Muriel Wilkins: The Bold Belief Shift Every Leader Must Make

About This Episode

In this episode, we talk with Muriel Wilkins, CEO, C-suite advisor, executive coach, and author of Leadership Unblocked, about how unexamined beliefs can quietly limit leadership impact. Muriel shares the patterns she sees most often in senior leaders, reframes confidence as the willingness to step into uncertainty, and explains how intuition can complement data in decision-making. We also explore vulnerability as clear seeing rather than oversharing, how to lead effectively in misaligned work cultures, and a simple first step to get unblocked by examining your role in the discomfort and choosing a more intentional path forward. If you’re a curious, ambitious leader ready to scale your impact without losing yourself, tune in for helpful reframes, relatable stories, and tools you can use right away.

About 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. She was recently shortlisted for the 2025 Thinkers50 Coaching and Mentoring Award.

Additional Resources

Website: murielwilkins.com
Instagram: @CoachMurielWilkins

LinkedIn: @MurielWilkins 

Chapters

• 1:00 Meet Muriel Wilkins
• 1:55 Defining Bold And Confidence
• 3:19 The Leap To Entrepreneurship
• 6:30 Learning To Trust Intuition
• 9:35 Why Write Leadership Unblocked
• 12:15 Spotting Leadership Blocks
• 14:40 From Quick Fixes To Mindset
• 17:05 Challenges Don’t Disappear
• 19:35 Mindset As The Last Mile
• 22:20 Seven Beliefs That Hold Leaders Back
• 25:40 Do I Need To Be Involved?
• 28:30 Curiosity Over Control
• 31:10 Operating At The Right Altitude
• 33:55 Vulnerability As Clear Seeing
• 36:30 Acceptance And Accountability