Margie Warrell
Global Leadership Advisor Dr. Margie Warrell empowers audiences to close the gap between potential and performance — transforming fear into fuel for bold decisions, stronger teams, and meaningful impact in times of uncertainty and change.
Courage Catalyst
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Change Driver
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Dr. Margie Warrell is a globally recognized expert in leadership and human behavior, renowned for her ability to help leaders and organizations unlock untapped potential by countering the underlying dynamics that inhibit bold thinking, decisive action, and transformative growth.
Growing up in rural Australia instilled in Margie a deep understanding of resilience and the courage required to navigate uncertainty. Over the past three decades, she has lived and worked across five continents, gaining a unique perspective on what it takes to take brave steps despite uncertainty and fear.
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Drawing on her doctoral research in leadership and coaching, as well as extensive experience consulting for Fortune 500 companies, Margie has become a trusted advisor to boards and leaders across the private, public and government sectors, including NASA, Dell, Morgan Stanley, Novartis, Google, and Johnson & Johnson. Her insights also extend to policy influencers and emerging global leaders, including U.S. Congressional Chiefs and McCain Global Fellows.
Margie bridges the gap between strategy and human behavior, weaving insights from her collaborations with luminaries like Bill Marriott, Richard Branson, Ken Blanchard, and Amy Edmondson. Through her Forbes column, Live Brave podcast, and appearances on CNN, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal, she inspires audiences to rethink fear, lead with purpose, and embrace the courage it takes to drive change and create impact.
A passionate advocate for advancing women in leadership, Margie has contributed to government roundtables, spearheaded initiatives to elevate more women to decision-making roles, and co-led Korn Ferry’s “Power of All" program during her tenure as a Senior Partner in their CEO & Enterprise Leadership Institute. Margie’s latest book, The Courage Gap (2025), distills her decades of research and experience, providing a roadmap for how to close the gap between potential and performance.
Speaking Topics
Reinvention
Leadership
Team Dynamics
Overcoming Obstacles
Culture
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Presentations
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In times of relentless change and rising complexity, hesitation is costly. It’s not enough for leaders to know what to do—they must become the kind of leaders who can do it. That requires more than strategy. It requires courage. Enter bestselling author, leadership advisor, and ‘courage catalyst’ Dr. Margie Warrell, delivering a bold recalibration of what’s possible when clarity, courage, and alignment converge.
Human Connection in an Overwired World
In today’s hyper-connected workplace— where curated profiles, Slack replies and AI-generated messages dominate— something vital is being lost: our capacity for real human connection. As it becomes easier to polish our image and harder to have honest conversations, a gap is growing between surface-level communication and true belonging.
Brave
Women Rising
Despite historic progress, women remain underrepresented where the biggest decisions are made—not from lack of ability, but from the internalized pressure to stay small. In this powerful keynote, Dr. Margie Warrell shares how her own journey—from growing up on a dairy farm and raising four children while building a global career, to completing her doctoral research in women’s leadership.
“What I’ve learned in my life is that growth and comfort can’t ride the same horse.”
– Margie warrell