacy.
Work Experience
Advisory Council Member
Harvard Business Review
September 2024 - Present
I offer insight to help shape the content HBR develops. I'll also provide my perspective on ideas from HBR and the wider world of management and leadership. Leadership, Thought Leadership and +2 skills
Founder + Head of Coaching
BOLD Career Collective + Collaborative
May 2024 - Present
Hiring Manager
I lead the BOLD Collaborative (free membership) and BOLD Career Collective (paid membership), a coaching and journaling-based community for mid-career women navigating transition, reinvention, and what’s next. Through 1:1 coaching, group coaching experiences, guided reflection, live events, and strategic career frameworks, I help women clarify their values, articulate their strengths, and make aligned career and life decisions with confidence. My work sits at the intersection of career strategy, mindset, and sustainable growth. I support women who feel successful on paper but disconnected in practice, helping them move from overwhelm to clarity and from hesitation to decisive action. As an author, facilitator, and coach, I create spaces that prioritize reflection, emotional intelligence, and intentional momentum so women can build careers that actually support the lives they want to live.
Author
Wiley
January 2024 - Present
Author of Courage, Clarity, and Confidence: Redefine Success and the Way You Work, Wiley 2024 Writing, Thought Leadership and +2 skills
Executive Leadership & Career Coach
InterviewSnob, LLC
August 2011 - Present
Hiring Manager
Coach accomplished and aspiring female leaders as they clarify their career and leadership development goals. Using a strengths-based coaching model, I coach clients through all aspects of an effective career transition that include identifying what's next, external transitions, internal promotions, advancing into management and/or senior leadership. I specialized in helping my clients cultivate an authentic, comprehensive career roadmap that aligns with their strengths, values, unique talents and professional experiences. My coaching style focuses on autonomy, clarity, confidence, and empowerment because it's not about a job, it's building a career with significance, influence, and legacy.
Director of Coaching
Ellevest
September 2020 - June 2022
Hiring Manager
Provide strategic leadership, cultivating and integrating the Ellevest Way, a model for coaching services across the business. Curating coaching methodology, training on coaching principles, evaluation of coaching quality, and cross-functional leadership to ensure coaching principles are updated and adhered to across the organization. Oversee and provide development with technical coaching principles for coaches. Spearhead new coaching initiatives, including new services and product features to enhance the client experience with coaching and maintain quality. Develop coaching curriculum, philosophies, guides, and training content to maintain continuity and quality across all coaching services. Provide strategic leadership, cultivating and integrating the Ellevest Way, a model for coaching services across the business. Curating coaching methodology, training on coaching principles, evaluation of coaching quality, and cross-functional leadership to ensure coaching principles are updated and adhered to across the organization. Oversee and provide development with technical coaching principles for coaches. Spearhead new coaching initiatives, including new services and product features to enhance the client experience with coaching and maintain quality. Develop coaching curriculum, philosophies, guides, and training content to maintain continuity and quality across all coaching services. Skills: Management · Leadership · Team Leadership · Staff Development · Coaching · Talent Development · Curriculum Development · Strategic Planning · Executive Coaching · Team Building · Project Management
Education
Valdosta State University
Master of Education (M.Ed.), Educational Leadership: Higher Education Administration
Valdosta State University
BFA, Speech Communication: Organizational Communication
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