Melody Wilding is the author of Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge. For more than a decade, she’s helped smart, thoughtful top performers at the world’s most successful companies — including Google, JP Morgan, and Verizon — get the recognition, respect, and pay they deserve. She’s a licensed social worker with a master’s degree from Columbia University, professor of human behavior at Hunter College in New York City, and former emotions researcher at Rutgers University. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and dozens of other respected publications. She’s a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, and CNBC. Melody is also the author of Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work. Learn more at melodywilding.com