by Margie | Mar 6, 2017 | Latest Thoughts, Women Rising
Happy International Women’s Day! We are women. Hear us roar. Some days. Other days, not so much. In fact, there’s a lot of days that we spend a large majority of time second guessing our decisions, questioning our value, beating ourselves up or talking ourselves...
by Margie | Feb 21, 2017 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts
Yes, “Fortune favors the bold.” But that doesn’t mean every risk we take will be immediately rewarded. Sometimes when we take a deep dive out of our comfort zone into the water below, we land flat on our face. The question is, what to do when your best and...
by Margie | Feb 6, 2017 | Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
I’m sure that you, like me, are proud of different things in your life. Your children, the goals you’ve achieved, the challenges you’ve overcome or the ways you’ve helped others to overcome their own. As you should be. Yet sometimes we can be too proud for our own...
by Margie | Jan 24, 2017 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts, Speak Bravely
Ever find yourself feeling resentful at people for what they do… or fail to do? Perhaps your boss just puts too much on your plate or doesn’t pay you what you’re worth. Maybe a co-worker, friend or family member continually oversteps boundaries,...
by Margie | Jan 10, 2017 | Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately
Whether it’s change you choose or change forced upon you, change looms large on the horizon for 2017. You will handle it better and seize it’s opportunities when you lean into the discomfort it always holds. As we look out toward the year ahead, change...
by Margie | Jan 10, 2017 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately
Courage is like a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets. And in our increasingly fearful world, it’s a muscle we must practice daily. Here’s 7 ways to help you do just that. Of course while fear often gets a bad rap, without it our cave...
by Margie | Jan 4, 2017 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts, Lead Purposefully
“First say to yourself what would you BE, and then do what you have to DO.” – Epiticus It’s great to focus on what you want to accomplish in the year ahead. Habits you want to start. Or quit. Goals you want to achieve. Changes you want to make....
by Margie | Dec 19, 2016 | Build Resilience, Work Courageously
When I met Teresa while running a leadership program at her company, she was miserable in her job as a risk analyst and had been for over 12 months. A year earlier she had applied for more senior position in her firm. When it was given to a less experienced analyst,...
by Margie | Dec 13, 2016 | Latest Thoughts, Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
As we near the end of the year it’s easy to get so caught up in all that still needs to get done that we fail to look back on the year just gone – to acknowledge how far we’ve come and who we’ve become in the process. I am sure you’ve done plenty this year. And I’m...
by Margie | Dec 1, 2016 | Latest Thoughts, Speak Bravely
Nearly every person I’ve spoken to over the last week or so has mentioned to me how much they have on this merry month of December. Holiday parties. School concerts. Travel planning. Teacher gifts. Card writing. Present shopping. Christmas decorating. Gift...
