Coaching Real Leaders

By Muriel WilkinsSociety & Culture Business Careers Management

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Coaching Real Leaders episodes

May 05, 2025How Do I Get Out of Constant Crisis Mode?
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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51 min
April 21, 2025How Do I Define My Personal Brand at Work?
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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49 min
April 07, 2025 How Do I Get Recognized as a Leader?
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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1 hr 2 min
March 31, 2025 Coming Soon: Season 9 of Coaching Real Leaders
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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2 min
December 16, 2024How Do I Position Myself to Influence Senior Leadership?
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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50 min
December 02, 2024How Do I Lead Change When There Is Stakeholder Resistance?
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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1 hr 5 min
November 18, 2024Do I Really Want To Be a C-Suite Leader?
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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54 min
November 04, 2024How Do I Deal with Low Performers on My Team?
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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48 min
October 21, 2024How Do I Handle It When I Disagree with My Boss’s Decisions?
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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55 min
October 07, 2024How Do I Balance My Career Ambitions as Part of a Dual-Career Couple?
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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42 min

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We all want to get to the next level of our career, but so many of us get stuck. Longtime leadership coach Muriel Wilkins takes you inside real-life leadership coaching sessions with high…