How to Be Awesome at Your Job18 Dec 2025

2025 GREATS: 1038: Getting What You Need from Your Boss through Managing Up with Melody Wilding

Melody Wilding breaks down the crucial conversations to have with your boss to improve your work life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to differentiate yourself with one conversation

2) How to build your pushback power

3) The easiest way to improve your visibility

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— ABOUT MELODY —

Melody Wilding is a professor of human behavior at Hunter College and author of Managing Up. She was recently named one of Insider’s “most innovative career coaches.” Her background as a therapist and emotions researcher informs her unique approach, weaving evidence-based neuroscience and psychology with professional development. Her previous book is Trust Yourself.

• Book: Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge

• Website: ManagingUp.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen

• Book: Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen

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