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The Making of a Manager
- What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
- Narrated by: Karissa Vackers
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo.
No idea what you're doing? No problem. Good managers are made, not born.
Facebook VP Julie Zhuo remembers the moment when she was asked to lead a team. She felt like she’d won the golden ticket - until reality came crashing in. She was just 25 and had barely any experience being managed, let alone managing others.
Her coworkers became her employees overnight, and she faced a series of anxiety-inducing firsts, including agonising over whether to hire an interviewee, seeking the respect of reports who were cleverer than her and having to fire someone she liked. Like most first-time managers, she wasn’t given any formal training and had no resources to turn to for help. It took her years to find her way, but now she’s offering you the shortcut to success.
This is the audiobook she wishes she'd had on day one. Here, she offers practical, accessible advice like:
- Don’t hide thorny problems from your own manager; you’re better off seeking help quickly and honestly.
- Before you fire someone for failure to collaborate, figure out if the problem is temperamental or just a lack of training or coaching.
- Don’t offer critical feedback in a ‘compliment sandwich’ - there’s a better way!
If you’re looking to be promoted or in your first decade of management, this is your go-to guide.
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- Patrick Semple
- 14-06-19
Thoughtful & entertaining
I'm not a manager, I'd though that maybe one day I would want to be. But listening to this book is the first step I've taken towards considering it for my career. This book has cause me to pause and really consider it.
As a non manager, it has been eye opening and revealed a lot into how my manager sees me. Hopefully the takeaways I've gotten from this book will help me in my day to day whether I want to be a manger or not.
👍 I'll probably read this again.
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- LMC
- 29-11-22
Some very good tips, but too much Silicon Valley
I listened to this book for pointers on what to do when moving into management for the first time. There are several excellent chapters that provides sound, workable ideas – I made extensive notes from these, and they absolutely rate five stars. But much of the book focusses on working with massive teams in a tech environment, which doesn't have the universal applicability of the other sections. In addition, the book's tone is very American, which could jar on this side of the Atlantic (e.g. Julie Zhuo refers to her staff members as 'reports', which would be a massive no-no). There are also a lot of anecdotes and examples that could be prefaced, 'This one time, at Facebook...'. The narration is fine, but I had to switch to 1.5x speed due to its languorous progress.
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- Sara
- 27-01-20
good and practical book on management
I related to Julie's stories a lot and took lots of great tips. Definitely worth reading/listening to
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- Anonymous User
- 04-06-23
Awesome
Great book, highly recommend for anyone interested in management. Was a pleasure getting through it and the reader did an awesome job. Thanks!
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- Luke C
- 03-02-23
Personable, engaging and enjoyable.
Well written, easy to finish, perfectly narrated and easily personalised to own management role. I enjoyed it from start to finish. I learned a lot from Julie's experiences and I will be recommending to my management reports.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-01-23
Great really helpful
Relevant chapters
Good examples
Start up Language I understand
Modern leadership skills
The book is very relatable
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- Alemu Jack
- 30-11-22
Perfect Go To Management Book
Such clear guidelines and principles to of what to expect, do and aim for. I’ve listed to it twice now and will be listening again in a few month to see how much of this I’ve taken onboard and where to further improve.
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- Ernestas
- 16-11-22
One of the best books
If you have a small or a large team this books is 100% must have!!!
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- Jason
- 31-07-22
Just what I needed
As an incoming new business leader at a tech company, I found this book not only just what I needed but a lot more!
Julie has put together a great bible here and although I’m a long way off mastering all these teachings I’ve already (pre-taking over) got a LOT I plan to execute on! I even got a hard copy just to highlight & note all the useful parts for reference in the future!
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- Thomas
- 04-04-22
Great for anyone looking to boost skills
It took me a chapter to really get into it but I got hooked and found it is an excellent listen with great advice. would highly recommend to anyone looking to boost their managerial skills or for someone looking to step up their career.
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- Sutrisno
- 14-01-22
Excellent tool for people managers
Regardless your experience in managing a team, this is a playbook of sorts to remind us of some important values in the art of management.
Content is quite straight to the point. No jargon, no technicalities. Just a very humanistic approach in story telling and bringing across key points that matter.
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- Jeff Pearce
- 18-05-21
Every manager should read this!
Whether you agree with the ideas in here or not, it’s a great perspective on management and the scenarios that can arise. It offers wisdom from years of experience. Highly worth reading for new managers!
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- Laura Jackunaite
- 23-01-21
Perfect
Very great book for new managers - great examples, simple explanations. I especially loved stories about 1 to 1 meetings.
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