Rajesh Nagjee joins Ashutosh Garg on The Brand Called You to explore why high-performing CEO forums stagnate, the unseen challenges leaders face in peer groups, and how peer leadership is the defining leadership skill of this decade.

Rajesh shares his unconventional journey, from a 100+ year-old family business, to playing sitar professionally, to building and running a critical care hospital, and eventually becoming a CEO mentor who applies business physics rather than business philosophy.

The conversation dives deep into forum dynamics, emotional tolls of stagnation, peer accountability, and why delegation is the real job of a CEO, whether they realize it or not.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Why most CEO forums plateau and the real cause of forum stagnation

• The hidden cost of staying in a forum that no longer delivers value

• How peer leadership works without authority

• Practical ways forums can restore vulnerability, bonding, and take-home value

• Why delegation is the CEO’s real job (and why most CEOs overestimate their skill)

• How applying Theory of Constraints and “business physics” drives results

• The 12 inner-game competencies behind world-class delegation

• Why accountability works best when it’s invited