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.

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

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

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?

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

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

He’s a self-professed “natural finance guy” and has shown himself to be invaluable to his company. His long-term goal is to become a CFO, but he’s gotten little feedback on what to do  to get to the executive level. Now he’s starting to feel stuck in middle management. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through managing his career, even when the plan isn’t always clear. Further reading: 6 Ways to Take Control of Your Career Development If Your Company Doesn’t Care About It How to Make Progress on Your Long-Term Career Goals Setting Career Priorities When Everything Is Uncertain

Coaching Real Leaders returns October 3 for another season of real-life coaching sessions, where host and longtime executive coach Muriel Wilkins takes you behind closed doors as she helps executives, managers, and entrepreneurs work through the challenges they face. This season, Muriel coaches real leaders from around the globe who are struggling with questions like: How do I make a career change later in life? How do I transition from a corporate job to an entrepreneurial one – and make the most of it? How do I manage my career when I don’t have a clear path ahead of me? Listen in for new coaching sessions, new career challenges, and new leadership lessons.

Every workplace has “difficult” people. No matter how hard we try, getting along with these colleagues is tough. But if we had better tools and approaches, could we not just improve our interactions with them but maybe even turn them into allies? This episode is an exclusive introduction to a new special podcast series from HBR’s Women at Work. It’s called “Getting Along” and is in Women at Work’s feed this September. Each of the four episodes is hosted by Women at Work’s Amy Gallo. In this one, Amy speaks with a leader who is struggling in her new role because her boss (the company’s founder and CEO) keeps rejecting any changes she recommends. Amy helps her figure out how to communicate her proposals in a way that will get the approval she needs. It’s a useful conversation for anyone who needs to manage up more effectively and wants to feel less stress dealing with a challenging boss. Amy is a sought-after expert in workplace dynamics, conflict, and communication and has helped thousands of leaders learn how to handle conflict at work. The series offers targeted tactics for dealing with tough coworkers, based on Amy’s book Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People), through one-on-one coaching sessions with guests who are dealing with difficult colleagues. Listen to all four episodes of the “Getting Along” series at https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-women-at-work or wherever you get your podcasts.

He’s had a successful career in the military and is deeply invested in his professional growth. As his transition out of the military approaches, he wants to figure out what’s next for him professionally. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how to best prepare for the next phase of his career. Further reading: 4 Steps to Making a Successful Career Change The Right Way to Make a Big Career Transition Navigating the Emotional Side of a Career Transition