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Psychology at Work | Career Success, Leadership, Communication Skills

Psychology at Work | Career Success, Leadership, Communication Skills

By: Melody Wilding LMSW
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How do you nail that sweet spot of career success where confidence in yourself meets influence with others? That's what best-selling author, therapist, and executive coach Melody Wilding explores in every episode of Psychology at Work.


If you're a driven professional who's great at your job but knows that talent alone isn't enough to get ahead, this show is for you. Subscribe for insightful, practical advice on topics ranging from office politics, communication and executive presence, managing up, emotional intelligence, self-advocacy, and more.


Advance your career, strengthen your leadership, and feel calmer, clearer, and more in control while doing it.

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Episodes
  • 108. Endurance Beats Brilliance: What 700+ Interviews with the World's Brightest Leaders Taught Me (with Ryan Hawk)
    Jun 17 2026

    Early in your career, the metrics are clear and your effort translates into direct results. But what happens when that stops being true? When you have to reinvent yourself constantly, and when it seems - no matter how hard you work - success is slow to come? Ryan Hawk – host of The Learning Leader Show has spent years having over 700 conversations with the world's brightest authors, scholars, and researchers. In this episode he breaks down insights from his new book The Price of Becoming.

    What You’ll Discover:

    • The #1 skill that predicts long-term career success more reliably than talent, credentials, or work ethic
    • Use the "advantage us" mindset to stop being derailed by every situation that feels unfair, unpredictable, or outside your control
    • The flywheel that separates people who consume content from people who are changed by it

    About Ryan Hawk

    Ryan is the host of The Learning Leader Show with 680+ episodes over the past 11 years and ranked a top 5 business podcast on Apple. He is the author of The Price of Becoming, The Score That Matters, The Pursuit of Excellence, and Welcome to Management. https://learningleader.com/

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    LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT July 15th @ 5pm ET

    https://melodywilding.com/training/

    Connect with Melody:

    1. FREE NEWSLETTER: Psychology at Work Weekly
    2. Get on the Waitlist for Speak Like a Senior Leader™
    3. Get on the Waitlist for Lead from Within
    4. Get Melody's new book, Managing Up
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    45 mins
  • 107. Stop Talking Yourself Out of Opportunities You've Earned: The #1 Secret from Behavior Change Expert Nir Eyal
    Jun 10 2026

    What really drives your executive presence, career decisions, and ability to influence the people around you? No, it’s not talent, effort, or strategy. It's your beliefs. In this episode, Melody talks with Nir Eyal, a globally recognized authority on behavior change and human potential, about his new book, Beyond Belief.

    You’ll Discover:

    • The critical difference between a fact, a belief, and faith
    • Beware: positive thinking and manifestation can make you less likely to achieve your goals – here’s why
    • Engineer your own luck and draw promotions, plum projects, and more TO you
    • One question Nir asks himself that stops a limiting belief in its tracks

    About Nir Eyal

    Nir Eyal is a globally recognized authority on behavior change and human potential. He is the New York Times bestselling author of the international bestsellers Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, which have sold over one million copies in more than 30 languages. His third book, Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop Limiting Yourself and Achieve Breakthrough Results, became an instant New York Times best-seller and reveals how to identify and replace the hidden beliefs that define our limits. https://www.nirandfar.com/

    Top of Mind & Tapped for More
    LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT July 15th @ 5pm ET

    https://melodywilding.com/training/

    Connect with Melody:

    1. FREE NEWSLETTER: Psychology at Work Weekly
    2. Get on the Waitlist for Speak Like a Senior Leader™
    3. Get on the Waitlist for Lead from Within
    4. Get Melody's new book, Managing Up
    Show More Show Less
    41 mins
  • 106. The Niceness Trap: How Being a Good Girl Is Still Capping Your Career with Dr. Lois Frankel
    Jun 3 2026

    Twenty years after Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office changed the conversation about women in the workplace, the mistakes it exposes are still happening, but now in new settings, with higher stakes, and sometimes in subtler forms than ever before.

    In this episode, Melody sits down with Dr. Lois Frankel, the bestselling author behind the Nice Girls series, to talk about what has (and hasn't) changed for ambitious women navigating today's corporate landscape.

    You’ll Discover:

    • The specific seating choice most women make in meetings that suggests they don't belong at the table before they've even said a word
    • What to say when someone takes your idea and presents it as their own
    • A two-step approach for shutting down gaslighting colleagues

    About Dr. Lois Frankel

    She is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling business bible for women, Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office. Other books in the "nice girls" series include Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich, Nice Girls Just Don’t Get It and an audiobook, Nice Girls Don’t Speak Up or Stand Out. She has appeared on the Today Show and Larry King Live and has been interviewed in the Wall Street Journal, People magazine, Cosmopolitan, and other print media. Her client list includes Amgen, ARCO, BP, Goldman Sachs, Lockheed Martin, McKinsey & Co., Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and The Walt Disney Company. https://drloisfrankel.com/


    Top of Mind & Tapped for More
    LIVE VIRTUAL EVENT July 15th @ 5pm ET

    https://melodywilding.com/training/

    Connect with Melody:

    1. FREE NEWSLETTER: Psychology at Work Weekly
    2. Get on the Waitlist for Speak Like a Senior Leader™
    3. Get on the Waitlist for Lead from Within
    4. Get Melody's new book, Managing Up
    Show More Show Less
    39 mins
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