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

by Julie Zhuo

Your job, as a manager, is to get better outcomes from a group of people working together.

“What makes a good leader is that they eschew the spotlight in favor of spending time and energy to do what they need to do to support and protect their people,” writes Simon Sinek in Leaders Eat Last. In return, “We offer our blood and sweat and tears and do everything we can to see our leader’s vision come to life.”