How Do I Overcome My Disillusionment with the Executive Team?

Coaching Real Leaders

Harvard Business Review / Muriel Wilkins

Executive, Business/careers, Leadership, Careers, Business/management, Sessions, Hbr, Coaching, Review, Society & Culture, C-suite, Leaders, Harvard, Business, Management

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

He sees himself as a servant leader and enjoys building and supporting his teams. But over time, he’s seen behavior from more senior leaders that he doesn’t always agree with, and it’s making him feel disengaged at work. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches him through how he can respond when executives don’t model the company’s values.

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0:00.0	HBR Presents
0:02.0	I'm Yario Wilkins and this is Coaching Real Leaders, part of the HBR Presents Network.
0:18.0	I'm a longtime executive coach who works with highly successful
0:22.2	leaders who've hit a bump in the road. My job is to help them get over that bump by clarifying
0:27.5	their goals and figuring out a way to reach them so that hopefully they can lead with a little
0:32.5	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.
0:48.0	Today's guest is someone will call Michael to protect his confidentiality. He's been in his current leadership role for several years,
0:55.0	helping to support a number of teams across a diverse region.
0:59.0	How I've got to the role that I'm in today is really by
1:05.0	demonstrating a desire of willingness to develop within the organizations that I've worked for. So I'm very much a people-centric leader.
1:15.6	And I feel like that's really helped me in my journey.
1:20.6	And I have an appreciation and a real respect for the team that does the work every day.
1:25.6	And that's really helped me in my career today.
1:28.9	Michael works hard to ensure that his teams deliver on the targets set by the company every year
1:33.9	and are continuously improving. He believes he's found effectiveness in this role because of his
1:39.3	leadership style. I'm able to relate to all levels within the organisation.
1:45.0	I enjoy spending time on the floor, engaging with the team,
1:49.0	understanding their challenges and their frustrations,
1:53.0	and then being able to provide solutions and input to that
1:57.0	to make their job better and more rewarding
2:00.0	and to really foster the team environment.
2:02.9	And when I sort of look at the leadership models, the one that really aligns with my
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