David McLeod: The Wake-Up Call That Nearly Didn’t Happen

Podcast: Growing with Purpose · Jean Moncrieff

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

What does it take to keep growing without becoming the bottleneck? For David McLeod, it meant changing how he led and learning to trust his team with more ownership. In this episode of Growing with Purpose, Jean Moncrieff speaks with David McLeod, co-founder and CEO of Backbone, about building a business through different stages of growth and recognizing when the way you lead needs to change. David reflects on the pressure of carrying too much himself, the moment he realized he had become a bottleneck, and the changes that helped him step back...