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Highly successful people use 5 phrases to disagree with their bosses: You’ll ‘earn their respect and trust,’ says expert

Cnbc · · 785 words · By Melody Wilding; Contributor
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What to know about Highly successful people use 5 phrases to disagree with their bosses: You’ll ‘earn their respect and trust,’ says expert

Disagreeing with powerful people can be intimidating.

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What happened

Disagreeing with powerful people can be intimidating.

Why it matters

As the author of "Managing Up" and an executive coach to top performers at organizations like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and NATO, I've spent nearly 15 years teaching professionals how to influence those above them.

Common ground

The most successful communicators can tactfully disagree with senior leaders without hurting their own reputation.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “CNBC's new online course, How To Talk To People At Work”
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Five independent cross-references explicitly confirm the existence of CNBC's online course titled 'How To Talk To People At Work'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of current and former on-air staff of the American business news channel CNBC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CNBC_personalities
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dennis Michael Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American political commentator, stand-up comedian, talk show host, writer, actor and former sportscaster. Miller was a cast member on the NBC sketch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Miller
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — CNBC TV18 is an Indian pay television business and financial news channel operated as a joint venture between Versant and Network18 Group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNBC_TV18
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Claim 2: “Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach, human behavior professor, and author of "Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge."”
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Multiple web search results confirm Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach, human behavior professor, and the author of 'Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gemma Hartley is an American author and journalist whose article in Harper's Bazaar on emotional labor led to her book Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward (HarperCollins, 2018).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Hartley
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jessica Chen is an American business communication advisor, speaker, author, and journalist. Chen is the founder of Soulcast Media and the author of Smart, Not Loud: How to Get Noticed at Work for All…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Chen
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web search NEUTRAL — Author and award-winning executive coach who helps thoughtful, driven professionals find confidence and achieve influence in the workplace.
https://melodywilding.com/
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Claim 3: “the author of "Managing Up" and an executive coach to top performers at organizations like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and NATO”
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The provided web search results for this claim are irrelevant, returning information about a Norwegian composer, a Taiwanese singer, and an Instagram user named Melody, rather than Melody Wilding. No evidence was found regarding her coaching at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, or NATO.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Norwegian composer Marcus Paus has argued: Melody is to music what a scent is to the senses: it jogs our memory. It gives face to form, and identity and character to the proce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody
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web search NEUTRAL — 最早以歌手身份在臺灣出道，之後以英文名 Melody 為藝名演出多部電視作品。 自2020年起與沈玉琳搭檔主持節目《11點熱吵店》 [4][5]，但於個人家庭規劃因素已於2025年5月15日宣布請辭《11點熱吵店》主持人一職，6月26日錄製最後一集，於2025年7月14日播出。 [6]。
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/殷悅
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web search NEUTRAL — 13M Followers, 3,720 Following, 398 Posts - Melody (@melodyoficial3) on Instagram: ". Singer 🎤 . 19 years old . Shows - 11 94204-9429 Thiago . Publi: 1194466-0250 📩 melody@mbhits.com.br 🗣 manager @bel…
https://www.instagram.com/melodyoficial3/
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Claim 4: “I've spent nearly 15 years teaching professionals how to influence those above them.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Melody Wilding has spent nearly 15 years teaching professionals how to influence those above them/unlock professional power.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Melody (title changed to S.W.A.L.K., which stands for Sealed With a Loving Kiss, for British Lion) is a 1971 British children's romantic comedy-drama film directed by Waris Hussein, centered on the th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song by Alex North with lyrics by Hy Zaret. North composed the music as a theme for its namesake 1955 prison film. The version of the song in the film's soundtrack was sun…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers were a Jamaican-American reggae family group whose line-up consisted of the children of musicians Bob Marley and Rita Marley, including lead singer Ziggy Marley with…
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Claim 5: “this leverages what marketing experts call the question-behavior effect”
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The evidence provided consists of general definitions of the word 'question' and 'question mark' from Wikipedia and Merriam-Webster. There is no mention of the 'question-behavior effect' or its use by marketing experts.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · The meaning of QUESTION is an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge. How to use question in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Question.
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web search NEUTRAL — A question is an utterance which serves as a request for information. Questions are sometimes distinguished from interrogatives, which are the grammatical forms, typically used to express them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question
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web search NEUTRAL — The question mark ? (also known as interrogation point, query, or eroteme in journalism [1]) is a punctuation mark that indicates a question or interrogative clause or phrase in many languages.
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