Coaching Real Leaders

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:
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LinkedIn: @Muriel Maignan Wilkins
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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
Join the Coaching Real Leaders Community: coachingrealleaderscommunity.com
Read Muriel’s book: LeadershipUnblocked.com

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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:
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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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
Join the Coaching Real Leaders Community: coachingrealleaderscommunity.com
Read Muriel’s book: LeadershipUnblocked.com
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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.

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Further reading:

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

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

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