HBR Presents.

I'm Yario Wilkins, and this is coaching real leaders, part of the HBR Presents Network.

I'm a longtime executive coach who works with highly successful

leaders who've hit a bump in the road. My job is to help them get over that bump by clarifying

their goals and figuring out a way to reach them so that hopefully they can lead with a little

more ease. 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's guest is someone will call Kirstie to maintain her confidentiality.

She's had a number of phases in her career as a human resources professional, and recently,

she's taken on a new role as Vice President for Global Human Resources at a large company.

Kirstie takes a very outcomes-driven approach to her leadership.

I see as my primary responsibilities, proactively highlighting the risks, highlighting the opportunities,

and holding the mirror up to leadership to say, this is how what you're doing, how you're

doing, how you're leading is landing in the organization. I do think that sometimes

because I'm not seeing the change in leaders that I would expect, that sometimes I take on

that responsibility to actually see change come out of it. Where I like to see change, I like to

see something happen as a result of the effort. I like execution. I like seeing the outcomes of all

of the work. And while Kersey's past successes are what have led her to land this VP position,

she's feeling unsure about whether she's being effective in her leadership role.

And so I'm sort of at that point of being sure of myself, right?

So how am I living up to this next level?

Because what got you here won't keep you here, right?

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