Rajesh Nagjee joins Jeremy Blain on the Rethink Leadership Podcast to unpack a pattern most founders miss as they scale: the business grows faster than the leader’s operating system.
Drawing from decades of work as a CEO mentor and “business physicist,” Rajesh explains why traditional business education breaks down at scale, how inner-game interference quietly degrades decision quality, and why delegation must evolve from tasks to ownership if growth is to continue.
This conversation explores leadership through the lens of competence, decision velocity, and structural design, not motivation or hustle.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
Why every promotion introduces temporary incompetence
How “business physics” reveals the real constraint holding founders back
The difference between startup delegation and scale-up delegation
Why task-based delegation creates vendors, not partners
How inner-game interference corrupts strategic decisions
The link between leadership maturity and decision quality
Why transformation requires new structures, not more effort
Jeremy is an international leadership and transformation expert helping boards, executives, and teams thrive in fast-changing environments. He is CEO of Performance Works International, co-founder of DiversITy-talent, host of the globally ranked Rethink Leadership Podcast, and #1 bestselling author of Unleash the Inner CEO.
