Managing up with assertiveness and empathy | #72 ft. Melody Wilding

About this episode

Melody Wilding discusses how to effectively manage your boss and improve communication in the workplace.

Award-winning exec coach, Melody Wilding, shares how to manage your boss, plus how high performers can improve communication to better navigate work dynamics. --- What does it really take to communicate with confidence when you're not the one in charge? In this episode, guest host Jason Gotwalt sits down with Melody Wilding, executive coach and author, to unpack the underestimated skill of managing up. Drawing from her background in human behavior, Melody explains why assertive communic...

People in this episode

Guest: Melody Wilding

Topics covered

• assertiveness
• empathy
• communication
• work dynamics
• managing up

Keywords

• executive coaching
• high performers
• human behavior

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