More Than A Meeting

SLT drift rarely looks dramatic, but it quietly leaks value. Les explains how small misalignments at the top create commercial drag across the business. Decisions get reopened, priorities get interpreted differently and the CEO has to repeat the same message again and again. Over time, this affects pace, margin, confidence and valuation. This episode helps CEOs spot where their leadership team is...

The habits that built the business can become the habits that hold it back. This episode explores the difficult shift from founder-led momentum to scale-up leadership. Les explains why letting go is not stepping back, it is stepping up into a different role. The founder moves from engine to architect, building decision rights, leadership rhythm and a senior team that can carry the business forward...

Busyness can look impressive, but it can also hide the absence of leadership. Les unpacks the difference between activity and enterprise leadership. A senior leadership team may be working hard, attending meetings and managing functions well, yet still leave the CEO joining all the dots. This episode challenges SLTs to move beyond updates and ask what the business really needs from them now. Essen...

Your SLT meeting may look productive, but is it actually leading the business? In this episode, Les explores why many senior leadership team meetings become polished reporting sessions rather than true leadership forums. The real test is simple: what changed because you met? If decisions are not made, ownership is not clarified and the CEO still carries the business alone, the meeting needs a stro...

Most growing businesses don’t have a people problem. They have a leadership system problem. Welcome to More Than A Meeting , the podcast for CEOs, MDs, founders and senior leaders who know the real work starts at the top. Hosted by Les Murray, this show explores how senior leadership teams make decisions, hold each other to account, translate strategy into action and scale without everything depen...