The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo was okay—I ended up skimming quite a bit. It offers some solid, practical tips for new managers, but a lot of the content felt pretty basic or repetitive if you’ve read other leadership books. There were some helpful insights on building trust and giving feedback, but nothing particularly groundbreaking. It’s probably more useful for someone brand new to management.

This may be the best book on management out there. Especially great for new managers, but anyone in leadership will find something valuable in here.

I've been reading a lot of books on management lately and this is the one that has spoken to me the most. Ms. Zhuo has been a manager since she was 25. When she started, no one told her how to go on. She had to figure a lot of it as she went out. Here, she talks about a wide breadth of topics related to management including how to build trust; how not to waste meetings; how to creat a culture for your own team. I got this book from NetGalley but think I will get it for myself.

This book came out March 19th
Four stars
ARC kindly provided by publisher and NetGalley

An engaging, easy-to-comprehend guide for those interested in management. While Zhou's experience is at a large tech corporation (Facebook), her advice is scalable and actionable no matter the size of your workplace and your particular industry. Highly recommended for aspiring managers and those who wish to lead within an organization.

Netgalley review.

Julie Zhuo has been a manager at Facebook for awhile, but she writes like she still knows what it is to be a brand new manager or someone who has been managing for less than 5 years. I like the breakdown she does in her book and how she covers meetings and hiring. I feel that this book would be good for a manager of a small group as well as bigger groups.. She gives examples of her ideas and includes a note section if you wish to read more on a particular subject.. I would recommend this to a new manager and wish I had it when I went from being a co-worker to being a manger of my group like Julie did.

Fascinating read by Zhuo, highly reccomend for new managers. Points deducted because parts of the book felt like rip offs of Lean In, and instances of management were repetitive (sometimes feeling like despite the name change, the instance was recycled). Appreciated the drawings in the front of each chapter, would appreciate more concepts being illustrated.

Finally - an accessible book about management that is written for people other than CEOs in mind! Granted, we need CEOs to be good managers, but there needs to be something for the rest of us too. This book has insights and information that can be put into direct practice for both new and seasoned managers, and it comes with a dash of humor. Highly recommended!