Marguerite Orane
Leadership Coach. Speaker. Facilitator. AuthorFinding Purpose in Life and Work • Creating Joyful Workplaces • Leading With Joy • Impact of Mindfulness • Leadership and Entrepreneurship • Enhancing the Bottom Line
Areas of Expertise
Marguerite is committed to changing the way we live and work so that we do so with joy. She coaches leaders in realizing the benefits and value that joy at work brings to people and profits.
With over 30 years in strategy consulting and general management, Marguerite’s commitment is to help leaders and their teams joyfully bring strategy to life to achieve their desired results.
Marguerite takes the research that shows that creating workplaces of joy, where team members feel empowered and whole, increases the bottom line.
Her clients value her insights on leadership, strategy, entrepreneurship, and personal growth delivered in her own exuberant, joy-filled way as a speaker, coach and facilitator. The foundation of her work comes from her experience as an entrepreneur, her Harvard MBA, her daily practice of mindfulness meditation and her curiosity about the mysteries and delights of the world.
Marguerite earned her MBA at Harvard Business School. Since then, she has studied and honed skills in group process facilitation, strategy, transformational coaching and mindfulness meditation. Marguerite believes in being generous with whatever she learns, sharing regularly through her blog, social media posts and client-specific content curation.
Marguerite is also an author and has published 2 books: Free and Laughing: Spiritual Insights in Everyday Moments and Forget It! What’s the Point? Letting Go and Claiming Joy.
Marguerite has brought joy and added value to organizations in the private, public, non-governmental and educational sectors through her keynote speaking presentations, leadership coaching, mindfulness training, and team facilitation.
Marguerite’s Leadership Experience
Marguerite’s leadership experience started very painfully when she managed her family’s business. At the age of 23, she managed her family’s manufacturing business consisting of a team of 70 woodworkers – all men, older than her and resistant to the idea of a young woman being their boss. After they sold the business to allow her parents to retire financially secure, Marguerite spent time during her MBA at Harvard Business School in deep introspection about how people work.
Having successfully led many businesses and working with hundreds of leaders and their teams, Marguerite realized it only takes one person to make the change. When people are tuned into their true selves, they act from a place of presence, grace, joy and authenticity, enriching the lives of others.
