episode 174 | May 19, 2023 | 62min

Contextualizing Coaching

In this conversation with executive coach Muriel Wilkins we explore the importance of contextualizing coaching, the pitfalls of coaching within a vacuum, growing as a coach, stakeholder-leader relationships, awareness of our biases and detaching from outcomes.
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In this podcast we talk about:

06:30 Working with C-suite leaders
11:30 Understanding client context
19:00 Stakeholder-leader relationships
26:00 Attracting the clients we’re ready for
30:00 A personal palette of practices
38:00 Detaching from outcome
41:00 Meeting people where they are
47:00 Noticing our biases
51:00 Attuning to the client
55:00 Enabling choices

Resources Mentioned:
Marshall Goldsmith
Coaching Real Leaders Podcast

About the Guest

Muriel Wilkins

Muriel M. Wilkins, founder and CEO of Paravis Partners, is a sought-after C-suite adviser and executive coach with a twenty-year track record of helping senior leaders take their performance to the next level. She is the author of Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential, and coauthor of Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence. Muriel is the host of the Harvard Business Review podcast Coaching Real Leaders, consistently ranked as a top-ten podcast in Apple's Management category.

About the Host

Joel Monk

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of over 65,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching. Joel is also a leadership coach, coaching at companies such as THNK, Booking.com, Siemens and Naspers. Joel has designed and led several entrepreneurial and leadership development programs, at places such as Socionext, THNK and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.

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