Ep 109: Coaching Clients Through Workplace Conflict: Melody Wilding on Managing Up, Communication Styles, and the Conversations That Change Everything at Work

Ep 109: Coaching Clients Through Workplace Conflict: Melody Wilding on Managing Up, Communication Styles, and the Conversations That Change Everything at Work

March 30, 2026 · 30 min · Season 1 · Episode 109

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Melody Wilding discusses strategies for coaching clients through workplace conflict, focusing on managing relationships with their superiors.

When a client says "my manager is the problem," what do you do with that? In this episode, we're joined by Melody Wilding — executive coach, speaker, and author of Managing Up — to talk about one of the most common and least discussed challenges in coaching: helping clients navigate difficult relationships with the people above them at work. Melody breaks down why coaching clients through workplace conflict starts not with confrontation, but with two deceptively simple conversations: ali...

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