How to run a Level 10 weekly leadership meeting

Executive overview

Most leadership meetings are unorganised, lack clear ownership, and average a rating of 4 out of 10. The Level 10 Meeting is a structured 90-minute weekly format that raises that to a consistent 10.

The meeting runs the same day, same time, same agenda — always starting and ending on time. It separates reporting from problem-solving, and embeds accountability directly into the agenda.

One hour of structured IDS each week prevents recurring issues, miscommunication, and accountability gaps.

The 90-minute agenda structure

• Good news (5 min): personal and professional wins — shifts team from working in the business to working on it
• Scorecard review (5 min): on track or off track, no discussion
• Rock review (5 min): quarterly priorities — on track or off track, no discussion
• Customer/employee headlines (5 min): one-sentence updates only; flag issues for the IDS list
• To-do review (5 min): check last week's action items; 90% should be complete
• IDS (60 min): identify, discuss, and solve the most important issues
• Conclude (5 min): recap to-dos, cascade messages, rate the meeting

Reporting mode

• No discussion during scorecard, rocks, or headlines — reporting only
• Any off-track item or issue needing resolution drops to the IDS list
• The agenda is a single dynamic document shared by the leadership team
• To-dos and issues are added and removed each week

IDS: identify, discuss, solve

• Prioritise the issues list — tackle in order of importance, never top-to-bottom by default
• First step: agree on the real root cause before discussing solutions
• Discuss openly — every option, solution, and idea on the table
• Solve: talking only serves to reach a resolution
• Each resolved issue generates to-dos due within seven days
• Some weeks you solve one issue; some weeks ten — priority order is what matters

Closing the meeting

• At the five-minute mark, stop IDSing and conclude regardless of where you are
• Recap all to-dos so everyone has clear ownership
• Identify any messages to cascade to the rest of the organisation
• Rate the meeting 1–10; minimum standard is 8
• If anyone rates below 8, ask why and self-correct next week