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Psychology at Work | Career Success, Leadership, Communication Skills

Psychology at Work | Career Success, Leadership, Communication Skills

Auteur(s): Melody Wilding
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Have you ever felt like you're the only one struggling with self-doubt at work? Maybe you’ve wondered why office politics seem so complicated or how some people seem to influence so effortlessly?

The secret is that every day at work, we're surrounded by psychological dynamics - internal and external. There's the voice in our head second-guessing our decisions, the subtle power plays in meetings, the unspoken expectations that shape our behavior and others. Yet most of us are dropped into our careers with zero insight into these invisible forces.

That changes today. Welcome to Psychology at Work. I’m your host Melody Wilding, licensed social worker, human behavior professor, and author of two books: Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work and Managing Up: How to Get What You Need From the People in Charge. With a background as an emotion researcher, therapist, and after over 13 years of coaching thousands of executives and leaders across the world, there’s nothing I love more than helping emotionally intelligent people like you use superpower to make work better for themselves and everyone around them.

Because here’s the thing, technical skills will only get you so far in your career. It's mastering your own psychology and understanding that of others that will truly make or break your success.

While your coding skills might land you a job, it's your ability to manage stress and stay focused under pressure that will help you meet tight deadlines and deliver high-quality work.

Your financial acumen might get you noticed, but it's your ability to navigate stakeholder relationships and office politics that will help you secure buy-in for your ideas.

Your strategic thinking might earn you a promotion, but it's your self-awareness and ability to regulate your emotions that will make you an effective leader people want to follow.

The title of this show is a playful nod to our double focus. First, we explore how psychology operates in professional settings. But second, in each episode you’re going to walk away with practical insights that you can put to work right away.

I know firsthand how challenging it can be to navigate the workplace when you're sensitive, empathetic, and prone to overthinking. That's why I created this podcast that brings you the tools and insights I wish I'd had earlier in my career.

Get ready, because you’re going to learn how to master the ‘silent rules’ of human behavior so you can achieve career success without sacrificing inner peace.

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  • 73. Office Politics Decoded: 5 Types of Power to Build Influence Without Playing Dirty
    Nov 12 2025

    🎟️ FREE TRAINING: RSVP for 5 Steps to Speak Like a Senior Leader happening December 3rd 5pm ET: https://melodywilding.com/training

    Melody breaks down the five types of power that determine who gets heard, who gets ahead, and who gets overlooked, regardless of job title or intelligence. This framework turns office politics from something frustrating and opaque into something you can actually decode and navigate strategically.

    What You’ll Discover:

    • Stop feeling confused about why certain people get respect and others don't
    • How to leverage your place in the hierarchy without coming across as authoritarian or controlling
    • The type of power that can take years to build but seconds to destroy
    • The diagnostic questions that reveal where your influence comes from right now – and what power base to build next

     melodywilding.com/training

    www.speaklikeaseniorleader.com

    Connect with Melody:

    1. FREE GUIDE: Steal These Scripts for Saying No at Work
    2. FREE NEWSLETTER: Psychology at Work Weekly
    3. Get on the Speak Like a Senior Leader™ Waitlist
    4. Follow Melody on LinkedIn
    5. Follow Melody on Instagram
    6. Get Melody's new book, Managing Up
    Voir plus Voir moins
    26 min
  • 72. "Big Talk" with Your Boss Flopped? What to Do Next
    Nov 5 2025

    🎟️ FREE TRAINING: RSVP for 5 Steps to Speak Like a Senior Leader happening December 3rd 5pm ET: https://melodywilding.com/training

    You prepared and built up that conversation with your manager for days, maybe even weeks. And then... it doesn't deliver the closure you hoped. It didn’t go bad, but it feels like nothing was really resolved. In this episode, Melody names the invisible pattern behind this frustration – and why it has nothing to do with how well you prepared or what you said.

    What You’ll Discover:

    • The 3-phase mental journey that happens before you even open your mouth (and why it sets you up for disappointment)
    • The #1 shift to stop replaying conversations wondering what went wrong
    • How to keep important topics alive over time without burning political capital or seeming difficult

     melodywilding.com/training

    www.speaklikeaseniorleader.com

    Connect with Melody:

    1. FREE GUIDE: Steal These Scripts for Saying No at Work
    2. FREE NEWSLETTER: Psychology at Work Weekly
    3. Get on the Speak Like a Senior Leader™ Waitlist
    4. Follow Melody on LinkedIn
    5. Follow Melody on Instagram
    6. Get Melody's new book, Managing Up
    Voir plus Voir moins
    27 min
  • 71. Uncompete: A New Strategy for Career Advancement Without Political Games or Burnout
    Oct 29 2025

    Are you constantly measuring yourself against everyone else at work? This constant comparison is exhausting. And according to today’s guest, Ruchika T. Malhotra, it's also sabotaging you. Ruchika is the author of Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success and joins Melody to share a radically different approach to success – one that doesn't require being obsessed with always being the best.

    What You’ll Discover:

    • The invisible beliefs about competition draining your energy at work (and how to break free from them)
    • How to handle colleagues who seem to get ahead by stepping over others
    • Ways to advance your career without "sharp elbows" or playing political games that make you feel gross

    About Ruchika

    Ruchika T. Malhotra is the founder of Candour, a global inclusion strategy firm that has worked with some of the world’s biggest organizations. A former business journalist, she is now a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Seattle Times, and more. She is the author of Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work and Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Success. https://www.ruchika.co/

     melodywilding.com/training

    www.speaklikeaseniorleader.com

    Connect with Melody:

    1. FREE GUIDE: Steal These Scripts for Saying No at Work
    2. FREE NEWSLETTER: Psychology at Work Weekly
    3. Get on the Speak Like a Senior Leader™ Waitlist
    4. Follow Melody on LinkedIn
    5. Follow Melody on Instagram
    6. Get Melody's new book, Managing Up
    Voir plus Voir moins
    42 min
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