Testimonials
Brandon Marshall (NFL All Pro Football Player) - Dave has really been able to clarify things in my life and bring so much peace through anything that I’ve been going through whether business or personal. Dave’s love, his passion. When they start cloning people, Dave needs to be the first one cloned because we all need a Dave. We actually need an app just called, “Dave.” I wish there was a 100 Daves… 100,000 Daves… 1 Dave for every everyone on this planet!
Banning Liebscher (Jesus Culture Founder and Pastor) - Dave Gibbons has been a strategic and instrumental voice in my life as a leader and in the ministry of Jesus Culture. He has been a breath of fresh air in how he thinks and has been greatly used by God to come alongside us as we pursue that things God has called us to. It is rare to find someone who thinks as strategically as he does, challenges the status quo, is innovative and creative, and yet is pro-church and extremely relational. He believes deeply in people and pulls the best out of them and their organizations.
Chi Hua Chien (CEO, Goldwater Capital) - Dave has a unique ability to understand a leader's strengths and weaknesses and unlock a plan that helps them achieve their full potential. He has had a tremendous impact on Goodwater and our team.
Jeannie Mai (Co-host of Grammy Award Winning Talk Show) - Coming from a first generation born Vietnamese American, I lived in a 3 bedroom home with 15 family members. I went through sexual abuse, I went through a very ugly divorce situation with my parents. I went through a broken engagement and a lot of hurt. These are things I didn’t realize were the most beautiful parts of my life. And it took the XEALOT WAY (Design principles and processes, relationships to live life more fully) for me to understand that and become the woman I am today.
Dr. Charles Dorsey (Executive Coach, Organization Change manager, Community Engagement Specialist, Bridge Builder, Master Facilitator, Speaking/Speech Trainer) - Dave Gibbons is a global voice of influence that maintains a local, nurturing and caring touch. His counsel and loving insight have led to vocational, marital, and physical transformation. I am happier, more confident, and more innovative. He is a leader and allows himself to learn as well. Be prepared to walk across the bridges he invites you toward. You won’t regret it
Kyle and Juliet Korver (NBA All Star and Artist/Musician/Integrative health coach) - When we were introduced to Dave Gibbons back in the fall of 2012 we had no idea that this calm and brilliant creative would become one of the most important voices in our life. He has walked with us through many seasons, faithfully cared for our beings and consistently called out the best in each of us. He has helped us to navigate crisis and success, walked us through solid processes for personal development, helped us to clarify our family goals and expectations, consistently challenges our comforts in culture and pushes us to dive deep into the priceless work of character formation. We are honored to call him a mentor, guide and friend.
Skye Jethani (President SkyPilot Media, Author, Speaker, and Pastor) - Mark Twain once said that an “expert” is someone who knows more and more about less and less. Based on that definition, Dave Gibbons is no expert. He is something far more valuable and rare in today’s interconnected and globalized world. He is a true polymath. Dave moves between seemingly unconnected segments of culture, industry, spirituality, and relationships with a grace I have found in very few leaders. In each venue, he gains new wisdom and then carries and employs it in another. I have been inspired and blessed by his insights. Whatever your calling, you want to have Dave Gibbons as part of your team.
Tiago Brunet (Best Selling Author and Speaker in Brazil) - Is it possible that in one day a life’s destiny could entirely change? That’s exactly what happened to me when I was with Dave Gibbons. I went to serve at a local organization in Rio de Janeiro by picking up Dave and his wife at the airport. We ended up having lunch together and at that moment everything made sense. For the first time, I heard the word “mentoring” and “destiny”. I understood that they were connected and so I decided to live for my purpose. Dave has a mindset that sets free an inner strength from people. What I am living now started that day. Thank you Dave!
Marina Abramovic (Legendary Performance Artist, Marina Abramovic Institute) - My real life gets so complicated that I can’t see clearly. And then that is when my creativity suffers and I can’t go back to this wonder, state of child. Then Dave comes and says be a child again. Be curious again. Be innocent again. Dave learn me from the beginning how I should trust. How I should actually let people do their own job and not to be controlling every step. He comes into my life when I need him and gives me clarity.
Dan Lin (Producer of the Lego Movie, CEO of Rideback) - Working with Dave at Xealots has helped me navigate the highs and lows of life, while keeping me focused on my overall mission.
Nick Roach (Former NFL Linebacker) - Dave has easily given me one of the most precious gifts I’ve ever received: Clarity. With his ability to see me for who I am and call those things to the surface, I now see everyone and everything in my life differently. I hope to impact people in a fraction of the way he has changed my life.
Zoe Lilly (Brazilian Artist, Musician, and Movement Leader) - Dave Gibbons is a seer, looking beyond the surface and connecting deeply with those around him. He is able to see gold hidden under the dirt and with those same eyes generously love people. It’s his non-judgmental way of feeling and rooted manner of living that has changed my life. His friendship and mentorship has been and will always be my safe place. What a privilege and honor to have him in my life!
Tara Russell (President / Fathom Global Impact Leader, Carnival Corp & PLC) - Dave has been like a brother for more than a decade, and it’s rare that a day goes by when I don’t find myself marinating on one of the many simple, but profound truths that Dave lives by and has modelled to me. I am inspired by his quiet, but fierce courage and his relentless reliance on the Spirit. There is power in knowing that Dave loves and believes in me–and I’ve felt his confidence as I’ve grown in my own walk and journey. My pain has led me to my purpose, and I believe I first uncovered this important truth with Dave. He’s encouraged my boldness and the constant reminder to always “use what’s in my hand” as God continues to give me challenges far beyond my human capabilities. I will always consider Dave and his family dear family to us.
Jerrod Blandino (Co-Founder and Creative Director of Too Faced) - Dave came into my life at a time when to the world it seemed I had everything. In reality I’d never felt more lost or alone. I had just sold the company that my best friend (who’s also my husband) and I had built over the last eighteen years for a record breaking price within the beauty industry. As a life long Christian who just so happens to be gay, I always considered my relation with Christ as solid, healthy and totally unbreakable. But, the almost two decades of perusing my fame and fortune had me feeling lost, hopeless, depressed, & drained. That’s when I met Dave. He was referred to me by one of my best friends (an Emmy award winning TV talk show host) who raved about Dave’s ability to connect to and help successful creative people find their purpose and their way back to Jesus. Dave understands how to speak to accomplished, creative, career focused, high profile, and even very famous people. He speaks in a way that melts away all of the pretense and professional armor that can be unknowingly built up over the years on your way up the ladder. He speaks directly to your heart. He knows how to walk through your story with you and help you understand where you might have gotten lost. He helps you find your way back to God and your true purpose. If you’ve lost your way, forgot why you’re worthy of God’s love or just needs to refocus and forgive yourself, and if you’re lucky enough to have Dave’s information–call him.