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The first few steps as a manager are the ones nobody prepares you for.

The role changes almost overnight. The skills that made you exceptional as an individual contributor are not the skills the job now demands. Most first-time leaders are left to figure this out alone through trial, error and the quiet anxiety of wondering whether they are really cut out for it.

The Great Manager exists for that person. It also exists because your leadership, done well, sets off something larger than yourself; a cycle that shapes your team, your organisation and the leaders they will one day become.

This is a publication for new and first-time managers who want to grow into leadership with authenticity, capability and a presence that is entirely their own. Every issue brings one clear, practical idea grounded in a journey from software engineer to senior leader, from the operations floors of Toyota in Malaysia to regional leadership across Asia Pacific with Renault, and everything that breadth of experience taught about leading people across markets, cultures and levels of complexity to help you lead better today than you did yesterday.

Because great management is not a talent you are born with. It is a skill anyone can develop.

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