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...
