The Making of a Manager
What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
A field guide for the suddenly-in-charge new manager.
Drawing on her own path from new manager to design VP at Facebook, Zhuo writes an honest, practical guide to the early years of managing people. She covers the real questions new managers face: running good 1:1s, giving feedback, hiring, building culture, and managing yourself. The tone is candid about mistakes and learning rather than prescriptive.
When a founder hires their first employees, they become a manager overnight with no training, and this book speaks directly to that moment. It demystifies what a manager actually does and offers grounded, beginner-friendly advice.
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