Coaching Real Leaders

By Muriel WilkinsSociety & Culture Business Careers Management

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Coaching Real Leaders episodes

May 22, 2023How Do I Work with a Difficult Boss?
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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57 min
May 08, 2023How Do I Define My New Role to Set Myself Up for Success?
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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1 hr 1 min
April 24, 2023How Do I Lead My Team without Strategic Direction from the Top?
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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52 min
April 10, 2023How Do I Stay Motivated After Surviving Layoffs?
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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49 min
April 03, 2023Coming Soon: Season 5
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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3 min
December 12, 2022How Do I Ask for Help?
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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57 min
November 28, 2022How Do I Overcome My Disillusionment with the Executive Team?
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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52 min
November 14, 2022How Do I Adapt My Leadership Style as My Team Grows?
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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51 min
October 31, 2022How Do I Make a Career Change when the Odds Are Stacked Against Me?
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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50 min
October 17, 2022How Do I Transition from a Corporate Leadership Role to Entrepreneurship?
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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56 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…