What could you achieve if you were more courageous?In an increasingly uncertain, competitive and accelerated world, we are hard-wired to avoid risk but
the true key to success is courage--the courage to
speak up and challenge the status quo, the courage to
take risks, the courage to
trust in yourself more deeply and
seize the opportunities all around us.
So what's stopping you?
Best-selling author, media commentator and master coach, Margie Warrell shares
powerful tools and techniques to
overcome fear and achieve greater success and fulfillment at work and beyond.
Stop Playing Safe features
insights from courageous trail-blazing entrepreneurs and leaders in organizations including
NASA, Ernst & Young, UN Foundation and QANTAS.Discover how to:
- define your sense of purpose and pursue more inspiring goals
- embrace a 'Courage Mindset' and speak up with confidence in every situation
- navigate uncertainty with clarity and take smart risks, not just safe ones
- conquer fear of failure and bounce back from setbacks
- wield stronger influence and build a culture of courage in your team or business
- create daily rituals to build your resilience and ability to bounce back faster and stronger when life doesn't go to plan.
Don't wait for success to come to you. Learn how you can
unlock the power of courage to achieve
greater clarity, confidence and satisfaction at work and in life.
An intrepid Australian,
Margie Warrell is a bestselling author, master certified coach, media personality and
dynamic speaker who empowers people globally to live more courageous lives.
The bestselling author of
Find Your Courage (McGraw-Hill), Margie has learned a lot about courage since her childhood growing up as
one of seven children on a farm in rural Australia, to becoming an emerging leader in the human potential movement.
Along the way she has
travelled to over 60 countries, venturing to places most people only read about - from the
Sahara Desert to the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea; from refugee camps of the
Palestinian West Bank to the primitive tribes of the Amazon rain forest.Margie returned to Melbourne, Australia in 2012. After more than a decade of running
numerous leadership and performance programs with top US organizations, Margie continues to be a
sought-after speaker, travelling frequently to the US for keynotes and workshops.
A certified
master coach and Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming with a background in
Fortune 500 Business and Psychology, Margie has built an
international career on empowering individuals - and the organizations they work for - with the
strategiesthey need to expand their vision, engage in bigger conversations and
lead more courageously. Her client organizations include
Best Buy, United Healthcare, British Telecom, ExxonMobil, NASA, Ernst & Young, Accenture, and AOL. She is also a
guest lecturer to MBA students at
Georgetown University.With her down to earth Australian humor and working
mother-of-four efficiency, Margie gets to the heart of
what holds people back in their business, careers, relationships, leadership and life. Warm and direct, she has become
a regular media guest on national television with appearances on
The TODAY Show, FOX News, CNBC, and is the "Resident Coach
During the past decade, Margie has witnessed what she considers a growing trend of "
fear becoming the new normal" for many people. This has only served to fuel her passion in helping people become aware of areas where they are settling for less than they truly want, engage in bigger conversations, and
expanding what they see as possible for themselves and the organizations for whom they work.
In 2010,
she founded Global Courage, an organization focused on
supporting women in expanding their vision, and building their capacity, confidence and competence for courageous leadership. Margie has been
a keynote speaker at the UN Foundations Women Leading the Future Conference, Accenture's International Women's Day, The Womenetics Global Women's Initiative, AOL's Women's Leadership Symposium and numerous other leading women's events globally.
- Bachelor of Business (Marketing), Monash University, Australia
- Graduate Diploma in Psychology, Deakin University, Australia
- Certified Ontological Coach
- Certified Coach with International Coaching Federation (leading world body governing professional coaching)
- Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming and Certified NLP Coach and Time Line Therapist
- Certified Hypnotherapist with American Board of Hypnotherapy
- Associate Life Strategist trained in the theories and techniques of Dr. Phil McGraw
Memberships and Professional Associations- Recognized by the Cambridge Executive and Professional Who's Who Registry as a leader in the coaching field both nationally and internationally
- International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- International Association of Certified Coaches (IAC)
- Coachville - the worlds largest coach training institute
- The National Speakers Association (NSA)
- National Association of Professional Women (NAPW)
- American Business Women's Association
Giving BackMargie is a big believer in giving back and
actively supports numerous charities and not-for-profit organizations with free books and pro bono presentations. Following is a list of some of the organizations that Margie has supported: Child Help, UN Foundation for Women, Network for Teachoing Entrepreneurship NFTE, St Ann's Infant & Maternity Home, Streetwise, Doorways for Women, Suited for Change, Metro Teen AIDS, Assistance League, Rotary Club of Alexandria, The Women's Center of Virginia, Junior League, Civitan Club, The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing and Calvary Shelter, Ladies DC and many others.
Margie is also a
Board Member of Ladies America, which partners with such organizations as the United Nations Foundation, Womensphere's Global Summit, Fair Fund against human trafficking, Susan G. Komen Foundation, DC Entrepreneurship Week, StreetWise Partners, and Bisnow's Women in Business and Journalism to
support the success of professional womenand advocate on central women's issues in the media and political sphere.
