by Margie | May 24, 2021 | Brave Parenting, Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts
Last week was an exciting week in our family. My oldest son Lachlan graduated university and my youngest son Matthew graduated high school. Matt’s graduation was all the more special given that of the four graduations in our family over the last 12 months (including...
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 | Dec 12, 2018 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts
Wired into our psychological DNA is the desire for security, safety and status – which can put us in a bind. Because once our basic needs are met, we have a deep human hunger for meaning and purpose which can only be fulfilled by embracing vulnerability, and...
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,...
