episode 258 | Oct 11, 2025 | 62min

Leadership Unblocked

In this conversation with Muriel Wilkins we dive into how she helps her executive clients unpack the core beliefs that limit their leadership, explore 7 common beliefs that keep leaders stuck and how we can help them move beyond them, reframes for effective change, creative inquiry goal-setting, and coaching for culture.
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In this podcast we talk about:

03:30 Adapting internal strategies
09:30 Creative inquiry in goal-setting
16:30 Seven core beliefs of leaders
24:00 Beliefs, experience and truth
28:30 Coaching for culture
34:00 The illusion of “fast is best”
37:30 Imposing our beliefs on others
44:45 Using reframes for effective change
50:30 Searching for lightness
57:00 A parable for our times

Resources Mentioned:
Leadership unblocked, by Muriel Wilkins
Robert Kegan
Bob Anderson
4000 weeks, by Oliver Burkeman

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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