The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo

Julie Zhuo joined Facebook in its infancy as a UX designer. The company grew rapidly and she was thrust into a leadership role and then up to being a leader of leaders. Her experience at a rapidly growing company required heavy emphasis on recruiting and growing a company. These may not be as applicable at other companies that are not rapidly growing. However, many of the other management discussions are universally applicable. People look at managers different than other people. They must also practice what they preach. It is hard to get a team to buy into ideas that the leader does not follow. Leaders must continue to focus on what procides the most value, and work on making themselves obsolete.