The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You Hardcover – Illustrated, 19 Mar. 2019

I bought this book because it was recommended as further reading in an interesting business article.As I read the first chapter, my heart sank. The author talked about becoming a young manager in the early days of Facebook. When she describes her thoughts at the time about what management was about, I rolled my eyes in disbelief that any adult would really be that simplistic or naive: Most people reading this book will have had good and bad managers themselves and don't need to be convinced of the value of being good at people management. We're looking for advice on HOW to be good at it!Anyway... Once I got past the first chapter, I found the advice really helpful. I related to the challenges of a technical specialist stepping up to manage the team she's been a part of for years (e.g. moving from peer to boss, letting go of the detailed technical work at which you excel and managing others). I also related to her journey to becoming more of a director of people when her natural inclination is to be collaborate, a team player and "nice". These are aspects that aren't covered anywhere near as well in many other books that I've read in this genre.Despite my early impressions, this book gets a strong recommendation from me!

Not a typical business management book, in a good way. You still learn a lot but in a refreshing tone and through an easy-to-digest structure. Julie is senior management at Facebook, and there are times when it does get a little too preachy about the business, but for the most part this is interesting due to her involvement in a rapidly growing tech company and not hindered by it.

This book is really helpful to learn more about management.

I will soon be starting a new management role and I have found this book to offer some really great advice which has made me feel a little less apprehensive about taking on the new role.

This book is full of great advice, well written, and framed by anecdotes and stories that make it effortless to read!Despite this it actually took me a long time to finish, because I kept pausing to think and reflect on what I'd just read, how it applied to my role, past experiences, and how to apply the learning in the future.I now have two copies of this book; one in the office that I encourage colleagues to borrow and read, and my own so I can always refer back to it.A must read if you are already, or will be a leader or manager of people.

I felt a little let down by this one. I was hoping the author could give some unique insights into her management experience at a FANG company.Alas I found nothing unique or special I couldn’t have gotten elsewhere. It’s not a bad read just simply not what I was looking for. If you’re new to management this would be a great read.I ended up not finishing it.

Good amount of info for a newbie manager. I did like reading this book as I wanted to get more insights of a manager role in my current work place. Would recommend for new managers.

Highly recommend this book to the people who are new to management. The flow of the content is easy to read and follow. Unlike the other management books in the market, which depict a particular example/ scene in 3-4 pages in order to explain one big main point of the story, Julie has done a good writing to condense her points into a 3-4 line paragraph or even a half page of section. No fancy words and direct to the point. Suitable to read during a lunch break.