Dr Margie Warrell

Keynote Speaker, Founder of Global Courage, Live and lead with courage

Dr Margie Warrell is a highly sought-after keynote speaker who inspires bold thinking and brave action. Margie brings sharp insights from her diverse global experience in Fortune 500 business, coaching and leadership development. It’s her ability to connect at the most human level that sets her apart as a speaker on the world stage. Founder of Global Courage, she is trusted by global brands to deliver life-changing programs that accelerate growth.

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Dr Margie Warrell is a highly sought-after keynote speaker who inspires bold thinking and brave action. Margie brings sharp insights from her diverse global experience in Fortune 500 business, coaching and leadership development. It’s her ability to connect at the most human level that sets her apart as a speaker on the world stage. Founder of Global Courage, she is trusted by global brands to deliver life-changing programs that accelerate growth.

Drawing from her background in business, psychology and coaching, along with her diverse personal experiences, Margie challenges and supports people globally to expand their vision, engage in bigger conversations and live more purposefully.

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Margie’s down-to-earth Aussie authenticity coupled with her hard-won wisdom about the human condition enables her to distill theory into practical advice that emboldens braver decision-making for better bottom-line outcomes.

The best-selling author of ‘Find Your Courage‘ and ‘Stop Playing Safe’, Margie has shared her expertise with leading media including The Today Show, FOX News, CNN, Al Jazeera, CNBC and is a regular contributor and Resident Coach on Australia’s Sunrise morning show. A columnist for Forbes and The Huffington Post, her advice has also featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Women’s Health and O Magazine.

The titles of Margie’s bestselling books reflect her passion for emboldening people to live and lead more bravely. Her intrepid adventures coupled with her doctoral research have given her extraordinary insights into building resilience, leading change and unlocking human potential.

A LinkedIn Top Voice and passionate advocate for inclusive leadership, Margie sits on the Advisory Board of Forbes School of Business & Technology.

Margie is the Founder of Global Courage, a women’s leadership organisation, and is passionate about empowering women to become stronger influencers within their workplace, community and society.

An ICF certified master coach and dynamic speaker, Margie has enjoyed the honour of being the keynote speaker at many leading international women’s events around the globe sponsored by organisations such as Acenture, Oracle and the United Nations Foundation. Margie has also provided leadership, communication and ‘courage building’ programs for a diverse range of organisations including Oracle, Hitachi, AOL, NASA, Bechtel, British Telecom, American Airlines, Shell, Best Buy and Ernst & Young.

A mother of four, Margie does her best to walk her talk when it comes to living boldly. Since her childhood growing up on a dairy farm in rural Australia, Margie has continually stepped outside her comfort zone, working and travelling around the world extensively, often venturing far off the beaten track in countries from Algeria and Bolivia to Papua New Guinea and Nepal. In 2012 Margie and her family relocated back to Australia after a decade in the United States to spend more time on ‘Grandpa’s farm’.

Topics

  • Courageous Leadership
  • The Resilience Advantage: Master change, overcome setbacks and thrive under pressure
  • Courageous Conversations
  • Think Bigger, Live Bolder!
  • Living in Alignment: Work smarter, stress less
  • Emotional Intelligence: Building EQ to motivate employees, improve team collaboration and produce better bottom line results
  • Managing Conflicting Commitments: First Things First
  • Making Powerful Requests
Energetic, realistic and insightful. Margie's real-life strategies were just what our audience of busy professionals needed to hear to manage the multiple, and often conflicting, demands of their jobs. A gifted speaker with a powerful message. American Airlines
Margie Warrell is a dynamo! She manages to be both fun and profound at the same time, challenging her audience to reach higher and leaving them all hungry for more. International Coach Federation
Marsh had the distinct pleasure to have Margie as the keynote speaker at our inaugural Executive Women's event. An unbelievable success! Margie truly is a dynamic and inspirational speaker and master coach. Thank you Margie! You are an inspiration to all! Marsh USA
If you want a program that gets rave reviews then hire Margie! Our audience truly enjoyed her presentation and found her to be very engaging. I enjoyed working with Margie immensely. She had a well-polished presentation and needed very little guidance the day-of the event-an event planner's dreams come true. American Society for Association Executives (ASAE)
We were blessed to have Margie speak to our 200+ members at the Career Network Ministry and she captivated, educated and motivated the audience with her presentation. Margie is a gifted speaker who is able to leverage her life experiences and present them in a way that grabs you deeply and engages you... she does it all with great style and grace and as she left our audience was already asking when we could have her back again. McLean Bible Church Career Network Ministry
Thank you for just a fabulous presentation. I have heard so many warm remarks and feedback on your talk. The level of content and light-hearted humor was fantastic! You really were instrumental in us having such a successful evening. Ernst & Young
At the 2012 REINSW Women in Real Estate conference Marie Warrell joined the lineup of sensational speakers and contributed to a day which will be remembered by all who attended. Margie's presentation started the day off, setting the scene of empowerment, motivation, reflection and inspiration. Her engaging style, presence and unique ability to be down to earth had the audience hanging off her words and, challenging their own thoughts as she spoke of what many of us think of, yet dared not to say out loud. With this, Margie gave us the gift of so many 'take-aways' to reflect upon. Wow, what a thought provoking, polished and professional presenter is Margie - a presenter I would recommend for any conference. Real Estate Institute of New South Wales
Margie's presentation at our Women in Resources (WiRV) event was inspiring, relevant, and humorous. The overwhelming feedback from attendees was that it was the best event they'd ever attended with us. Margie shared an important message in a very personal and practical way. I am already applying her tips! Women in Resources Victoria
Margie is the best speaker we've ever had at our annual conference. Highly engaging, relevant and practical, she left attendees with clear actionable steps they could take to be brave and succeed. I cannot recommend her highly enough. Sage MicrOpay
Margie sets herself apart with a powerful and inspiring message, paired with her energetic, down-to-earth, and disarming delivery. Inviting her to speak here at the United Nations Foundation helped me bolster my personal vision for a candid, collaborative, and forward-leaning workplace. Margie reminds us about the hidden costs of inaction while offering a refreshing and realistic perspective on how we can challenge ourselves and others to be more courageous, take more risks, and find more success. Feedback from her program was overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic. We would welcome her back any time! Kathy Calvin, President & CEO, The United Nations Foundation, Washington DC