How Leaders Can Spot What’s Really Holding Them Back
Coaching Real Leaders
Harvard Business Review / Muriel Wilkins
4.8 • 759 Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Listen as executive coach Muriel Wilkins joins Amy Gallo and Amy Bernstein on Women at Work to describe what she’s learned about what holds leaders at all levels back, how to identify those blockers, and how to move forward.
Check out Muriel’s new book, Leadership Unblocked, out October 28th: Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, it's Muriel Wilkins and welcome back to coaching real leaders. |
| 0:12.1 | Today's episode is a little different. |
| 0:14.6 | I'm sharing a conversation I had with two of my favorite people, Amy Gallo and Amy Bernstein, |
| 0:20.4 | on one of my favorite podcasts, Harvard Gallo and Amy Bernstein, on one of my favorite podcasts, Harvard |
| 0:22.8 | Business Reviews Women at Work. The episode is called Let Go of the Beliefs that Limit How You Lead. |
| 0:29.7 | I wanted to bring it here because so much of what we talk about on coaching real leaders, |
| 0:34.8 | the moments of self-doubt, the recurring challenges, the ways we hold |
| 0:38.4 | ourselves back, often comes down to what we believe about ourselves as leaders. And this chat with |
| 0:44.8 | the Amy's centers around what I call hidden blockers, seven core beliefs I've seen over and over in |
| 0:51.5 | my coaching work that quietly keep even the most capable leaders |
| 0:55.5 | from moving forward. Things like, I don't belong here, or I have to have all the answers, |
| 1:01.5 | or I can't slow down. These aren't just ideas. They're the stories we live out every day at |
| 1:07.6 | work, often without realizing it. This conversation also gives you a sneak peek of my new book, |
| 1:13.8 | Leadership Unblocked, which comes out on October 28th and is available for pre-order now. If you've ever |
| 1:20.3 | wondered what's getting in your way or what's possible once you stop letting those old beliefs |
| 1:25.2 | drive you, I think you'll really connect with this episode. |
| 1:29.0 | So with that, let's jump into my discussion with the two Amy's on Women at Work. |
| 1:35.8 | You're listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review. |
| 1:38.9 | I'm Amy Gallup. |
| 1:39.9 | And I'm Amy Bernstein. |
| 1:47.3 | A regular guest of ours, executive coach Muriel Wilkins, is here with us yet again, |
| 1:52.7 | yay, with her signature mix of candor and compassion. |
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