Intentional Leader with Cal Walters 126: Melody Wilding — How to Manage Up and 5 Conversations to Have with Your Boss
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Jul 23, 2025 In a captivating conversation, Melody Wilding, bestselling author and professor of human behavior, dives into managing up effectively. She explains the art of emotional intelligence and the importance of self-advocacy over manipulation. Listeners learn about the 'triple win' strategy, aimed at mutual benefits for employees, managers, and the organization. Melody shares practical communication tips, boundary-setting strategies, and how to provide impactful feedback, transforming workplace dynamics into powerful alliances that elevate overall performance.
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Managing Up Is For Your Agency
- Managing up is not sucking up or manipulation and it's not primarily for your manager's benefit.
- Melody Wilding argues managing up creates the clarity and conditions you need to succeed, even without positional power.
EQ Is A Competitive Edge In The AI Era
- Emotional intelligence and decoding others' psychology becomes a competitive edge versus AI's technical replication.
- Melody Wilding says EQ skills like reading between the lines will matter more than technical skills in the near future.
Personal Layoff From Missing Alignment
- Melody Wilding shares she was laid off because she lacked deep alignment with leadership on business priorities.
- Her project was viewed as ancillary and got cut, illustrating the cost of missing alignment.
