Before Leadership 101 – your personal vision, mission and values
December 14, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Be Present, Work
Do you have a personal vision for your life? Do you have a personal mission statement and are you absolutely clear on your personal values? As a leader, it is likely that you have a vision for your organization along with clear mission and values statements. This is par for the course in nearly all […]
Life is about knowing which button to press
December 3, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Free and Laughing, Observe
Three mornings last week I noticed that I woke up way after my alarm had gone off. I figured that maybe I was just so tired that I slept through it. Could I really be that tired though? Or age was really catching up with me and my hearing going? But then I noticed that […]
Life is about knowing which button to press
December 3, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Accept, Free and Laughing
Three mornings last week I noticed that I woke up way after my alarm had gone off. I figured that maybe I was just so tired that I slept through it. Could I really be that tired though? Or age was really catching up with me and my hearing going? But then I noticed that […]
Listen…Silent
November 28, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Free and Laughing, Practice
Did you ever realize that the word “LISTEN” has the same letters as “SILENT”? How profound. Listening is a skill that is fundamentally important to the success of any and all relationships – love, business, family, friendship. Yet most of us have a very, very hard time really LISTENING. Speaking is vaunted as a […]
How to turn “time wasted” into time well-spent
November 26, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Free and Laughing, Observe
“That was a total waste of my time” I muttered to myself. I had just completed a meeting with a large multinational here in Toronto to “pitch” my Executive Coaching services. The meeting had not gone as I had intended. It got more and more painful as the minutes laboured on. I was not connecting […]
Every disappointment leads to an appointment – lessons from the Next Top Spiritual Author Competition
July 15, 2010 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Trust
This has been a difficult post for me to write, but writing it has made it so much easier. Last week the results of Round 2 of the Next Top Spiritual Author competition were announced. I have not advanced to the next round. I have been through the gamut of emotions since the announcement: Disappointment […]
Guess who will be on Star Planet TV?
June 29, 2010 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Free and Laughing
Tune in on Thursday July 1 at 11.00 a.m. EST – for my interview with WL Lillard on Star Planet TV in Chicago! Topic? Free and Laughing of course! www.starplanettv.com
Free and Laughing – in everything ….. other book titles to come!
June 23, 2010 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Free and Laughing
My recently published e-book “Free and Laughing in Crisis Moments” is the first of the “Free and Laughing” series. Here’s what I have in mind – can you think of other topics/situations that we can be “free and laughing” in? Free and Laughing at Work – combining Marguerite’s considerable experience and training in business with […]
Free and Laughing – the message
June 22, 2010 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Free and Laughing
Vote for Marguerite now as the Next Top Spiritual Author! As we move into the last few days of Round 2 of the Next Top Spiritual Author Competition I thought I would share my thoughts about my message with you with excerpts of my Book Proposal. This is the message that I am committed to […]
Next Top Spiritual Author competition – round 2 is ON and I am in it!
May 26, 2010 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Free and Laughing, Trust
Yes friends, I made it through to Round 2 – so now it’s time to vote AGAIN! Just click this link – if you voted in Round 1, then it’s easy to login and vote. If you haven’t voted before, then you will need to go through a little registration process – but don’t worry, […]