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Imagine you were put in charge to manage a group of people and you had no prior management experience. To make matters more challenging, it’s a remote team that’s distributed around the world.

Where do you start?

I hired my first employee when I was 23 and I had no clue what I was doing. Books like Scale by Jeff Hoffman, Kiss Theory Goodbye by Bob Prosen, and many books by Peter Drucker helped, but when it came down to it, most of the learning was through trial and error. There were a lot of mistakes and growing pains.

The reality is that most people managers don’t have any formal education in management. In a study by Gallup, one in 10 people has the talent to manage well. The good news is management is a skill that can be taught and learned.

The most important lesson I’ve learned about management is that it’s not about managing people. It’s about building a culture and process that set a team up for success.