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I immediately bought it on Kindle, and as soon as I started reading it, I knew that it was the book about management that I’d been looking for all along. I’d dabbled with a few management-type books, but it was in a session with my performance coach (Chris Sparks) in November 2020 that I heard about The Making of a Manager. How often should we be having meetings? What should we be talking about in meetings anyway? Aren’t meetings just a corporate-waste-of-time? What’s the role of each team member? Do they need roles at all? What ‘goals’ are we working towards as a company? Should we have goals at all? As a team, we were getting things done, and the business was growing in a reasonable fashion, but I knew there were lots of unknown unknowns that I could improve in. Throughout 2020, I knew that my ‘management skills’ needed work.

Then around April 2020, Elizabeth came on, initially as my personal assistant, but she quickly took charge of a few other aspects of the business too. Angus came on board around January 2020, first as a freelance writer, then later as a full-time contractor working on video scripts, blog posts and course logistics. I hired my first full-time ’employee’ around November 2019 – this was Cristian, our original Head of Content. I learned so much about being a manager, and my management skills (and our team’s effectiveness and happiness) immediately improved after I started to do some of the things that Julie recommends. One of my most highlighted books of all time.

This book is a must-read guide to being a good manager.

Management is really a matter of purpose, people and process.

Being a good manager is hard, and scary, but a very learnable skill.

Great summary of the book contents by fellow. And most of the time when that happens, they’re not just quitting your company, they are also quitting you.’ Beyond the book ‘People’s dissatisfaction will fester beneath the surface until one day they surprise you with their resignation. Its practical wisdom is immediately useful for the newly minted manager - and us old ones.” - Ev Williams, CEO of Medium and co-founder of Twitter

“I’ve seen so many people thrust into management in high-growth companies with so little guidance. Whether you’re new to the job, a veteran leader, or looking to be promoted, this is the handbook that currently helps me and you need to be the kind of manager you wish you had. Becoming more senior, running my first 1:1 as a “manager” and also started mentoring more junior product managers in the company, “the making of a manager” became the bible for me in my current situation. Fast-forwarding to today and just finishing her book the second time I can relate to almost every word in her book. When I was reading Julie’s book the first time I was actually on vacation, a mid-level product manager and far away from leading other people than ever.