Coaching Real Leaders

Are you worried that you have developed a habit of quitting when times get tough?

Do you struggle with finding authentic ways to be seen by senior leadership?

Are you trying to find the time and energy to develop your team?

In this episode, Muriel is joined by her producer Mary to tackle leadership questions from listeners like you.

For further reading: 

Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers: https://hbr.org/2018/04/why-the-most-productive-people-dont-always-make-the-best-managers

Why Visibility Has Become the New Test of Leadership: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-visibility-has-become-the-new-test-of-leadership/

Ready to Quit Your Job?: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/aug/12/ready-to-quit-your-job-here-are-the-17-questions-to-ask-yourself-first

What? So What? Now What? (Matt Abrahams): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qdZwQdn7Sc

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She's energized by her company and the possibilities of her role, but keeps running into tension with her boss around how they work together. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through examining her approach, understanding what her boss actually needs from her, and deciding what she's willing to do about it.  

For further reading: 

How Can I Get Along with My “Difficult” Boss?: https://hbr.org/podcast/2022/09/how-can-i-get-along-with-my-difficult-boss-from-hbrs-women-at-work

5 Reasons Your Boss is Holding You Back: https://www.fastcompany.com/91277735/5-reasons-your-boss-is-holding-you-back

 10 Signs Your Boss is Holding You Back: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/11/27/ten-signs-your-boss-is-holding-you-back/

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Have you ever felt like your boss might be holding you back?

Do you have a hard time determining your non-negotiables?

Do you struggle with constantly changing priorities from the C suite?

In this episode, executive coach Dave Stochowiak, host of the Coaching For Leaders podcast, joins host Muriel Wilkins to tackle questions from the audience on their toughest leadership problems. 

For further reading: 

Check out Coaching For Leaders: https://coachingforleaders.com/

Manage Yourself to Lead Others: https://www.amazon.com/Manage-Yourself-Lead-Others-Self-Understanding/dp/1541705688

Connect with Muriel:

Website: murielwilkins.com

LinkedIn: @Muriel Maignan Wilkins 

Instagram: @CoachMurielWIlkins 

Join the Coaching Real Leaders Community: coachingrealleaderscommunity.com

Read Muriel’s book: LeadershipUnblocked.com 

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She’s been at her current organization for decades, and loves the leadership role she’s in. But she’s always aspired to make it to the C-suite. As that opportunity seems less and less likely to attain where she is now, executive coach, Muriel Wilkins, helps her work through what trade-offs she’s willing to make to achieve  her professional goals. 

For further reading: 

3 Ways to Make Tough Career Choices with Confidence: https://melodywilding.com/3-ways-to-make-tough-career-choices-with-confidence/

Career Crossroads: https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/07/career-crossroads

How to Navigate Change at Any Career Stage: https://hbr.org/podcast/2024/05/how-to-navigate-change-at-any-career-stage

Connect with Muriel:

Website: murielwilkins.com

LinkedIn: @Muriel Maignan Wilkins 

Instagram: @CoachMurielWIlkins 

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Long-time executive coach and Coaching Real Leaders host, Muriel Wilkins, takes questions from listeners, past guests and community members and helps them unpack some of the thorniest workplace challenges they face. In this episode, she’s joined by her producer Mary Dooe to talk about when business partnerships go bad, what to do when you make a significant mistake at work, and more. 

Connect with Muriel:

Website: murielwilkins.com

LinkedIn: @Muriel Maignan Wilkins 

Instagram: @CoachMurielWIlkins 

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She’s an ambitious leader with a strong vision to drive value and growth for the company. But she’s concerned that plan may now be in jeopardy due to lack of buy-in from her boss. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her on how to handle getting the alignment needed to move a strategy forward.

Connect with Muriel:

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LinkedIn: @Muriel Maignan Wilkins 

Instagram: @CoachMurielWIlkins 

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From uncovering the belief that’s quietly holding you back… to mapping your path to the C-suite… to recovering after a career-defining mistake — executive coach Muriel Wilkins is back with real, unscripted coaching conversations that take you inside the lives of leaders at pivotal moments. And for the first time ever, you’ll get new episodes twice a month, all year long - no more waiting between seasons.

Listen in as leaders wrestle with ambition, visibility, competition, fulfillment, and the hard challenges that come with the job.  Plus, check out a brand-new monthly series — Ask Muriel Anything — where Muriel answers the toughest leadership questions straight from listeners.

The new season of Coaching Real Leaders drops March 2. 

Connect with Muriel:

Website: murielwilkins.com

LinkedIn: @Muriel Maignan Wilkins 

Instagram: @CoachMurielWIlkins 

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She’s a leader who unexpectedly finds herself running a company, but isn’t sure it is the right role for her long-term. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through defining what she can do versus what she wants to do, the level of responsibility she truly wants, and what might lie at the heart of her current discomfort.

Apply now to be on Coaching Real Leaders in 2026: CoachingRealLeaders.com

Further reading:

Check out Muriel’s new book, Leadership Unblocked: leadershipunblocked.com

Join Muriel in her Group Coaching Intensive Program: Leadershipunblocked.com/group

The Skills and Habits Aspiring CEOs Need to Build

Is the C Suite Right For You?

What It Takes to Become a CEO

The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

Soft Skills Matter Now More Than Ever

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He’s relatively new to being a people manager after working hard and getting promoted quickly at his organization. He’s struggling with communicating and managing effectively with some on his team, especially former peers. Executive coach Muriel Wilkins guides this leader through how he’s currently trying to motivate people, what is or isn’t working, and how he can scale his leadership even further.

Check out Muriel’s new book, Leadership Unblocked: leadershipunblocked.com

How to Manage Your Former Peers

What to Do First When Managing Former Peers

5 Pieces of Advice for First Time Managers

5 Techniques to Build Rapport With Your Colleagues

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She’s climbed the ladder at her company through many years and phases of growth. Now, she’s sensing a changing organizational tide and isn’t sure where she fits in its future. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through defining her value, working through possible scenarios at her organization, and taking a step forward into her next career phase.

Further reading:

Check out Muriel’s new book, Leadership Unblocked, out October 28th: leadershipunblocked.com

How to Build Confidence at Work

Self-Efficacy: A Better Construct than Confidence

How Scale Changes a Manager’s Responsibilities

How Do I Adapt My Leadership as My Company Grows?

5 Ways to Set More Achievable Goals

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He is a leader looking to advance, but feels like he often struggles in meetings with more senior leadership. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through ways to approach these meetings differently and how to position himself to attain the higher level of leadership he wants.

Further reading:
Check out Muriel’s new book, Leadership Unblocked, out October 28th: leadershipunblocked.com
The Hidden Beliefs That Hold Leaders Back
Muriel’s Virtual Book Event
What Having a Growth Mindset Actually Means

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Listen as executive coach Muriel Wilkins joins Amy Gallo and Amy Bernstein on Women at Work to describe what she’s learned about what holds leaders at all levels back, how to identify those blockers, and how to move forward.

Check out Muriel’s new book, Leadership Unblocked, out October 28th: Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential

Register for Muriel’s book event

The Hidden Beliefs That Hold Leaders Back

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She’s found herself in a role that she loves at a company she loves, but is wondering how – and to what extent – she should be planning for the next role and beyond. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through defining her goals, deepening her understanding of her organization, and embracing clarity while still being excited for the unknowns ahead.

Check out Muriel’s new book, Leadership Unblocked, out October 28th: leadershipunblocked.com

Further reading:

How to Figure Out What You Want Next in Your Career

When It’s Time To Leave a Job You’re Passionate About

Why Love is the Key to Career Success

Take this Job and Love It

How to Leave a Job You Love

What is Psychological Safety?

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She’s recently switched industries and has seen her fast-paced leadership growth stall out. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through understanding the feedback she’s receiving, what it means to her organization, and what might help get her back on track.

Further reading:

How to Become More Visible at Work

How to Make Your Leadership Potential More Visible

10 Ways To Raise Your Internal Visibility At Work

How to Raise Your Visibility at Work

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Are you experiencing a roadblock in your leadership path? On this season of Coaching Real Leaders, executive coach Muriel Wilkins works through issues like imposter syndrome, whether you really want to be CEO, and how to receive – and take action on – tough feedback. She guides leaders through what’s holding them back, their options for moving forward, and truly defining what they want in their careers.

Listen to the latest season of Coaching Real Leaders starting September 22.

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She’s an entrepreneur who has led her company to a fair amount of success. After recently hitting a roadblock, she’s hired new talent and is looking to position her company for continued growth. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how to adjust her leadership to keep pace with her growing business.

Further reading:

• How Do I Adapt My Leadership Style as My Team Grows?
• How Your Leadership Has to Change as Your Startup Scales
• As Your Team Gets Bigger, Your Leadership Style Has to Adapt

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His leadership role requires him to co-lead a project with someone he finds challenging to work with. With clashing styles and unclear roles, their partnership feels anything but collaborative.  Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through the root of the power struggle, and guides him toward a more intentional co-leadership path.

Further reading:

How Co-Leaders Succeed

8 Reasons Why Co-Leaders Fail

What Makes Creative Partnerships Work

What is a RACI chart?

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She’s stepped into a leadership position thanks, in part, to a former boss at her organization. But now, this former boss has become a peer, and perhaps competition for the next-level role. Plus, their leadership styles often clash. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how to position herself for career advancement in the face of competition from a colleague.

Further reading:

• When to Cooperate with Colleagues and When to Compete
  
• Navigating Peer Relationships While Climbing the Ladder
  
• What To Do When You’re Overlooked

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She’s been in leadership roles for over a decade, but is feeling challenged at her latest company. She wants to focus on developing a long-term strategy but finds herself getting bogged down by the constant crises  and day-to-day issues. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through what’s keeping her from being more strategic.

Further reading:

• If Strategy Is So Important, Why Don’t We Make Time for It?
• Does Your Company Lurch from Crisis to Crisis?
• How to Focus on What’s Important, Not Just What’s Urgent
• Why It’s So Hard to Ask for Help

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He’s a seasoned business professional who’s worked at a number of companies with the aspiration of becoming a senior executive. But while he knows he adds value, he feels stuck in individual contributor roles. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through understanding what stands in his way, articulating what he wants, and redefining his personal brand at work.

Further reading:

• A New Approach to Building Your Personal Brand
• How to Build Your Personal Brand at Work
• The New Rules of Executive Presence
• The Essentials: Executive Presence

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She has been given more leadership responsibilities, but she worries that she’s not seen as a leader at her company. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through why she feels like an outsider, how she can navigate her organization’s dynamics, and how to move towards her end goal.

Further reading:

Seeing Yourself As a Leader (from the HBR On Leadership podcast)
How Outsiders Become Game Changers
How to Showcase Your Potential As a Leader
Who Are You as a Leader?

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A lot of things change throughout your career, but challenges will always be there. Executive coach Muriel Wilkins helps leaders at all levels deal with the leadership hurdles they face in today’s work world. She’s back with a new season of Coaching Real Leaders, taking us into real life executive coaching conversations.

Listen to the new season of Coaching Real Leaders starting April 7th.

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He’s a leader who took a role at an organization where he can expand his area of expertise and make more of a strategic impact. But he’s getting mixed signals from leadership on how to grow the company, and he’s wondering how to stay effective in influencing the senior team without burning out in the process. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how to clear the path ahead.

Further reading:

• Strengthen Your Ability to Influence People
• What It Takes to Build Influence at Work from podcast HBR On Leadership
• Does Your Organization Have the Energy to Transform?
• What the Best Leadership Teams Do Right

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She’s an experienced leader who made a big international move to take on a new change management role. But the transformation project isn’t working out the way she had hoped. Now she’s looking for ways to increase buy-in from key stakeholders while also navigating cross-cultural challenges. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through her possible next steps to handle the resistance she’s facing as she tries to lead change.

Further reading:

• Getting Employee Buy-In for Organizational Change
• Change Is Hard. Here’s How to Make It Less Painful.
• Change Management Requires a Change Mindset

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She’s put in the hard work and might be next in line for an important, C-suite level job. But she’s not sure if that role is something she really wants. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader to help her discover what she really wants to do next.

Further reading:

• How to Figure Out What You Want Next in Your Career
• When You’re Ready to Make a Big Career Move
• The Big Decisions that Impact Your Career
• Should I Continue to Climb the Corporate Ladder?

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He leads a large team that has grown quickly. Now he’s struggling with senior members on the team whose work isn’t meeting his expectations. He’s not sure how to hold them more accountable and drive higher performance. Host Muriel Wilkins helps him evaluate his options and understand the different ways he can enforce boundaries to move his team forward.

Further reading:

• Overcome Your Fear of Giving Feedback
• How to Give Negative Feedback: Our Favorite Reads
• Managing an Underperformer Who Thinks They’re Doing Great
• 3 Ways to Compassionately Hold Your Team Accountable

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After finishing business school, he landed several leadership positions and was fast-tracked into the executive level of his organization. But he’s been struggling to find his footing in his new leadership role, especially when he doesn’t agree with his boss. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how to come to terms with leadership decisions he doesn’t agree with while staying true to himself.

Further reading:

• Why We Should Be Disagreeing More at Work
• 3 Ways to Live Out Your Values at Work
• How To Respectfully Disagree With Your Boss
• The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World

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She has ambitions to reach the C-suite, but her career has hit a plateau. Opportunities in her current role have stalled, and she feels her options are limited as she tries to balance her career with that of her partner’s. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through reframing her career stagnation and the steps she can take to continue her professional growth.

Further reading:

• How Dual-Career Couples Make It Work
• Restructure Ahead? Here’s Your Roadmap To Success
• How Do I Avoid a Career Plateau at Midlife?
• Feeling Stuck or Stymied?

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Butting heads with your boss? Trying to decide whether to push for a promotion to the C suite? Struggling to figure out what really matters to you in your career?

These are all real challenges that many of us face in our careers, but we don’t always have a place to turn for answers.

Executive coach Muriel Wilkins is back for another season of Coaching Real Leaders to tackle these leadership hurdles and more on the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of real life executive coaching conversations. Muriel helps leaders discover unexpected insights about themselves and actionable steps they can take to move forward.

Listen to the new season of Coaching Real Leaders starting October 7th.

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Have you ever wondered why different people work better at different times of the day? Maybe you love to do your most challenging work first thing in the morning or perhaps you’re at your best in the middle of the night. We all experience peaks and troughs over the course of a working day, but knowing how to manage them can make us more productive – and happier.

This episode is a special introduction to Working It, an award-winning podcast from the Financial Times, hosted by Isabel Berwick.

Working It offers expert analysis and key takeaways to help leaders and managers make sense of the big news stories and trends shaping the world of work.

In this episode, bestselling author Daniel Pink explains why we work best at specific times of the day, how to talk about those differences with your manager or your team, and how we can harness these differences to do our best work.

You can listen to Working It at https://www.ft.com/working-it or wherever you get your podcasts.

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She’s experienced burnout in more than one past role. Now, after taking some time away from work, she’s gearing up to start a new position and she wants to avoid making the same mistakes. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her toward uncovering the root of her burnout and realizing how she can change the work habits that have caused it in the past.

Further reading:

• Brené Brown on empathy, compassion and boundaries
• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
• On the Brink of Burnout
• Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work
• Setting boundaries at your new job will help you avoid burnout. Here’s how to start

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He’s come up the ranks and built his career working in the field, and now wants to transition to the corporate side of his company. But he’s struggling to convince senior colleagues to permanently place him in such a role. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through defining his value proposition and influencing key decision-makers to achieve his career goals.

Further reading:

• Navigating Uncertainty About Your Role During a Reorg
• 4 Steps to Making a Successful Career Change
• Build Your Reputation as a Trustworthy Leader
• How to Define, Develop, and Communicate Your Personal Brand

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She’s an experienced leader who has always been highly ambitious and motivated to achieve impressive results. But now as she enters mid-life, she’s thinking about the next phase of her career and how to find a balance between striving and fulfillment. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through her concerns about aging in the workforce, finding the right challenges, and planning for her future.

Further reading:

• From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life (Arthur Brooks)
• Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age (Chip Conley)
• Making Peace with your Midlife, Mid-Career Self (HBR IdeaCast)
• How Do I Get Through My Mid-Career Crisis? (Coaching Real Leaders)

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She has moved up in her organization quickly and often feels like she’s playing catch up. But she also has gotten positive feedback from senior executives that she’s performing well. Now, as her company grows and the advancement opportunities narrow, she wants to be strategic about how to get to the next level of leadership. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader to think through how she needs to adapt to move forward.

Further reading:

• To Sound Like a Leader, Think About What You Say, and How and When You Say It
• Five Ways To Show Up And Show Your Value
• Magnify Your Leadership With Multiple Perspectives

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He’s a leader with a passion for going the extra mile and achieving results. But he’s struggling with how long he can sustain the level of effort and time required to meet the demands of his new role. Host Muriel Wilkins helps this leader unpack what drives his work habits, redefine how he demonstrates his value, and align his workload with his overall goals.

Further reading:

• Resisting the Pressure to Overwork
• Why We Glorify Overwork and Refuse to Rest
• Hard Work Doesn’t Always Lead to Success
• 5 Easy Ways to Work Smarter, Not Longer

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She held many positions all over the world before landing her dream leadership role. But then she took on a different position at her company to be closer to where she wanted to live permanently. Now she’s missing her previous role and hopes to return to it, but is unsure how to make it happen since the company needs her where she is. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through understanding how to articulate her career goals and navigate what’s next.

Further Reading:

• How to Figure Out What You Want Next in Your Career
• How to Align Employee and Company Interests
• How Do I Know When It’s Time to Leave?

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Whether you’re a first-time manager or a high-level executive, we all need some help getting past hurdles and taking our careers to the next level.

Executive coach Muriel Wilkins is back March 11 with a new season of the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of real life executive coaching conversations.

On this season of Coaching Real Leaders, you’ll listen in on coaching sessions with leaders working through pressing career challenges like:

• How can I craft my next role to avoid burnout?
• Should I return to the C-suite?
• How can I find a new role that makes use of my strengths and brings me happiness?
• Can I adjust my workload while still making an impact?

Muriel helps each leader discover unexpected insights about themselves and actionable steps they can take to move forward. Listen in, learn with them, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

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She’s grown her entire career at one company, but now she’s in a new leadership role and she recently felt blindsided by negative feedback from her team. She’s struggling to process the feedback and respond. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how she can move forward with her team.

Further reading:

• Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback
• Stephen Covey’s Speed of Trust
• How Leaders Can Get the Feedback They Need to Grow

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She’s a high-achiever who has defined herself through her achievements and promotions. But she’s hit some bumps in her career and she’s feeling less engaged in her work. Now she’s questioning the leadership track she’s on. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through defining what success looks like for her moving forward.

Further reading:
Finding Success Starts with Finding Your Purpose
Why Success Doesn’t Lead to Satisfaction
How to Tell Your Boss You Don’t Want a Promotion

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He took a less traditional career path to college and law school. Now he’s successful as a lawyer, despite several job pivots.  But he is still missing meaning and connection in his work. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through defining his purpose and how that can translate to his work.

Further reading:

• Why Success Doesn’t Lead to Satisfaction
• How to Find Meaning When Your Job Feels Meaningless
• What Makes Work Meaningful?

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He’s a leader with a growing team, and he enjoys people management. But he’s struggling to  influence those outside of his team and build trust with stakeholders. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through developing some of the skills he needs to gain stakeholder alignment while driving for results.

Further reading:

• How to Increase Your Influence at Work
• How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
• To Build a Top Performing Team, Ask for 85% Effort
• The Eisenhower Matrix

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She’s taken a number of chances in her career and made some big pivots. Now, she’s been assigned to a senior role on an interim basis, but she’s not sure whether she should try to make the role permanent. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through the decision-making process to better understand what’s holding her back and the future she envisions for herself.

Further reading:

• How to Turn an Interim Role into a Permanent Job
• Focus on Learning During an Interim Role
• How to Overcome Executive Isolation

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He’s always believed in hard work and is extremely ambitious. But he’s received feedback that sometimes the way he communicates is too direct, and he wants to work on his delivery. Host Muriel Wilkins helps him understand what might be holding him back and coaches him through how he can improve his approach.

Further reading:

• Good Leadership Is About Communicating “Why”
• How Great Leaders Communicate
• How to Give Negative Feedback to Your Peers, Boss, or Direct Reports

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Executive coach Muriel Wilkins is back September 18 with an all new season of the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of real life executive coaching conversations.

This season, first-time managers, mid-level leaders, and executives work through some of their most pressing career challenges. You’ll hear conversations around questions like:

• How do I know if I should make my interim role permanent?
• Have I taken my career as far as it will go?
• How do I build more effective relationships with my peers and those above me?

Muriel helps each leader discover unexpected insights about themselves and actionable steps they can take to move forward. Listen in and learn with them.

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There are infinite ways for you to “show up” at work. So, how can you use that as an opportunity for you, your team, and your organization?

On this special bonus episode, host Muriel Wilkins and Think Fast, Talk Smart host Matt Abrahams discuss strategies for creating a strong physical  . By understanding and controlling your presence, you can communicate more effectively, lead more authentically, and have a greater impact on your organization.

You can follow the Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast on your favorite podcast app. And stay tuned for a new season of Coaching Real Leaders this fall!

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Candor and compassion at work are more important (and more difficult to cultivate) than ever.

On this special bonus episode, host Muriel Wilkins joins the Radical Candor podcast to help answer a listener question: should a manager try to change an employee’s interpersonal behavior? She and Radical Candor’s Amy Sandler and Kim Scott also discuss how to meet the demands of leading in a hybrid environment.

You can find more of Radical Candor at radicalcandor.com or you can subscribe on your favorite podcast app.

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He experienced early success and a fast promotion at his organization, but then things started to shift. Now, there have been leadership changes, and his scope of responsibilities has changed, making him feel like his career is backsliding. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how he can reframe the situation and prioritize what he wants from his career going forward.

Further reading:

What Great Managers Do

How to Handle a Demotion at Work

15 Warning Signs Your Job Isn’t The Right Fit For You

How to Figure Out What You Want Next in Your Career

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She loves the work she does and has effectively managed her career to gain increased responsibility over time. She’s recently started managing managers for the first time and is struggling to find the right pace to help her organization reach long-term strategic goals, amid some short-term uncertainty. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through setting goals and timelines for the long term.

Further reading:

• How to Manage Managers
• Get Your Team to Do What It Says It’s Going to Do
• How to Make Progress on Your Long-Term Career Goals

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He’s a mission driven leader who has always found roles where he can help others. He was brought in at a high level at a new organization, but he’s feeling tension and conflict with the organization’s founder. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how to manage himself in this negative work dynamic.

Further reading:

• Founder’s Syndrome Can Take Down a Nonprofit. Here’s How To Avoid It
• Make Sure Your Work Is Aligned with Your Boss’s Expectations
• Managing Up

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She’s found a career path she truly enjoys, in part because of her ability to take risks and try new things. Now, as her team is reorganized, she has the opportunity to design her next leadership position, but she’s not sure what she needs to ask for in order to be successful. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through reframing what may be holding her back and identifying the priorities she wants to focus on going forward.

Further reading:

• Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Want
• Using Design Thinking To Become The CEO Of Your Own Career And Drive Career Success
• How to Create a New Job at Your Current Company
• How To Ask For What You Need At Work
• Having the Here’s-What-I-Want Conversation With Your Boss

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He leads a team at a large global organization and gets positive feedback on their work. But he’s having trouble leading his team amid conflicting priorities and without direction from his senior leaders. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how he can help his team have organizational impact, with or without more clarity from above.

Further reading:

• When Managing Through Ambiguity, Develop a Clear Vision
• How To Lead Through Ambiguity
• 5 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Understand Your Company’s Vision
• How to Teach Leaders to Navigate Complexity

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She’s finally found a leadership role that feels aligned with her personal mission. But in the wake of unexpected company-wide layoffs, she’s struggling with how to plan for her team’s future amid the organizational uncertainty. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how she can motivate and lead her team when so much feels out of their control.

Further reading:

• How to Deal with Layoff Anxiety
• How to Support Your Remaining Employees After a Layoff
• After Layoffs, Help Survivors Be More Effective
• Layoffs Are Harming The Mental Health Of Workers, Making Them Feel Vulnerable And Disposable

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Executive coach Muriel Wilkins returns April 10 with an all new season of tough leadership challenges and thoughtful conversations.

Each episode takes you behind the closed doors of real leadership coaching sessions with executives, entrepreneurs, and managers, as they work through their hardest career challenges. Muriel helps them discover unexpected insights about themselves and actionable steps they can take to move forward.

This season, episodes explore dilemmas like:

• How do I stay motivated after a round of layoffs when resources are tight?
• How do I rebound after my scope of responsibility has been reduced?
• How do I make sure my team and I reach our goals?

Listen in for new career challenges and new leadership lessons.

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She’s carved out a unique role for herself, which she loves, but worries that the pace of work is unsustainable. As she thinks about the next step in her career, she realizes that it will require her to lean on the help of others — something she’s not used to doing. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how to get the support she needs to move forward in her career.

Further reading:

• To Take Charge of Your Career, Start by Building Your Tribe
• How to Ask for Help at Work
• The Best Leaders Aren’t Afraid to Ask for Help

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He sees himself as a servant leader and enjoys building and supporting his teams. But over time, he’s seen behavior from more senior leaders that he doesn’t always agree with, and it’s making him feel disengaged at work. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how he can respond when executives don’t model the company’s values.

Further reading:

• Employees Are Sick of Being Asked to Make Moral Compromises
• 6 Ways to Disagree with Senior Management
• When You Have to Carry Out a Decision You Disagree With
• Check Yourself Before You Disagree with Senior Management
• Dealing with Disappointment

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He’s had fast success in a sales-driven industry and enjoys leading his expanding team. But as his responsibilities grow, he needs to learn how to delegate to his team more and empower his direct reports. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how to adapt his leadership style as his team grows.

Further reading:

• Adapt Your Leadership Style to Your Situation
• How to Develop Your Leadership Style
• As Your Team Gets Bigger, Your Leadership Style Has to Adapt
• What Makes a Great Leader?

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He’s had a long, successful career as an attorney, in spite of the challenges he’s faced as a neurodivergent leader. Now he wants to parlay his legal experience and interest in advocacy into a different career in diversity, equity, and inclusion, but he’s having a hard time landing the role he wants. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through how to move forward with his career plans even when it feels like the odds are stacked against him.

Further reading:

• 4 Steps to Making a Successful Career Change
• Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
• The Right Way to Make a Big Career Transition
• Job Seeking When You’re Over 50
• Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage

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She’s had a successful career leading in the corporate world and now she’s decided to venture out on her own to build a consulting business from scratch. But she’s struggling with her move into entrepreneurship and wonders if she made the right decision. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how to make the most out of her entrepreneurial journey.

Further reading:

• So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?
• Starting a New Job as a Mid-Career Professional
• Making the Leap to Entrepreneurship

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He’s a self-professed “natural finance guy” and has shown himself to be invaluable to his company. His long-term goal is to become a CFO, but he’s gotten little feedback on what to do  to get to the executive level. Now he’s starting to feel stuck in middle management. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through managing his career, even when the plan isn’t always clear.

Further reading:

• 6 Ways to Take Control of Your Career Development If Your Company Doesn’t Care About It
• How to Make Progress on Your Long-Term Career Goals
• Setting Career Priorities When Everything Is Uncertain

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Coaching Real Leaders returns October 3 for another season of real-life coaching sessions, where host and longtime executive coach Muriel Wilkins takes you behind closed doors as she helps executives, managers, and entrepreneurs work through the challenges they face.

This season, Muriel coaches real leaders from around the globe who are struggling with questions like:

• How do I make a career change later in life?
• How do I transition from a corporate job to an entrepreneurial one – and make the most of it?
• How do I manage my career when I don’t have a clear path ahead of me?

Listen in for new coaching sessions, new career challenges, and new leadership lessons.

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Every workplace has “difficult” people. No matter how hard we try, getting along with these colleagues is tough. But if we had better tools and approaches, could we not just improve our interactions with them but maybe even turn them into allies?

This episode is an exclusive introduction to a new special podcast series from HBR’s Women at Work. It’s called “Getting Along” and is in Women at Work’s feed this September.

Each of the four episodes is hosted by Women at Work’s Amy Gallo. In this one, Amy speaks with a leader who is struggling in her new role because her boss (the company’s founder and CEO) keeps rejecting any changes she recommends. Amy helps her figure out how to communicate her proposals in a way that will get the approval she needs. It’s a useful conversation for anyone who needs to manage up more effectively and wants to feel less stress dealing with a challenging boss.

Amy is a sought-after expert in workplace dynamics, conflict, and communication and has helped thousands of leaders learn how to handle conflict at work. The series offers targeted tactics for dealing with tough coworkers, based on Amy’s book Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People), through one-on-one coaching sessions with guests who are dealing with difficult colleagues.

Listen to all four episodes of the “Getting Along” series at https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-women-at-work or wherever you get your podcasts.

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He’s had a successful career in the military and is deeply invested in his professional growth. As his transition out of the military approaches, he wants to figure out what’s next for him professionally. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how to best prepare for the next phase of his career.

Further reading:

• 4 Steps to Making a Successful Career Change
• The Right Way to Make a Big Career Transition
• Navigating the Emotional Side of a Career Transition

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She took on a leadership role as a scrum master because she wanted a new challenge. But after a few months on the job, she worries that she lacks the technical knowledge and years of experience to truly lead her team. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how to build credibility with her older, more experienced colleagues.

Further reading:

• When You’re Younger than the People You Manage
• When Your Boss Is Younger Than You
• The Challenges (and Triumphs) of a Young Manager
• Can You Be a Great Leader Without Technical Expertise?

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He’s developed a stellar reputation at his organization as the go-to person to solve some very specific, complicated problems. But he worries that the organization has pigeon-holed him as a subject matter expert, limiting his ability to lead more broadly.

He speaks with host Muriel Wilkins about how he can break out of the specialist role to reach his goal of becoming a more general business leader.

Further reading:

• All Hail the Generalist
• Generalists Get Better Job Offers Than Specialists
• Generalists Versus Specialists: The Winner Doesn’t Take It All
• When Generalists Are Better Than Specialists, and Vice Versa

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She has risen very quickly in her career, often being the youngest in the room. She’s ambitious and wants to make it to the C-suite eventually, but she doesn’t know the right moves to make in the short term to fast-track her way to the top.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how to align her career path with her goals.

Further reading:

• How Ambitious Should You Be? (HBR.org)
• Do You Want the Corner Office Someday? (Dear HBR)

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She’s heading toward the apex of her career and wants to play a more strategic role in her company because she feels that’s where her strengths lie. While she’s great at creating the vision, she’s struggling to set direction and then follow through with her team.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how to lead with more accountability.

Further reading:

More About the Myers-Briggs Personality Test
The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
Does Your Team Have an Accountability Problem?
Managers: Compassion and Accountability Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

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He’s part of a real estate organization and loves his work but wonders what his future looks like at the company and how his role could grow in the coming decades.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through how he might use some of his entrepreneurial muscles to shift his career track toward a business leadership role within his current organization.

Further reading:

Why You Should Become an Intrapreneur
Recognize Intrapreneurs Before They Leave
The Strategic Side Gig

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Coaching Real Leaders returns May 2 with new coaching sessions, new career challenges, and new leadership lessons. This season, host and longtime executive coach Muriel Wilkins will tackle questions like:

• How do I move from subject matter expert to business leader?
• How do I hold myself and my team more accountable?
• How do I navigate my entrepreneurial interests within a large established company?

Listen in on coaching sessions with real leaders from around the globe, as they work out the challenges they face at work.

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No matter how driven and capable you are, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by a promotion and a new seat at the table. Host Muriel Wilkins speaks with a newly promoted leader who wants to make sure she’s as effective at this new level as she has been in past roles.

Further reading:

The Next Level, 3rd Edition: What Insiders Know About Executive Success

Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence

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He’s a senior-level executive with a goal to make it to the C-suite. While he’s come close, he’s been turned down and is not sure why. Host Muriel Wilkins helps this leader plan his next moves.

Further reading:

What to Do After a Final-Round Job Interview

Cracking the Code That Stalls People of Color

What Do Black Executives Really Want?

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As we head into the holidays after a very stressful year, many of us are struggling with burnout. This week, we revisit a conversation from earlier in the year with a leader on the brink of burnout.

She’s ambitious and has always leaned into opportunities to lead. But in her leadership role, her responsibilities just keep growing, making her feel like she can’t keep up. Now she’s questioning whether she even wants to lead anymore.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through her burnout toward strategies she can take to focus her energy and scale up her leadership.

Further reading:

●      “6 Causes of Burnout, and How to Avoid Them”

●      “If You’re Overworked, Learn Which Tasks to Hand Off”

●      “Stop Doing Low-Value Work”

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He’s been at his company for many years and has worked his way up from an entry-level position to a director role. Now, he wants to get to the next level in his career, but he feels stuck and unsure of himself.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader on how to regain his confidence so that he can move forward.

Further reading:

• To Strengthen Your Confidence, Look to Your Past
• Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It
• Don’t Let Self-Doubt Hold You Back

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No matter how hard you work and how good you are at executing tasks, there are always less tangible reasons people get tapped for more senior roles. Executive presence matters, as does finding the right sponsors.

Host Muriel Wilkins speaks with a rising leader who understands the importance of sponsorship but doesn’t know how to get there – starting with learning to tell her own story.

Further reading:

The Relationship You Need to Get Right

The Key to Landing Your Next Job? Storytelling.

Sponsorship: Defining the Relationship

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We check in with three guests from Season 1 to see what they took with them from their coaching meetings and where they are now.

First, we hear from a leader who had been struggling to communicate effectively, especially in high-level management meetings. Then we get an update from a leader who had been on the brink of burnout. Finally, we catch up with a leader who had been managing racial tensions between her team and her boss.

Season 1 episodes referenced in this episode:

Finding My Leadership Voice

On the Brink of Burnout

Caught in the Middle

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She’s recently been promoted to a senior role, after working her way up in the industry from an entry level position. But she’s become a leader at a time when there’s also a lot of change. Now she’s the legacy person on her new team, and she feels constantly questioned and defensive about the way things work and the culture she helped build.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader on how to figure out what to keep from the past and what to let go of, so she can be effective.

Further reading:

The Right Way to Respond to Negative Feedback

Don’t Let Your Brain’s Defense Mechanisms Thwart Effective Feedback

Defend Your Idea Without Being Defensive

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In his most recent role, he excelled as a hands-on manager, jumping in to solve the hardest problems. But now he’s moving up a level to take on a new leadership position. He’s managing other managers for the first time and realizing that it’s a big leap to go from managing individual contributors to managing other managers.

Host Muriel Wilkins helps this leader understand how to approach his new role and what new skills he must develop in order to succeed.

For further reading:

• How to Manage Managers

• What Great Managers Do

• Managers Can’t Be Great Coaches All by Themselves

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She made it to a coveted senior role, but she isn’t feeling excited about her future career path. And now she’s wondering how to balance all the competing commitments in her life – children, spouse, elderly parents, and work – while still pursuing what she really cares about.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through discovering what’s important to her, so that she can figure out what’s next.

For further reading:

• Facing Your Mid-Career Crisis
• You Don’t Find Your Purpose — You Build It
• How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise

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He’s a senior leader in a hospital, who has long seen himself as an advocate for equality for his female colleagues. But in the past few years, he’s faced a few instances where women he works with have been offended by exchanges with him.

While there is much talk about gender equity at the organizational level, there’s still a lot of discomfort around how it actually plays out interpersonally at work. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader toward a stronger understanding of his own assumptions and how he can manage across differences.

For further reading:

• 4 Conversations Leaders in the #MeToo Era Should Be Ready For
• That’s What She Said
• How Those With Power and Privilege Can Help Others Advance
• Work with Me: How gender intelligence can help you succeed at work and in life

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She’s a C-suite-level executive with 20 years of experience working in corporate finance. Earlier in her career, she stayed at companies for long periods of time. But in her last few roles, she’s been jumping ship as soon as the going gets tough. Is she leaving too quickly, or has she not yet found the right role?

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through her discomfort and toward strategies that can help her see her role through to a successful conclusion.

Further Reading:

• “Are You Really Ready to Quit?”
• “Don’t Quit Your Job Before Asking Yourself These Questions”

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Coaching Real Leaders returns October 6 to tackle new leadership challenges – from when to quit your job to communicating across differences, navigating imposter syndrome, and more.

Listen in on coaching sessions with real leaders from all walks of life, as they work out the challenges they face at work, with host and longtime executive coach Muriel Wilkins.

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She’s worked her way up from an administrative assistant to a leadership position. But she still struggles to come across as confident, especially in high-level management meetings.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader on how to communicate more effectively.

Further Reading:

• “To Strengthen Your Confidence, Look to Your Past”
• “Will You Ever Be Taken Seriously?”
• “Make Yourself Heard”
• “Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence”

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She’s relatively new to the organization and more junior than most of her stakeholders. But her success hinges on her ability to lead initiatives cross-functionally.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this emerging leader through how to cultivate strategic relationships and increase her influence without the formal power of a senior title or position.

Further Reading: 

• “How to Increase Your Influence at Work“
• “Learn to Love Networking”
• “How to Figure Out How Much Influence You Have at Work”

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He’s spent much of his career successfully solving complex problems. Now, as he works his way up, he’s realizing that always trying to fix everything won’t let him focus on leading – or help his team succeed.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through adapting his approach to lead more effectively.

For more on this topic:

• “Leading by Letting Go”
• “How Leaders Can Let Go Without Losing Control”
• “Why Your Team Should Practice Collective Mindfulness”

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As a leader, she has always tried to find a balance between being directive and collaborative. But she has also struggled to bridge the gap between how she sees herself – and how her team experienced her as a leader. Now she’s building her own start-up and wants to make sure she is seen as a strong, effective leader in that new venture.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through how to understand and manage perceptions so she can be seen as a leader.

Further Reading:

• “Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence”
• “Listening Is an Overlooked Leadership Tool”
• “How to Change People’s Perception of You”
• “How to Ask for Feedback That Will Actually Help You”

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He’s been successful in his industry but feels like he’s been typecast in his role. Now he’s hoping for a change and wants to make sure his next position helps him redirect his career. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through figuring out what he really wants before he commits to a new company.

Further Reading:

• “You Don’t Have to Be CEO to Be a Visionary Leader”
• “Finding Direction When You’re Feeling Lost”
• “Negotiating Your Next Job”

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She’s demonstrated her leadership ability throughout her career, advancing to some of the most senior leadership roles. But her C-suite peers haven’t always valued what she brings to the table.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through how to demonstrate her value as an executive as she joins a new organization.

For more on this topic:

• “Stepping into a Leadership Role? Be Ready to Tell Your Story.”
• “How to Get Yourself Invited to Important Meetings”
• “Seeing Ourselves As Leaders”

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She’s ambitious and has always leaned into opportunities to lead. But in her current leadership role, her responsibilities just keep growing, which makes her feel like she can’t keep up. If this is what leadership is all about, she questions whether she even wants to lead anymore.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through her burnout toward strategies she can take to focus her energy and scale up her leadership.

Further Reading:

• “6 Causes of Burnout, and How to Avoid Them“
• “If You’re Overworked, Learn Which Tasks to Hand Off“
• “Stop Doing Low-Value Work“

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He’s a senior executive leading a division made up of professionals who are much younger than him and come from different racial backgrounds. He’s committed to helping his team members grow professionally, while generating positive results for the company. But he’s struggling with how to engage and motivate them.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through bridging those generational and racial differences to learn how to better support them.

Further Reading:

• “Generational Differences At Work Are Small. Thinking They’re Big Affects Our Behavior”
• “How Companies Can Meet the Needs of a Changing Workforce”
• “A Survey of 19 Countries Shows How Generations X, Y, and Z Are — and Aren’t — Different”

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Her boss is white. Her staff are people of color. She’s been walking a tightrope between addressing her boss’s microaggressions and making her team feel safe. But so far, it’s not working.

Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through this tension and toward the actions she can take to improve the situation and build a healthier culture at her organization.

Further Reading:

• “When and How to Respond to Microaggressions”
• “What an Anti-Racist Business Strategy Looks Like”
• “Race at Work podcast”

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Her out-of-the-box approach to solving business problems has made her successful in her current role – and she surpassed all her performance goals, despite the challenges of leading during a pandemic. But she’s been passed over for a promotion that would put her on track to the C-suite.

Host Muriel Wilkins talks this leader through how she can reposition herself for a top leadership role at her company and what steps she can take to get there.

Further Reading:

• “Why You Didn’t Get That Promotion“
• “How to Ask for a Promotion“
• “How to Get on the Short List for the C-Suite“

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New from the HBR Presents podcast network: a show that takes you inside real-life coaching sessions with leaders working to overcome professional challenges.

We all want to get to the next level of our career, but so many of us get stuck. Host and longtime executive coach Muriel Wilkins has helped successful professionals – from team leaders to CEOs – get unstuck and grow as leaders. That work is often done behind closed doors, but this show opens that door to everyone. Listen in on coaching sessions with real leaders from all walks of life, as they work out the challenges they face at work.

Join us this season, and gain new insights and practical guidance to take your own career to the next level.

Are you a manager or senior leader facing a professional challenge? Apply to be on Coaching Real Leaders!

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