Margie Warrell

We’ve never had more information–or faster tools to process it. Yet at decision making tables across the world, leaders are getting more hesitant, not less. More risk-averse. Less decisive.

The problem isn’t insight. It’s the internal capacity to act on it.

In a world of accelerating AI disruption, relentless complexity, and rising stakes, the ability to make values-anchored, brave decisions–with clarity, conviction, and consistency–isn’t a soft skill. It’s a fundamental leadership capability. And most leaders have never been explicitly taught it.

Drawing on behavioral science, decision-making psychology, and 25 years coaching executives navigating high-stakes choices–and a global life of bold decisions that has tested every principle she teaches–Margie Warrell makes a compelling case that courageous decision-making isn’t a personality trait. It’s a practice. And it can be built.

Leaders leave with a practical behavioral framework for closing the gap between knowing and doing, a sharper understanding of how excess caution quietly derails decisions, and the tools to bring the presence required to make braver choices that better the future. Because the braver path isn’t just a deliberate decision. It’s a profound act of personal agency that casts a vote for who we’re each capable of becoming – and a refusal to let fear set the ceiling.

Your audience will leave able to:

• Recognize the “fear traps” that derail decisions by disguising themselves as prudence, rigor, and due diligence
• Right-size risk–and recognize the “Timidity Tax” that compounds silently over time
• Read emotional signals accurately so pressure expands possibilities rather than narrows them
• Apply a 3-step framework for making values-anchored decisions when certainty is off the table
• Manage decision fatigue and reset the nervous system to widen the gap between trigger and conscious choice
• Build the team cultures that invite bold thinking–and the decisiveness to act on it

Best for: C-suite and senior leaders, high-potential leadership programs, women’s leadership forums, professional and financial services, technology and innovation, healthcare and mission-driven organizations pursuing transformational change agendas.

Formats: 45-minute keynote / 60-90 minute flagship / half-day leadership deep dive