How Do I Lead with Confidence Without Always Needing To Be Right?
Coaching Real Leaders

How Do I Lead with Confidence Without Always Needing To Be Right?

B1IntermediateSeptember 14, 202654 min
  • Relationships & psychology

She’s a leader who’s built a reputation for being direct, confident, and decisive. But she’s recently received feedback that her communication can create tense interactions with colleagues. Host Muriel Wilkins helps her look beyond the feedback itself to understand what’s driving those moments, and how she can exude confidence without the need to always be right. For further reading: The Right Way to Respond to Negative Feedback: https://hbr.org/2018/05/the-right-way-to-respond-to-negative-feedback How to Make Sense of Conflicting Feedback on Your Leadership: https://hbr.org/2022/01/how-to-make-sense-of-conflicting-feedback-on-your-leadership How Do I Stop Bein...

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I'm executive coach Muriel Wilkins and this is Coaching Real Leaders. I've spent over 20 years working with highly successful leaders who've hit a bump in the road. My job is to help them get over that bump so they can lead with a little more ease.

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I typically work with clients over the course of several months, but on this show we have a one-time coaching meeting focusing on a specific leadership challenge they're facing. Today I'm coaching someone we'll call Carmen to protect her confidentiality. She's been at her organization for a few years in a leadership role and really believes in the company's

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brand. I have really grown to love leading teams. I think that's where my passion is. I would like to take on a more senior role, larger teams. Carmen's current organization is smaller than where she previously

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