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 2, 2015 | Live Passionately
Earlier this week I spent an evening with Oprah. Yes, just me and Oprah… and about 12,000 of her other Australian fans. Having admired Oprah for many years, I’d been mildly nervous that I had my expectations set too high. I needn’t have worried. What...
by Margie | Aug 20, 2013 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Work Courageously
Yesterday morning I went out for an early morning run/walk yesterday with my friend Sharon (there’s nothing like knowing someone is waiting for you to get your tail out of bed when it’s dark, cold and ridiculously (5.30) early!) Sharon asked me how different Hanoi was...
by Margie | Jan 23, 2013 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely, Work Courageously
(Reprinted from my CourageWorks column in Forbes magazine) None of us are immune to the same temptations that Armstrong succumbed to. As self-serving, deceitful and cowardly as his behaviour has been, it’s also very human. The discovery of Lance Armstrong’s drug...
by Margie | Mar 7, 2012 | Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
“There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.” Scott Peck, Author of The Road Less Travelled This morning I got an email from an editor at O...
