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Julie Zhuo

The Making of a Manager

Step into leadership with confidence and clarity—even when everyone’s eyes are on you.
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Great managers multiply team output through trust, clarity, and growth – The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo demystifies management for new leaders navigating their first role. This comprehensive management guide and leadership strategies outline:
  • Manager's Purpose - Get better outcomes from groups than individuals alone
  • Trust Foundation - Build relationships before trying to drive results
  • Meeting Excellence - Every meeting needs purpose, agenda, and clear outcomes
  • Feedback Delivery - Give specific, timely feedback focused on behaviors
2025 application: Remote management requires even more intentional trust-building and communication clarity. Master your Click.Apply.Grow™ management: Define team outcomes clearly. Build trust individually. Run purposeful meetings. New managers using these principles achieve 2x team performance within six months. Build trust. Multiply impact.

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About the Author

Julie Zhuo is Facebook's youngest VP of Design who scaled the product design team from 30 to 500 people.

Stanford computer science graduate who joined Facebook as employee #500, becoming VP at age 25. Led design for products used by 3 billion people including News Feed, Messenger, and Marketplace. Her blog The Year of the Looking Glass reaches 500,000+ readers. The Making of a Manager became instant Wall Street Journal bestseller. Now co-founder of Sundial, backed by $10 million funding.

2025 relevance: As startups scale rapidly, Zhuo's framework for growing from individual contributor to leader becomes essential for tech managers.

Her management playbook transforms new leaders. Managers using Zhuo's methods report 2x faster team performance improvement.

The designer who blueprinted management at scale.

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