HBR On Leadership Is the C-Suite Right for You?
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Jul 16, 2025 
Muriel Wilkins, an executive coach known for guiding leaders through career transitions, joins the conversation to delve into the C-suite ambitions of professionals like Sarah. They explore the emotional tug-of-war between career stagnation and growth, along with redefining success on personal terms. With a humorous take, Muriel highlights the need for introspection to align ambitions with genuine motivations. The balance of reactive versus proactive career management becomes a central theme, encouraging listeners to make confident, value-driven decisions.
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Sarah's Career Chapters
- Sarah describes her career in three phases: transformative growth, organizational upheaval, and current stasis with stalled learning.
- She feels conflicted between the comfort of her current role and the ambition to pursue the next challenging step.
Define What You Want Over Time
- Defining what you want should consider different time horizons: now, 5 years, or 10 years.
- Thinking in career chapters helps organize goals and clarify evolving ambitions.
Conflict Between Growth and Comfort
- The internal conflict is between following the expected linear upward path and valuing comfort and ease in the current role.
- This conflict underlies much of Sarah's career indecision.