Fixable How to challenge negative self-beliefs (w/ Master Fixer Muriel Wilkins)
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Feb 23, 2026 Muriel Wilkins, leadership expert, executive coach, and author of Leadership Unblocked, helps leaders confront limiting beliefs. She outlines seven common leadership blockers. Conversations cover micromanagement roots, belonging and identity at work, shifting from operator to strategist, and how personal agency changes team dynamics.
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The Seven Leadership Blockers
- Muriel Wilkins identifies seven common leadership blockers that repeatedly limit leaders' effectiveness.
- The blockers are: I need to be involved; I need it done now; I know I'm right; I can't make a mistake; If I can do it, so can you; I can't say no; I don't belong.
Trace Micromanaging Back To Underlying Beliefs
- Start by noticing behaviors causing the friction, then ask which assumptions drive those behaviors.
- Muriel recommends tracing beliefs like "If I'm not involved all hell will break loose" to see if they're helping now and to take ownership of them.
Control Feels Existential For Founders
- Leadership beliefs are grounded in human needs like worthiness, belonging, and safety, which can make them feel existential for founders.
- For founders identity and business are intertwined, so relinquishing control can feel like a threat to self rather than just a business choice.
