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 adapt leadership frameworks to fit your organisation and culture
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Hiring & recruitment
6
Generic frameworks only work after you reshape them for your context.
Build a wide network of willing helpers, not just powerful connections.
Hire for passion first — experience is the one thing you can always teach.
How to pivot your career without losing the relationships that matter
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Pivoting
9
Resilience & grit
8
Relationships & family
6
Rejections signal you're reaching a higher level — not failing.
Your core skill survives every pivot; the audience and context change.
Relationships maintained across transitions become your safety net when roles disappear.
How to grow your small business with clear marketing messages
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Copywriting
9
Pricing psychology
5
90% of marketing impact comes from words, not visuals
Position your brand as the guide, never the hero
Cash flow is oxygen — ignoring revenue targets kills businesses
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Getting control of email with David Sparks
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Why your inbox became a trap — and how to escape it
Folder sprawl wastes more time than it saves
Batch, filter, and defer to reclaim focused work time
How a chief of staff multiplies executive leadership capacity
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Management
9
Communication
7
Processes & SOPs
5
The chief's only agenda is to serve the leader's agenda — full stop.
Chiefs avert problems at level 10 before they become level 100.
The one person explicitly hired to tell the leader the truth.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Building better leadership habits with the tiny habits method
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Management
5
Commit to flossing one tooth — nobody actually stops there
Consistency beats streaks: daily minimums outperform weekly sprints
Plan your restart before disruption hits, not after
Conflict resolution
YouTube
How to handle passive-aggressive behaviour at work
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Conflict resolution
9
Communication
7
Management
6
Labelling passive aggression almost always makes things worse
Address the underlying concern, not the way it's delivered
Managers must tackle it — silence breeds artificial harmony
How intentional moments create lasting memories and stronger teams
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Culture building
8
Retention & loyalty
6
40% of college memories live in the first six weeks.
John Deere redesigned day one — employees asked to quit and rejoin.
VF Corp turned one offsite into a $2B product pipeline.
Building team resilience through co-elevation and candor
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Culture building
8
Management
7
Remote teams
5
Resilient teams own each other's energy, not just shared goals
Bulletproofing turns vulnerability into a repeatable team practice
Async-first collaboration cuts meetings 30% and raises psychological safety
The secret to happiness: shifting from "got to" to "get to"
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Motivation
9
Resilience & grit
5
Changing one word — "got to" vs "get to" — rewires how work feels.
High performers are defined by attitude, not credentials or titles.
Reluctance wasted half a training day; a mindset shift filled eight pages of notes.
How to lead engaging online events with intentional design
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
8
Processes & SOPs
7
Engagement must be engineered in — virtual serendipity doesn't happen by accident.
Breakout rooms give every participant a voice, not just the vocal few.
Separate your technical host from your presenter for high-stakes events.
Four storytelling mistakes leaders make and how to fix them
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Communication
9
Public speaking
7
Identity & self-belief
5
Organisations are emotional systems — data alone never moves people.
One 90-second story transformed World Bank's strategy faster than years of slides.
Story capability must be built deliberately, not hoped for.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Four pillars of holistic productivity: inner reflection to inspired action
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
6
A shift in one life area creates positive ripple effects in all others.
Acceptance frees up energy currently wasted on resistance and complaining.
Inspired action starts from the goal's emotional state, not obligation.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to discover who you are through indirect self-reflection
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Communication
6
Your heroes unconsciously reveal who you already are.
Childhood dreams surface real values better than direct questions.
Unresolved setbacks block alignment — closed doors enable new chapters.
How leaders create cultures where people speak up
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
Culture building
9
Communication
6
Near-miss near space: staying silent almost caused a midair collision
NASA punished hiding mistakes far more than making them
Rookies spot what experience has learned to overlook