Gabrielle Dolan launched her own practice in 2013 after successfully co-founding and then building One Thousand & One into Australia's leading storytelling company.

Over the last decade, Gabrielle has worked with thousands of high-profile leaders from around Australia and the world, helping them become more real leaders and communicators. She is a highly sought after international mentor and key- note speaker on storytelling and leadership.

Before running her own company, Gabrielle held various senior leadership roles at the National Australia Bank and was responsible for leading major organisational change.

Gabrielle is the co-author of Hooked: How Leaders Connect, Engage and Inspire with Storytelling and co-author of Eliminate Death by PowerPoint.

She is a graduate from the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education in the Art and Practice of Leadership Development program. Her other academic qualifications include a master's degree in Management and Leadership from Swinburne University and an associate diploma in Education and Training from the University of Melbourne.

In 2015 Gabrielle became an Australian and New Zealand Partner at Thought Leaders Global, where she works with organisations to help them gain a competitive edge through thought leadership. She was also nominated in Telstra's Business Woman of the Year awards.

When she is not working in her practice, she can be found working in her vegetable garden at her 25-acre rural property located on the southern coast of New South Wales. She believes that if there were less manure in business and more manure in vegie gardens, the world would be a better place.