Hard Work Isn’t Enough—You Have to Manage Up! - with Melody Wilding

Negotiate Anything

American Negotiation Institute

Education, Careers, Business

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Managing up is not about flattery. It’s about influence, and taking control of your career before someone else does. Order Now the Book: Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge In this episode, Melody Wilding—executive coach, professor, and author of Managing Up—joins Kwame to unpack one of the most overlooked (and misunderstood) career skills: learning how to manage your boss. If you’ve ever felt invisible, undervalued, or like you're doing everything right but still not moving forward, this conversation will shift your entire perspective on leadership at work. You’ll learn: • Why “being a team player” might be damaging your reputation and future • How to set boundaries without making enemies or risking your job • What managing up really means—and why it’s not the same as sucking up Connect with Melody melodywilding.com Contact ANI Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn The Ultimate Negotiation Guide Click here to buy your copy of How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race! Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!

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0:24.4	I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer.
0:29.6	If you're just as curious as I am about the way things are built, then tune into my podcast,
0:30.5	building one.
0:33.1	I speak with some of the best product builders out there.
0:35.9	I've always been inspired by frustration.
0:37.9	It came back to my own personal pinpoint.
0:41.4	So we had to go out to farmers and convince them.
0:43.9	Following that curiosity is a superpower.
0:46.4	You have to be obsessed with the human condition.
0:50.0	Listen to Building One on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:55.8	You can't always choose your boss, but you can choose how you work with them.
1:01.4	And if you get this right, you'll never feel stuck in your job again.
1:08.0	What if I told you that managing up isn't about making your boss happy, but about taking back your power?
1:14.1	There are moments in our careers where we feel stuck, not because we lack talent or drive,
1:17.0	but because we don't know how to navigate the people above us.
1:21.9	And let's be honest, dealing with bosses can be one of the hardest parts of any job.
1:24.9	That's why I'm so excited about today's conversation.
1:28.6	Our guest, Melody Wilding, knows exactly what that struggle feels like. Melody is a professor at City University of New York, a coach to top performers,
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