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.
Conflict resolution
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How to prepare for conflict before the conversation starts
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Conflict resolution
9
Communication
7
Identity & self-belief
5
Clarifying your long-term goal is the single most important preparation step
Reframing conflict as shared problem-solving changes how both sides show up
Women face a narrower acceptable range of behavior — collaboration framing helps
How to build a curiosity culture: shifting from advice to coach-like leadership
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Culture building
9
Management
7
Identity & self-belief
5
Advice-giving — not lack of curiosity — is what kills team engagement.
Curiosity is a state shaped by environment, not a fixed personality trait.
Four barriers block organisational curiosity: advice monster, complacency, empathy limits, delusion.
Three steps to take after conducting a survey
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Sharing negative survey results openly builds more trust than hiding them.
Even a single sharp piece of feedback warrants a concrete action.
Structure results as a short executive summary before any detail.
How to deal with diminishers and become a multiplier leader
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Culture building
7
Identity & self-belief
6
Most workplace diminishing comes from well-meaning leaders, not tyrants.
You can out-lead a diminishing boss — leadership is attitude, not position.
Ignoring diminishing behaviour is the only response that actually works.
Four habits that derail listening and how to overcome them
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Communication
5
Why 80% of people think they listen well but actually don't
Each villain feels helpful — that's exactly what makes it hard to spot
One question resets any distracted listener mid-conversation
Identity & self-belief
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How to use comparison constructively instead of fighting it
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
7
Misery comes from comparing too narrowly, not too much
Dissect the nitty gritty to reveal what you actually want
Malicious envy is a diagnostic signal worth decoding, not suppressing
Leadership terms, productivity systems, and book recommendations for busy leaders
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Productivity & habits
6
Leadership handles change; management handles complexity — not interchangeable.
Getting Things Done plus Deep Work: the two productivity books that matter.
Mentoring should be two-way: the mentor learns as much as the mentee.
How to define and align employees to the soul of their role
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Delegation
7
Employees don't lack information about their role — they lack emotional ownership
Four questions reveal what a role truly demands beyond its job description
Knowing decision-making rights makes employees feel trusted and engaged
How to strengthen your network by investing in existing relationships
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
8
Productivity & habits
6
Strong networks come from depth, not from meeting more people.
Dormant ties outperform active contacts for fresh ideas and advice.
Expansionists with the largest networks are the most likely to be lonely.
How senior leaders can unlock the power of middle managers
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Hiring & recruitment
6
Processes & SOPs
5
70–75% of employee satisfaction is determined by their direct manager.
Promoting your best managers out of management is a strategic mistake.
Managers knew the oil rig fix — no one thought to ask them.
How to plan meetings that produce clear, measurable results
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
8
Processes & SOPs
8
State outcomes as nouns, not verbs, to know if meetings succeed
Only invite people who must actively contribute — not everyone affected
Pre-work fails without guiding questions and a realistic time estimate
Why men are heard and women are liked: gender dynamics at work
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
8
Relationships & family
5
Blind auditions transformed orchestras — your bias is invisible to you.
40 years of DEI effort: attitudes went underground, not away.
Men who advocate for women in the room risk social cost — worth it.
Three practices for thriving in tough negotiations
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Objection handling
7
Resilience & grit
5
Your own reactions are the biggest obstacle in any negotiation.
Positions state what people want; interests reveal why — and unlock deals.
Ignoring who's not at the table will kill an agreement after it's made.
Using technology intentionally to build real professional relationships
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Remote teams
8
Work-life balance
5
Technology isolates as much as it connects — intentionality is the fix
Upgrade from email to phone to video; each step adds human signal
Mastermind groups and course cohorts turn remote work into community
Productivity & habits
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Holistic productivity: a four-step framework for doing what matters
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
7
Without knowing your destination, any productivity system fails.
Fixing sleep or health often beats optimising your workflow directly.
A stage-four cancer diagnosis revealed regret as a compass for values.