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Managing Up 101: How to Get More from Your Boss with Melody Wilding

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Have you ever felt like you lack agency at work, like your boss doesn’t hear you, or like you need to shift your relationships with the people in charge? Managing up might be the key to creating positive, lasting change. In today’s episode, Jessi Hempel talks with Melody Wilding to give you the roadmap to managing your manager. Melody Wilding is an LMSW, executive coach, and author of the new book Managing Up: How to Get What You Want from The People in Charge.
Melody and Jessi discuss:

Five conversations you can have with your boss to improve your working relationship

How managing up is a skill that anyone can learn

Aligning yourself with your manager to ensure you are working on the right work

Understanding both your boss’s and your own work style and preferences

How to give your boss the right feedback in the right way

How and when to set boundaries at work

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