Coaching Real Leaders

Muriel Wilkins, a seasoned executive coach, returns to tackle the intricate world of leadership challenges and career advancement. She dives into the tough conversations around butting heads with bosses and making bold moves like pursuing C-suite promotions. Muriel emphasizes the significance of coaching in navigating career crossroads, helping leaders discover unexpected insights about themselves, and outlining actionable steps for growth. Her insights promise to guide listeners through the complexities of real-life professional dilemmas.

In this engaging discussion, bestselling author Daniel Pink, known for his expertise in productivity, teams up with Aaron Levy, CEO of Box, to explore the nuances of work rhythms. They reveal how understanding personal energy patterns can dramatically enhance productivity. Pink shares strategies on aligning tasks to peak performance times, while Levy discusses the freedom flexible schedules provide, especially for night owls. Together, they emphasize the importance of communication and breaks in fostering a thriving work environment.

A discussion on preventing burnout in a new job by setting boundaries. Exploring the challenges of work-life balance, recognizing toxic work environments, and reframing approaches to work. Emphasizing the importance of self-awareness, prioritizing tasks, and empowering oneself with clear boundaries to avoid burnout.

A passionate professional shares his journey from the marine industry to a corporate leadership role. He faces challenges in proving his value to senior colleagues while navigating job uncertainties. The discussion highlights the importance of self-advocacy, building trust, and aligning personal goals with organizational needs. The speakers offer insights on establishing credibility and fostering communication during career transitions. They emphasize the need to deftly frame contributions to resonate with decision-makers, aiming for impactful leadership.

Experienced leader coaches individuals through midlife career transitions, addressing concerns about aging in the workforce, finding the right challenges, and planning for the future. The podcast delves into the paradox of feeling content in the present role while being drawn towards new opportunities, exploring the importance of adapting for long-term success and balancing ambition with contentment at midlife.

Experienced leadership coach, Muriel Wilkins, guides a leader on strategic advancement, emphasizing the importance of clear objectives, self-awareness, and balancing personal perspectives. They explore finding a 'North Star' in leadership, aligning actions with outcomes, and seeking validation through leadership coaching sessions.

Exploring the challenges of a leader in a new role, navigating work-life balance, setting boundaries, managing email overload, embracing change while maintaining balance, detaching from external roles for self-worth, prioritizing learning over busyness, and balancing leadership with time management for sustainability.

Explore the challenges of balancing career goals with company needs as Sophie navigates the desire to return to her dream role while staying in a new location. Learn about advocating for career shifts, showcasing readiness for new challenges, and aligning personal goals with company interests

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.

The podcast explores how a new leader handles negative feedback from her team, discussing the challenges and offering insights on staying open to growth opportunities, responding authentically, building trust, understanding team members, and framing negative feedback to move forward.