22 July 2024
This week's additions focus on leadership, mindset, and operations, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, Ryan Deiss, and Starter Story. Highlights include Paid search is the one channel every company should run. Most entrepreneurs produce fewer than three truly productive hours daily
Showing 540 digests for 22 July 2024.
How to quit faster: recognising the right signals before it's too late
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Goal setting
9
Prospecting & outreach
7
Pivoting
5
Pre-defining kill criteria beats in-the-moment quitting decisions every time.
Sticking to the wrong thing crowds out time for the right thing.
Goals need 'unless clauses' or they trap you past the point of reason.
Building an invincible company through explore and exploit
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Business models
9
Long-term planning
8
Processes & SOPs
6
Innovation is a search problem — run many bets, kill most early.
Evidence across four risk dimensions beats ideas on a spreadsheet.
CEO spending 40%+ of time on innovation is the decisive signal.
Conflict resolution
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How to handle difficult conversations as a leader
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Conflict resolution
9
Communication
8
Culture building
5
Proactively seeking feedback is far easier than waiting for it
Slowing down on 'yellow light' signals prevents unnecessary conflict
Modeling difficult conversations matters more than any reading list
How ambitious managers make the leap to leadership
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Communication
7
Identity & self-belief
5
Blooming where you're planted beats lobbying for the next promotion.
Peer relationships — not just managing up — decide who gets promoted.
Solve problems nobody assigned you; that's how leaders distinguish themselves.
How clarity and empathy drive high-performing teams
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Communication
7
Deep work & focus
5
Role clarity alone isn't enough — knowing your teammates deeply predicts performance.
Only 2% of employees can name their leader's top three priorities.
Bursty communication beats constant contact for knowledge-work teams.
How brain science can drive peak performance in teams
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
8
Physical & cognitive performance
6
Pain motivates change eight times more powerfully than pleasure.
70% of team behavior directly mirrors the leader's mindset and actions.
A two-degree shift in language or thinking creates outsized team results.
Building a team culture of love and humble leadership in sales
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
10
Culture building
9
Mental health & wellbeing
5
Top performers get promoted — but management is an entirely different job.
Vulnerability and openly loving your people builds trust faster than authority.
Invest in people's whole careers and the sales numbers take care of themselves.
How to inspire ownership in the people you lead
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Delegation
8
Identity & self-belief
6
Management
5
Why connecting work to mission unlocks ownership at any level
A five-step delegation gradient that avoids micromanagement
New leaders' biggest trap: doing the work instead of owning the people
How to coach your people: mindset, goals, and key skills
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Delegation
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Coaching fails when the leader is invested in the outcome.
Set a clear, measurable goal before opening any coaching conversation.
Earn the right to advise by seeing the issue through their eyes first.
How to build a learning culture that drives team performance
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Culture building
9
Management
7
Identity & self-belief
5
Spending all your time performing actually lowers performance over time.
ClearChoice hit 50% market share by videotaping and reviewing daily patient interactions.
Study group participation separates top New York Life agents from bottom performers.
Building a joyful workplace: lessons from Menlo Innovations
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Culture building
10
Hiring & recruitment
7
Processes & SOPs
6
Fear hides bad news until it kills your project.
Two people, one computer, all day — why pairing works.
Peer-led hiring and feedback replace bosses and annual reviews.
How to support veterans in your workplace
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Hiring & recruitment
5
Veterans are the most hard-working, loyal employees you'll ever hire.
Only 15–30% of combat veterans return with PTSD — drop the stereotype.
Ask about their service; most veterans want to engage, not be avoided.
Leadership Q&A: Tone, culture, volunteers, and career strengths
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Culture building
8
Resilience & grit
5
Why moving with 60% information beats waiting for certainty
Serious and playful tone at work are a strength, not a trade-off
How to change culture when you don't control company policy
How to run learning meetings that build team strengths over time
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Culture building
9
Processes & SOPs
6
Management
5
One question at the start of a meeting shifts teams into reflection mode
Knowing what each person wants to be known for unlocks precise, motivating feedback
Strengths work only compounds when revisited monthly, not in a single event
How to align training with strategy and evaluate its real impact
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Processes & SOPs
8
Long-term planning
7
Management
6
Training without a strategic link wastes time and erodes trust.
Kirkpatrick's four levels: from 'did they like it?' to real results.
Knowing how to do something doesn't mean people will actually do it.