Managing Up
A review of

Managing Up

How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge

Melody Wilding • Crown • 2025
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Upward Strategies

by David Meyer

Award-winning executive coach Melody Wilding provides a clear-headed, effective manual for dealing with your superiors at work.

Award-winning executive coach Melody Wilding — who also wrote Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work — offers relatable, inspiring stories, word-for-word scripts, and actionable, tangible advice for navigating the people side of career growth.

Communication

Despite receiving positive feedback and performing well, Melody Wilding once suffered an unexpected and painful layoff. Upon reflection, she realized the issue wasn’t with her work. Rather, her project lacked leadership support.

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