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...
by Margie | Nov 3, 2016 | Latest Thoughts, Women Rising, Work Courageously
Last week I had the opportunity to facilitate a ‘power panel’ of female founders at Business Chicks ‘Movers and Breakers’ conference. It’s easy to look at women like Samantha Wills, Emma Isaacs and Lizzy Abegg – three trailblazing...
by Margie | Oct 20, 2016 | Latest Thoughts, Lead Purposefully, Speak Bravely
I’m sure, like me, you’ve made your share of mistakes over the years. Times you’ve made a bad decision or taken too long to make any at all! The word mistake comes from the Latin to “miss-step.” Mistakes are, literally, nothing more or less than a step (or two) in the...
by Margie | Oct 5, 2016 | Latest Thoughts, Lead Purposefully, Speak Bravely
Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with former Australian Prime Minister John Howard. We were both keynote speakers at the same conference and ended up having time together between speeches and afterward at a reception. Like every political leader,...
by Margie | Sep 29, 2016 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts
I’ve been doing a lot of rejigging of plans this week. I had big plans for a jam packed trip to the US in a few weeks, including day in Vegas to speak at a leadership conference. Due to some pretty major stuff that’s happened with the client organization, the event...
