The Courage Gap: 5 Steps to Braver Action
About this ebook
That hesitation—the space between knowing and doing—is the courage gap.
In this book, bestselling author of You’ve Got This! Margie Warrell delivers a practical, research-backed guide to overcoming fear, self-doubt, and impostor syndrome so you can lead, decide, and act with confidence.
Blending neuroscience, psychology, and real-world leadership coaching experience, Warrell reveals a powerful 5-step roadmap to help you rewire self-protective habits, silence your inner critic, and build everyday courage. From boardrooms to personal crossroads, she shows how to transform anxiety into clarity and bold action.
In this book, you will learn how to
- overcome fear of failure and rejection,
- build lasting confidence grounded in science,
- speak up with conviction,
- take smart, courageous risks, and
- close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
For leaders, professionals, and anyone ready to stop playing small, The Courage Gap provides clear strategies to unlock resilience, elevate performance, and step fully into your bravest self.
Fear creates the gap. Courage closes it.
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About the author
Margie Warrell, PhD, is a leadership authority with extensive international experience supporting leaders and businesses in transformative change agendas. A Senior Partner in Korn Ferry's Board, CEO and Leadership practice, Margie draws on her international background in Fortune 500 business, psychology, and coaching to help leaders accelerate change, incubate innovation, and cultivate more forward-leaning cultures. Raised in Australia and based in the US, Margie has lived around the world, including Papua New Guinea and Singapore, and brings a global cross-cultural lens and sharp insights to address the complex challenges facing leaders and organizations today. Margie commenced her career at BP. She has since been engaged by numerous energy companies (including Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil) to help leaders foster more agile, collaborative "cultures of courage." A Forbes columnist and regular media contributor (CNN, Bloomberg, WSJ), Margie's doctoral research in human development and organizational change informs her work in cultivating more inclusive enterprises that unleash the value of diversity and advance more women to top tables. Margie lives in the Washington, DC area.
