Sometimes in your career, you reach a crossroads and you need help deciding which direction

to go.

I guess I feel quite certain in my mind that it's time to make a change.

And most of my career has just positioned me for what, I guess, is objectively speaking,

kind of a traditionally big job, a sea level executive at a public company type

role. And now that I find myself kind of at the precipice of that next logical step, I feel

pretty uncertain. Other times, the career path you're on leads right into a brick wall, and you're

unsure how to get through it.

I was required to be a certain person in some of those situations with this dynamic

around me and my boss, not necessarily having a good relationship, but I should have put

that aspect aside and still showed up. And the fact that I didn't show up made me reflect and

think, well, why is it that you're acting different in this situation? It kind of felt like,

you know, a wizard of Oz and I'm the lion who's chasing courage or trying to understand

where his courage is. No matter what obstacles you're facing in your career as a leader, coaching can help.

And that's where I come in.

I'm leadership coach Muriel Wilkins, and the new season of my podcast, Coaching Real Leaders,

starts October 7th.

We'll look at all kinds of leadership issues, from feeling like you've hit a plateau,

to navigating a new office culture, to balancing a dual career household. And we'll reach some

breakthroughs as well, which I hope will help you in your own career. The key takeaway

for me is to go back and reevaluate where I'm at professionally now, where I want to be professionally.

The word that keeps bubbling up as I am hearing your feedback and thinking about what you're saying is,

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