How many of us have worked in joyful places? Have you given thought to what it means and what it takes to lead joyfully? Take some time to listen to coach, facilitator, leader and author Marguerite Orane, as she talks with me about her journey to leading and living with joy.
Business Infrastructure – Curing Back-Office Blues
Scale Tales | Ease, Grace, Joy – How Marguerite Orane Coaches Executive Leaders for Sustainable Growth
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Business Infrastructure – Curing Back-Office Blues
Scale Tales | Ease, Grace, Joy – How Marguerite Orane Coaches Executive Leaders for Sustainable Growth
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Did you know that joy has financial value? Specifically, happy employees have 31% higher productivity, their sales are 37% higher and they’re three times more creative. Marguerite Orane leverages these stats as part of making her case for joy in the workplace.
As an executive leadership coach, facilitator, and public speaker, she empowers executives and their teams to imbue joy in their work so that they can scale their organizations without sacrificing themselves and their families in the process.
Healthy family relationships are particularly important to Marguerite. Her first leadership role at the tender age of 23 found her as her father’s boss in their family-owned manufacturing business. The experience of leading a 70-employee all-male group, navigating unions and erratic business cycles during a time of unrest in Jamaica, and ultimately selling the business to ensure her parents retired financially secure, left her feeling depleted, traumatized, and…free!
In this episode, Marguerite describes her journey from running a family-owned business to working in other businesses, and ultimately starting her own coaching business – a business that allows her the freedom and flexibility to lead with ease, grace, and joy. She also shares why her experience as an MBA student at Harvard Business School was the therapy she needed to release the pain and make room for profit.
Discover the business infrastructure she’s put in place to ensure she has a team aligned to her company’s joy-based mission with proven processes that generate the results required to take already successful organizations to even higher heights.
The Brand Called You
Joy Means Journey of You
Marguerite shares her experience as an MBA student at Harvard Business School was the therapy, she needed to release the pain and make room for profit.
- My experience managing my family’s 70-employee manufacturing business was painful.
- After we sold the business, in order to allow my parents to retire financially secure, I spent time during my MBA at Harvard Business School in deep introspection about how we work.
H2 – Hydration & Health
Marguerite Orane is dedicated to changing the way we live and work so that we do so with joy. She coaches leaders in realizing the value that joy and happiness at work bring 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.
She is valued for her insights on leadership, strategy, entrepreneurship and personal growth delivered in her own energetic, joy-filled way as a coach, facilitator, speaker and her blogs. Her experience as an entrepreneur, a Harvard MBA, her curiosity about the mysteries and delights of the world and her daily spiritual grounding through mindfulness meditation are the foundation of this work.
Reframe & Reset Your Career: Job Search & Career Development Insight
Letting Go And Claiming Joy: Insights From A Harvard MBA – Marguerite Orane
this is an excerpt from the full episode
Marguerite Orane talked about defining success on your own terms on Episode 33 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast, which is now available to download. Marguerite told me “What does success mean to you, no one else? Sometimes people climb the ladder of success and find it’s the wrong ladder for them and so become very clear about what really brings you joy, it’s your own path of success because that’s what keeps you going … get very clear on what success means to you not just only in terms of work but in all aspects of your life.”
Reframe & Reset Your Career: Job Search & Career Development Insight
Letting Go And Claiming Joy: Insights From A Harvard MBA – Marguerite Orane
full version
Looking for insights from an leader who had exposure to some of the top business minds during her MBA program at Harvard Business School but then decided to go down the path of entrepreneurship, writing and coaching? Marguerite Orane, discussed this and much more on episode 33 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
- Taking over the management of her family business and being successful, despite her youth,
- Her experience at Harvard Business School and earning an MBA,
- Meeting President Barack Obama,
- Becoming comfortable with reaching out to people and not being attached to the outcome, especially if negative,
- Taking a conscious decision to leave corporate life and start her own business,
- Not allowing fear to hold her back from making decisions and taking action,
- Her interest in strategy, facilitation and the balanced scorecard and how she applies it to a wide range of businesses,
- Her passion for meditation and mindfulness, training as a meditation teacher and creating an online program,
- Viewing aging positively and focusing on the opportunities to learn from younger colleagues and share knowledge,
- Her enjoyment of blogging and how she turned this into her first published book,
- Becoming clear what success means to you and not being distracted by other people’s ideas, and
- Applying principles of stoic philosophy to make the most of life and gratitude for small joys.
Truly Arlene – The Change Diaries Podcast
Marguerite Orane – Lead, work and live with joy!
In this episode I talk with Marguerite Orane, Executive Coach, Speaker and Author. Marguerite’s life intention is to change the way you and your people work, so that you do so with joy and achieve amazing success.
Marguerite is an expert at helping leaders bring forth confidence, clarity and calm as they chart their way forward. In our conversation she uncovers your biggest blockers and reframes feedback. We also dive into what makes for a powerful morning routine and what you absolutely must do each day. Listen in and discover how you can change the way you lead.
Chatting With the Experts
I immigrated to Canada
Marguerite Orane immigrated to Canada in 2009 and says that there is a lesson for immigrant women.
”When we come to a new country, especially North America, the established diaspora – we are told, or we feel the need to assimilate, but I think it’s very important to remain and stay true to who we are and the culture that we grew up with and to not hide that light under a bushel. Be proud of being Jamaican , proud of being Nigerian, proud of being Grenadian, Trinidadian, whatever it is, Ghanaian and whatever it is when we come over here because there is a lot that we do have to be proud about.“
Migrating to Canada was challenging. Marguerite had immigrated primarily to give her children a 2nd citizenship. She was in her 50s and her children teenagers. The transition was easier than many, but still challenging. Despite a Harvard MBA, she couldn’t get full time employment, so she struggled for awhile financially. As she stated “all change is hard.“
Not getting a job turned out to be the greatest gift as she started her own coaching and consulting business. She has become a dynamic and motivating professional speaker, known for her insights on leadership, entrepreneurship and personal growth. She is recognized for her energetic, passionate approach to facilitating positive growth and transformation in organizations and individuals. Marguerite addresses a broad range of issues – leadership, entrepreneurship, personal growth – with passion and conviction and addressed conferences in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Grand Cayman.
The COO’s Corner Podcast
Joy – Key to organizational productivity growth
Can you imagine a workplace where joy is a driving factor for success? Join me as I chat with Marguerite Orane, the owner of Free and Laughing Incorporated, who shares her mission to help others live, work, and lead with joy. With a diverse background as a Harvard MBA, entrepreneur, and mindfulness meditation practitioner, Marguerite provides valuable insights on cultivating happiness and productivity within the workplace, especially in the wake of pandemic-induced burnout.
We explore the power of music and creating a joyful morning playlist and the importance of examining the physical environment, systems, and processes to foster an environment of joy. Marguerite also emphasizes the value of involving the team in designing a culture of joy and how to measure its success. Dive deep into the world of joyful workplaces as we discuss the significance of relationships with supervisors, the role of meaning, recognition, and money in driving happiness, and Marguerite’s inspiring story of implementing the Balanced Scorecard at the Wolmer’s Schools in Jamaica.
Finally, discover the impact of mindfulness and meditation on leadership and personal growth, and learn how to have heart-to-heart conversations in the workplace. Tune in to this episode to uncover the secrets of mindful leadership, and take actionable steps toward bringing more joy into your workplace.
Marguerite Orane interviewed by Dr. Francis Mbunya Nov 18 2020
Marguerite and Francis speak about how to create the life YOU want. Marguerite shares practical exercises that you can do to achieve success on your terms.