Arlington, VA
$18,000.00 - $50,000.00
A good cappuccino
Dr. Margie Warrell brings sharp insights and a global lens to inspire bolder thinking and braver action for stronger outcomes. In her sixth book The Courage Gap, Margie gets to the heart of what holds people back, distilling research into actionable advice to bridge the know/do gap between what people do and what they’re capable of doing.
A leading expert on courageous leadership, Margie’s insights stem from her diverse life experiences spanning her childhood in rural Australia to living in Asia, Europe, Papua New Guinea, and the USA, where she resides. Margie’s dynamic presence and deep insights have led her to speaking in over 25 countries and inspired thousands of audiences to embolden braver leadership and equip teams with practical skills to bring their bravest selves to work. Leading organizations such as NASA, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Mars, Deloitte, and Morgan Stanley, have engaged Margie to foster courageous cultures that drive innovation, embrace change, and unleash human potential. Margie has been recognized as a Top 200 Leadership Voice and Women’s Economic Forum Honoree. She also advises US Congressional Chiefs and women who aspire to lead change in emerging democracies. Her expertise in leadership, women, and workplace issues is regularly sought by media including CNN, Bloomberg, TODAY, and The Wall Street Journal. She also writes for Forbes.
Throughout her life, Margie has consistently chosen courage over comfort, including summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro with her husband and their four teenage children and, most recently, running her first marathon.
Margie has gained profound insights on managing fear, navigating risk, and embracing change since her childhood in rural Australia. Thirty years of living and working around the world—from Papua New Guinea to Singapore—have provided her with a globally grounded
perspective on navigating risk and overcoming the barriers that stifle potential in individuals and
organizations.
Drawing on her doctoral research and experience in coaching and Fortune 500 consulting, Margie is a trusted advisor across private and public sectors, helping to embolden braver leadership and cultivate forward-thinking ‘cultures of courage’ that counter change resistance, foster learning, and accelerate growth. Organizations such as NASA, Dell, Morgan Stanley, SAP, Novartis, the UN Foundation, HP, Google, and Johnson & Johnson have sought her expertise.
Soon to release her sixth book, The Courage Gap (January 2025), Margie is renowned for her ability to bridge the ‘head and heart’ as a writer and speaker.
She has also co-authored two other books with Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, and Jack Canfield. Her interviews with leaders and luminaries— including Bill Marriott, Richard Branson and Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School—inform her thought leadership, which she shares through her Live Brave podcast, Forbes column, and leading media outlets such as CNN, Bloomberg, and the WSJ. Margie’s commitment to ‘braver leadership for a better world’ extends to advising US Congressional Chiefs, McCain Global Fellows, and emerging female leaders in burgeoning democracies. A passionate advocate for women in leadership, she has served on numerous government roundtables, co-led Korn Ferry’s Power of All initiative to advance more women to C-suite and board tables, and been Senior Partner in their CEO & Leadership Institute.
Margie lives in ‘Old Town’ Alexandria, Virginia. Outside of work, she is an aspiring barista and lifelong hiker. Her passion for adventure inspired her to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro with her husband and their four children.
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A sought-after speaker on leadership, mindset, and resilience, Margie’s powerful new keynote weaves compelling storytelling with cutting-edge insight to engage, educate, and empower action to close the ‘courage gap’ in your franchise. Key learning includes how to: Rethink Risk: Discern smart from foolish risk taking amid complexity and uncertainty Identify Fear Traps: Counter cognitive biases that hinder learning, stifle innovation, and block crucial conversation Fail Right: Leverage a play-to-win mindset to embrace intelligent failure, accelerate learning and find the treasure when you trip Lead With Courage: Reframe discomfort and use fear as a catalyst for growth
Cultivate Courage: Create a culture that supports
‘loyal dissent’ and unites purpose around a bold vision for future Everyone needs courage, making this ‘a’must-hear’ message for all audiences.
No organization can outperform its leaders over time. It’s why the #1 threat is never external but the fear that drives smart employees to play it too safe. Leaders who invite candor and encourage innovation without demonstrating vulnerability, normalizing dissent, and derisking ‘smart failure’ will fall short every time. Margie will embolden your leaders to lead from the inside out, building a ‘culture of courage’ that unlocks collective creativity and discretionary effort across your enterprise.
Learning objectives and audience outcomes:
• Research into a ‘courage mindset’ and why it’s a force multiplier of talent
• Harness ’emotional contagion’ to galvanize employees behind a bold vision with a big “Why”
• What we get wrong about risk that makes us more vulnerable
• Three ways to foster loyal dissent and harness constructive conflict
• How to lead from self-certainty to make more effective decisions amid the unknowns
• Identify the invisible ‘timidity tax’ of excess caution in your team/business
• Accelerate learning and incubate innovation by scaling a play-to-win mindset
This program is ideal for leaders at all levels, from emerging to those at the top.
No one is immune to life’s hardships and
heartaches, yet some people handle them better and emerge better off. This powerful keynote blends research in psychology, well being, and spiritual traditions to reframe how you view and process your biggest problems, expanding your bandwidth to handle them better and transform them into catalysts for growth.
Weaving personal stories – including losing a brother to mental illness and supporting another to adjust to life with paraplegia – Margie brings evidence backed strategies to expand your audiences capacity for life, find the opportunities for growth, and grow into the highest that our toughest challenges always hold.
This program will teach you how to:
• Mine the lessons failure holds to improve the future
• Short-circuit stressful thinking, turning the psychology of fear into the physiology of courage
• Four pillars to activate post-traumatic growth and can-do optimism
• Lead from ‘self-certainty’ to thrive through change
• Build micro-habits to turn stressors into cues for courage
• Rescript the stories to get unstuck and bounce forward stronger
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