If I have these three bases covered in my own line of work, I know I’m doing things mostly right.

This three pronged structure now forms the three things I’m going to use to personally evaluate myself. Process - Principles that govern decision making. People - Setting up your team to succeed. Purpose - Ensuring that your team knows what success looks like. The author notes that a manager’s job consists of three things:.Here are some things from the book that stood out for me, that I’ve already started implementing in real life. Every chapter builds on the previous in a very natural manner, and yet can be read independently and referenced at any time - which I plan on doing a lot. What particularly stood out in this book that made it such an easy read was the book’s structure. I recently read the “Making of a Manager” by Julie Jhuo as a means to quickly read up and gain some confidence for myself before taking up my new role. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You Nupur is a Senior Group Manager of Product Marketing at Twilio, and publishes a lot of Product Marketing wisdom on LinkedIn.

She was kind enough to write this book review for my blog after she was done. As she started thinking about transitioning to her new role, I couldn’t think of a better book recommendation for her to start her journey into the world of people management. For this week’s Book Review, we have our first guest post on this blog! This review is written by my wife, Nupur, who recently became a manager herself.

The making of a manager book review