Margie (Thirlby) DuBois helps organizations build confident leaders, emotionally intelligent teams, and cultures where people want to stay. As a leadership trainer, facilitator, confidence coach, and founder of the Thirlby Company LLC, she blends research-backed tools with practical strategies to teach the human behaviors that drive belonging, performance, and retention.

Margie is the creator of the 7 Habits of Confident Humans™ and The Five Star Manager™ frameworks, used by individuals, people leaders, and HR professionals to develop self-led employees who strengthen workplace culture through everyday leadership behaviors. Her trainings, retreats, and coaching programs are known for being interactive, emotionally resonant, and immediately applicable.

With 12 years of executive leadership experience, along with lived experience navigating workplace bullying and cognitive diversity, Margie knows what it means to lead with resilience. Her experiences sparked a lifelong commitment to helping others lead with courage and integrity. Today, she partners with businesses and nonprofits across industries to make confidence and human-centered leadership teachable skills and cultural advantages. 

In Denver, Margie is a graduate of Leadership Denver, a volunteer with Salute Colorado, and a previously appointed state board member for the Colorado Department of Human Services. Margie graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. Olaf College with an English Major and Media Studies Concentration, and received her Nonprofit Management certification from the University of Washington. Margie is a certified professional coach trained by iPEC. Outside of work, Margie is an avid reader and writer, hiking enthusiast, and sports junkie. She loves laughing, learning, and spending quality time with her husband, son, and friends. 

You can follow Margie on LinkedIn or on Instagram @margietdubois.