Remote Teams Need Trust, Not Control | Yaro Starak

Send us Fan MailIf you need to see people working before you trust that work is happening, remote working may not be the real problem.The problem may be how you manage.In this episode, Peter Boolkah speaks with Yaro Starak, co-founder of InboxDone and a long-time online entrepreneur, about managing remote teams through results, trust and clearly defined responsibilities.Yaro had already spent approximately 20 years working with distributed teams when this conversation was recorded. His approach is straightforward: measure the quality and consistency of someone’s output, not the number of hours they spend sitting at a desk.Peter and Yaro discuss why so many leaders struggle to relinquish control, how company culture can be created without a shared office and why effective remote management depends on hiring, onboarding, training and communication.You’ll discover:Why some managers confuse physical visibility with productivityHow to manage people according to output rather than timeWhere output-based management becomes more difficultWhy remote culture must be built deliberatelyHow careful hiring and onboarding create greater autonomyWhy trust does not mean abandoning accountabilityHow remote working has given talented people more optionsWhy rest and flexibility can improve performanceHow industrial-age management habits hold back digital businessesHow delegating email can remove another source of founder dependencyThis conversation was recorded in 2021, but its central question remains highly relevant:Are you creating an autonomous team, or a team that cannot function unless you are watching?ABOUT YARO STARAKYaro Starak is an entrepreneur, investor and co-founder of InboxDone, an executive email-assistance company that helps founders and business leaders delegate the management of their inboxes.Yaro has spent more than two decades building online businesses, digital products and remote teams.Learn more:Yaro’s website: https://yaro.blogInboxDone: https://inboxdone.comCONNECT WITH PETER BOOLKAHWebsite: https://www.boolkah.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boolkahInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pboolkah/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoolkahX: https://twitter.com/boolkahABOUT PETER BOOLKAHPeter Boolkah is a business coach, author and speaker who has spent more than 20 years helping business owners build stronger, more valuable businesses that do not depend on them for everything.He is the creator of The Hamster Wheel Trap® and author of Your Business Sucks: Build a Business That Works Without Destroying Your Life.Peter works with founders and leadership teams on the issues that ultimately determine whether a business creates freedom or becomes another job: leadership, founder dependency, people, profit, execution, scaling, exit readiness and enterprise value.His approach is direct, practical and built around one simple question:Do you own the business, or does the business own you?Learn more at https://www.boolkah.com