The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk 322: Julie Zhuo - What To Do When Everyone Looks To You
Aug 4, 2019
Julie Zhuo, VP of Product Design at Facebook and author of The Making of a Manager, shares leadership lessons from rising through tech. She talks about growth mindset, using writing to clarify thinking, mentoring that sharpens your instincts, hiring by visualizing your dream team, designing purposeful meetings, and making feedback safe and scalable.
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Use Writing To Sharpen Thinking
- Write to structure your thinking and expose yourself to feedback so ideas can be critiqued and improved.
- Julie began blogging selfishly to organize thoughts, then discovered it connected with hundreds of thousands who shared similar challenges.
From Facebook's First Intern To Manager
- Julie joined Facebook as its first intern in 2006 and stayed full time while finishing school.
- Within three years she transitioned from engineering to design and was asked to manage as the team scaled rapidly.
Earn Respect By Prioritizing People First
- Earn respect by not pretending to know everything and by focusing first on people, then process, then purpose.
- Do weekly 30-minute one-on-ones to learn what motivates each report and lead with vulnerability to build trust.
