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.
Finding your true north: authentic leadership and self-discovery
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Your life story — not your title — defines your leadership.
Loneliness at the top is universal; truth tellers are the cure.
Chasing titles over values is how leaders lose their way.
Using people analytics to drive measurable business impact
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Processes & SOPs
8
Long-term planning
7
Management
6
Most organisations have usable data — they just don't recognise it.
Four analytics stages from 'what happened' to automated prescriptions.
HR strategy must trace from global context to individual hiring, not reverse.
Accounting basics
YouTube
How ordinary people build wealth without inheritance or high income
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Accounting basics
8
Identity & self-belief
7
79% of millionaires built wealth through employer retirement plans, not windfalls
A third of millionaires never earned six figures — income is not the variable
97% believed they controlled their destiny; victim mindset blocks wealth-building
How David Marquet turned a failing submarine into a leadership factory
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Delegation
9
Management
7
Why great leaders give zero orders — and build teams that don't need them
Push authority down to where information already lives, not vice versa
Two words — 'I intend to' — that transfer ownership and eliminate permission-seeking
How to show up effectively on camera in virtual meetings
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Content marketing
5
Video builds intimate relationships faster than in-person — if done right.
Frequent short touchpoints beat infrequent polished interactions every time.
Baton gestures on camera make people understand and like you more.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Effortless: how to stop overcomplicating what matters most
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Processes & SOPs
5
Prioritisation alone isn't enough — how you work matters as much as what you work on.
One question — 'what if this could be effortless?' — can eliminate months of wasted effort.
Starting from zero beats simplifying complexity: how one-click ordering was born.
How to help your manager succeed: lessons from four presidents
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
8
Communication
6
Play to your boss's strengths — never try to remake who they are.
Staff arrogance quietly caps a leader's potential for years.
Your oath is to the mission, not the person you serve.
How to build a LinkedIn presence through content and video
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Social media
9
Content marketing
7
Only 3M of 700M LinkedIn users post — tiny competition for 9B weekly impressions.
Story-wrapped content reaches further than polished announcements or plain posts.
Done-is-better-than-perfect video, re-recorded a few times, beats waiting for perfect.
How to decline requests without saying no
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Processes & SOPs
6
Saying the word 'no' creates walls — parameters don't.
Contrasting technique turns past commitments into renegotiations.
Superstitious behaviour keeps you doing things nobody needs.
How to handle workplace bullying as a leadership challenge
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Founder interviews
8
Communication
7
You can't change the culture, but you can adjust the behaviour.
Assertiveness respects both parties; aggression signals insecurity.
Stop disrespect the moment it starts — it sets the team standard.
How to prepare and succeed on presentation day
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Script your opening and closing — everything else can be improvised
A physical toolbox of adapters and backups prevents day-of disasters
Going over your allotted time breaks a contract with your audience
Understanding adult development stages to better lead and support people
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Nearly half of all adults are stuck waiting for others to give them a voice.
A perceived performance problem is often a developmental mismatch, not a skill gap.
Real leadership development transforms the vessel — not just what's inside it.
Making training cost-effective: leadership development on a minimal budget
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Delegation
9
Management
8
Resilience & grit
5
Shared podcast discussions and delegation cost nothing but build real skills.
Urgency culture — not budget — is the true barrier to leadership development.
The feedback sandwich backfires; separate praise from criticism across time.
How to build trust and get results through conversational intelligence
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Resilience & grit
6
Vision & mission
5
Cortisol from one harsh comment lingers neurologically for 26 hours.
Three conversation levels — most teams are stuck in level two.
Leaders' language patterns become the team's chemical default.
Navigating anger, career change, and internal coaching boundaries
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Delegation
7
Resilience & grit
6
Anger at work is valid — public loss of control never is.
Career pivots succeed through small iterative steps, not dramatic leaps.
Internal coaches must set explicit boundaries before the first session.