by Margie | Jul 15, 2019 | Latest Thoughts, Lead Purposefully, Work Courageously
In 1997 businessman Ted Turner stunned the audience at a United Nations gala dinner where he was receiving the Global Leadership Award. Without prior notice, he announced that he was donating $1 billion to the UN to help defray the effects of American arrears. It...
by Margie | Feb 2, 2019 | Latest Thoughts, Speak Bravely
The tone of political discourse, particularly in America, has descended to new lows in recent years. Little wonder so many Americans (and non-Americans) I meet share their dismay and express a deep desire for leadership that transcends partisan bickering and for...
by Margie | Sep 13, 2018 | Brave Interviews, Lead Purposefully, Podcast
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. Your playing small does not serve the world.” I was not long out of university when I first came upon these words by Marianne Williamson. Soon after,...
by Margie | Aug 22, 2018 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
Firstly, thank you for your lovely notes in response to my recent article about visiting Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Of course, my message was about far more than how to help those who live there escape from the poverty they are born into. It was about the...
by Margie | Jul 31, 2018 | Lead Purposefully, Live Passionately
It’s hard to believe it has been two years since I stepped onto the ‘roof top of Africa’ – Mt Kilimanjaro – after a grueling 9-hour ascent with my husband and our four children. (Here’s the blog I wrote about ‘summit day’ soon after.) While our view...
