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The Leadership Circle™

The costliest leadership mistakes are rarely caused by lack of intelligence. They are caused by lack of perspective.

The higher you lead, the fewer people tell you the truth. The Leadership Circle exists so no leader decides alone — a private membership for CEOs, founders, MDs and senior leaders, widening the view before decisions become commitments.

Chaired by
Rajesh Bhojani
Independent Director, Motilal Oswal AMC
Shaped by
Conversations with 70+ founders and CXOs — on the questions rarely discussed in public
Founding cohort
Limited to 21 leaders.
Invitation by recommendation.
Why it matters

Most leadership failures begin as reasonable decisions made from too narrow a view.

No one sets out to make the wrong call. It happens when the room is too small, too polite, or too close to the problem. And every one of those decisions eventually reaches:

  • Revenue what you earn
  • Retention who stays
  • Culture how it feels to work there
  • Reputation what the market believes
  • Growth where you go next
What members get

Three ways the Circle
widens your view.

A room of peers for the decisions you bring, a confidential read on how you lead, and the intelligence the operators around you have already paid for.

Think & decide
The Circle Board™
& Decision Counsel

Once a month, bring a live decision to a board of peers who have nothing to sell you.

For what can't wait — confidential one-to-one counsel, on call.

clarity on your next move.
See yourself
The Leadership Edge
Personal coaching

A confidential diagnostic read on how you lead — and where you're blind.

Diagnose before you develop: the same principle behind everything Wisdom Monk builds.

sight of your blind spots.
Connect
Circle Intelligence™
Insight & introductions

Anonymised lessons from the operators in the room — plus tailored introductions, each made for a stated reason.

the chance to see around corners first.
The rhythm of the year

Think. Decide. Connect.

Think
12×
Circle Board sittings

A monthly room of peers, built around the decisions members bring — not a curriculum.

Decide
On call
Decision counsel

When a decision won't wait for the next sitting, confidential counsel is a call away.

Connect
04×
Insight & introductions

Quarterly Circle Intelligence, and introductions made only when there's a reason.

Circle Sessions

The Circle, in session.

Small, senior rooms with faculty who have spent decades inside boardrooms and organisations. Complimentary for members, with a limited number of guest seats.

Founding Chair
Rajesh Bhojani
Independent Director, Motilal Oswal AMC

Senior Advisor, Finxpert · Formerly Birla Sun Life, UTI and British Council

Decades in boardrooms, brought to a room where accomplished leaders test their thinking before the stakes are real.

The Founding Circle

The leaders who
form the room.

Founders, CEOs and directors shaping decisions across industries — a private forum for trusted counsel, sharper insight and better decisions.

IndustriesManufacturing · Automotive · Technology · Professional Services · Consumer Brands
FunctionsCEOs · Founders · Managing Directors · Directors · General Counsel
Naveen Upadhyay
MD & CEO
Walkfin
Fintech
Prasad Bhalerao
Founder & CEO
CFOLogic · Infini Ventures
CFO Advisory
Vishal Arya
Director
PwC
Consulting
Simantini Budukh
General Counsel & CS
Theobroma
Legal & Governance
Bharat Bhushan
Lead, Engineering & Innovation
Bajaj Auto
Automotive
Reet Mediratta
Head, Strategy & Marketing
Bharat Iron Syndicate
Manufacturing
Manjusha Shelke
Co-Founder & Director
Rechargion Energy
Deep Tech & R&D
Arvind Ramani
Co-Founder
Meraki TalentWorks
Talent & Hiring
ShivPrakash
Co-Founder
Ad Astra Creative Solutions
Creative Agency

The founding cohort is limited to 21 leaders.

The evidence beneath the Circle

Why a room,
not a classroom.

The Circle is designed around what research consistently shows: leaders grow through experience and the people around them far more than through formal training.

Growth
70·20·10

Leaders learn mostly from challenging experience and relationships. Formal training is the smallest share.

Center for Creative Leadership
Judgment
87%

of the time, inclusive teams made better business decisions than individual decision-makers.

Cloverpop
Trust
74%

less stress reported by people in high-trust organisations — with 50% higher productivity.

Zak · Harvard Business Review
Influence
#1

Problems with relationships — not lack of skill — are the leading reason senior careers derail.

Center for Creative Leadership
Read the full research
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A room where accomplished leaders challenge assumptions before reality does.
Wisdom Monk · The Leadership Circle™
How you enter

By recommendation,
not application.

  • A recommendationMost members are introduced by a founding member, the Chair, or someone who knows the room.
  • A confidential conversationA short, private discussion about where you lead, what you're carrying, and whether the room is right for you.
  • An invitationSeats in the founding cohort are capped at 21, so fit matters more than speed.
Your point of contact
Vincent Talung
Senior Associate, Growth & Operations
vincent@wisdommonk.in

Every conversation is confidential. There's no application form — only a discussion about fit.

Request an Invitation
Better judgment through
better perspective.

If this is the room you've been missing, start a confidential conversation. The founding cohort is limited to 21 leaders.