11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle October 6, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought Everyone agreed. Nobody aligned. That is the essence of the Abilene Paradox. It happens in leadership teams more often than we like to admit. Someone proposes a direction. Everyone nods. Nobody raises a concern. The meeting ends with “agreement.” And then, people leave the room with different reservations, interpretations,...
11 days ago • 2 min read
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle September 29, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought CXO readiness To get promoted to CXO positions 3 years earlier, stop doing these 3 things. Stop waiting to be noticed. Visibility is not vanity — it’s your responsibility. Speak up in conversations where decisions are made, and find a way to enter rooms without waiting to be invited. Stop mistaking busyness for impact....
18 days ago • 2 min read
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle September 22, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought Influence over authority One of the first shifts in senior leadership is realising that the people you need most may not report to you. You can’t instruct them. You can’t performance-manage them. You can’t simply escalate when they disagree. The most common mistake when you need to create movement without control, is...
25 days ago • 2 min read
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle September 15, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Last Saturday, at the graduation ceremony of our Executive Presence Academy, one of participating leaders said "this just works, i don't know how, but I could really see the change..." If you want to give your potential its due recognition, then you got to elevate your Executive Presence. I invite you to join the VIP waitlist for the last cohort of 2026. And now... Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle September 8, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought Leading People Leadership is less about consistency of style, and more consistency of intent. The leader who treats everyone the same may feel fair, but may not be leading everyone well. Some people need autonomy, others need structure; some need challenge, others need context. As a leader, you are also maturing when you...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle September 1, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought The Unpopular Decision Some decisions are unpopular because they are wrong. Others are unpopular because they are necessary. At the CXO level, leadership requires choosing what is right for the organisation over what is comfortable. Consensus can create comfort, but conviction creates movement. The real test comes when...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle August 25, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought You’ve Outgrown Your Role Stagnation doesn’t always look like failure. It looks like competence without new learnings and challenges. You seem to know the role too well. The problems are familiar, the wins are predictable, and you’re solving yesterday’s problems with old strengths. Deja vu's become common, where you feel...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle August 18, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought The Crisis Call In a crisis, people borrow the leader's emotional weather. In that moment, people aren't looking to you for instant answers. They're borrowing your composure while they search for their own. The first decision you make in a crisis is rarely about the business. It's about the emotional climate you create for...
2 months ago • 1 min read
11:11 Tuesdays by Vaishali Wagle August 11, 2026 Happy 11:11 Tuesdays Reader, Here are 1 Thought, 1 Quote, 1 Word and 1 Humour for you to reflect upon this week. 1. Thought Decision Fatigue At the Executive Leadership level, decision fatigue can look like a leader spending their best thinking on the wrong decisions — what to approve, what to review, which meeting to attend, whose problem to solve — until there is little cognitive space left for the decisions that actually shape the business....
2 months ago • 1 min read