Books That Help You Catch the Moment

Owning Your IT gives readers practical tools for the messy moments before they speak: the reaction, the judgment, the pattern, and the words they wish they had chosen sooner.

The book helps you recognize the moment. The workbook helps you practice, capture, and return to the work.

Owning Your IT

Tools for the conversations you wish had gone differently.

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Recognize the patterns running the conversation.

We all have “ITs”—the habits, reactions, and default behaviors that take over before we realize it.

Owning Your IT helps readers name those patterns, understand where they come from, and use practical tools to respond with more intention when conversations get messy.

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'Margot doesn’t just tell us what we should do; she shows us how to do it… transforming unconscious habits into intentional behaviors.'

— Dr. Marshall Goldsmith

Author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There

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Your Toolbox

Do the work as you learn the tools.

Your Toolbox mirrors Owning Your IT chapter by chapter and is used inside Margot’s workshops to turn each concept into active practice.

Each chapter gives participants a place to complete the homework, capture their reflections, and memorialize the work they are doing—so the tools become something they can return to, reuse, and apply in real conversations.