Are you ready to
exceed your goals?
What drives your passions and ignites your motivation?
What does your extraordinary life look like?
Dream big.
Your pathway to success begins here, with your desire to …
reach new goals
form clear intentions
work more productively
spend more time with your loved ones
Oliver Elliott provides the stability, confidence and accountability—the anchor—to guide you along the way.
Intro
Adele Gillis, Founder & Principal:
I am a highly successful Realtor®, Educator, Business Coach and Trainer, with a logical, compassionate ability to analyze and strategize tailored pathways on which my clients may excel. I exude professionalism, complexity and confidence, eliciting respect with a rational approach to problem solving. I passionately guide others, manifest realistic goals and am deeply caring, with objective boundaries.
(that’s a whole lot of buzzwords…)
Work
I’m a 24-year Realtor® at The Grubb Company, after having been ranked among the top 3% of agents at Highland Partners. I managed East Bay Sotheby’s International Realty, while concurrently listing over $17 million in residential properties. I negotiated the sale of Governor Jerry Brown’s house, and had just as much fun helping newlyweds into their new condo in Jack London Square. Well, almost as much fun. I’ve been an Instructor at San Francisco State University and Northeastern University, have developed and taught coursework in Effective Business Writing throughout the Bay Area, and can edit in my sleep. I spent years as a Financial Consultant, having begun my career at Fidelity Investments in Boston.
At Oliver Elliott, these experiences serve me well…to serve you well.
Location
I’m anchored in the San Francisco Bay Area, but available to travel for longer consulting engagements, including to my hometown, Boston.
A few of my favorite things…
Sewing … and embroidery: Just call me Martha. Cook, clean, sew—nerdy, but true. Vintage notions mixed with a creative process. See a thread? Focus and satisfaction.
The Beach: Close your eyes—can you hear the seagulls overhead, the surf on a choppy day, the gentle waves as they lap the edge of the shore and soften into the sand, smell the salty air, and feel your toes in the sand? That’s my happy place.
Cookbooks: Anything with Julia Child is on my shelves. Sure, you can pull up recipes on the internet (guilty), but nothing beats a real book. The smell of the pages, splatterings of food on the tried & true ones, post-its of ones to try. At 450+, I’m a little obsessive. (photo cred Noe DeWitt for MSL)
Vintage Silver: I once answered a “whatcha up to?” phone call with, “polishing silver.” Sounded a bit snotty, but we’re not talking Dolores Claiborne here; I just love the look and feel of beautiful old silver, wondering whose initials are etched on it, and what might have been served with it in years gone by.
Gardening: My Dad grew the most drool-inducing tomatoes alongside so many other fruits and vegetables. Miss you lots. Thank you for passing along that green-thumb gene to me!
Yoga: After wrecking my knees with acrobatics, I still love the focus, musculature and restorative oneness of its next-best-thing—yoga. Someday I'll master it. Ommm.
Setting a Pretty Table: Lining up the dainty pink rosebuds on Mom’s china service, ironing the linens, and always lighting candles… it’s the creative process, like graphically designing a page.
Norman Mailer: That man can weave a whole long paragraph from one non-run-on sentence into a crystal-clear, provocative visual (like I just tried to). An ode to my graduate school days. Tough Guys Don’t Dance–oh, yeah.
Pie: Ever see "Waitress"? For so many reasons, I could play Kerri Russell with one hand tied behind my back. Strawberry rhubarb, apple cranberry, peach (oh, my), lattice tops, yummm. “Gonna bake a pie…”
Peter OLIVER and Christopher ELLIOTT: My reasons for living and my most blessed creations. “Sons are the anchors of a mother’s heart.” (Socrates) 💗