Coaching Real Leaders

After finishing business school, he landed several leadership positions and was fast-tracked into the executive level of his organization. But he’s been struggling to find his footing in his new leadership role, especially when he doesn’t agree with his boss. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how to come to terms with leadership decisions he doesn’t agree with while staying true to himself.

She has ambitions to reach the C-suite, but her career has hit a plateau. Opportunities in her current role have stalled, and she feels her options are limited as she tries to balance her career with that of her partner’s. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through reframing her career stagnation and the steps she can take to continue her professional growth.

Butting heads with your boss? Trying to decide whether to push for a promotion to the C suite? Struggling to figure out what really matters to you in your career? These are all real challenges that many of us face in our careers, but we don’t always have a place to turn for answers. Executive coach Muriel Wilkins is back for another season of Coaching Real Leaders to tackle these leadership hurdles and more on the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of real life executive coaching conversations. Muriel helps leaders discover unexpected insights about themselves and actionable steps they can take to move forward. Listen to the new season of Coaching Real Leaders starting October 7th.

This episode is a special introduction to Working It, an award-winning podcast from the Financial Times. Host Isabel Berwick explores why different people work better at different times of the day. Bestselling author Daniel Pink joins Berwick to discuss how we can harness these differences to do our best work.