A digital and in-person hub where fast growth and mid-market CEOs meet in curated online and in-person roundtables, briefings, retreats and masterclasses to sharpen their biggest decisions and grow without burning themselves or their teams.
CEO-only. Curated. Confidential.
By Andrea Petrone
CEO Whisperer, Advisor, Wiley author, host of The World-Class Leaders Show (top 5% podcast), Top 1% Executive Coach and Speaker.
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Leading a company for a better future isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about leading at a different level.
Yet, most support still feels generic, scattered, or arrives too late.
I have been a CEO and I know what it feels like to lead under extreme pressure:
- You’re running a company in a very challenging time, with huge expectations on you
- The stakes are higher, and decisions carry more weight.
- The room gets quieter the higher you go.
- You need peers who understand your reality and will challenge you honestly.
- You want outcomes, not another conversation that goes nowhere.
Most days, you’re expected to have the answers.
But you rarely get a room where you can think out loud, be challenged, and see what you might be missing.
That’s what WCL21 is built to solve.
WCL21 is a private, invitation-only digital hub on Circle for CEOs who want to step up their leadership and drive exponential growth at this stage of their scale and professional life.
Instead of scattered support – a coach here, a conference there, a podcast on the side – WCL21 brings together what you actually need into one, focused platform.
What you get inside WCL21
Over 12 months, you plug into a clear, CEO-friendly rhythm:
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WCL21 is designed for CEOs who:
- Lead companies roughly in the £10M–£500M range (or equivalent).
- Are carrying bigger bets, bigger complexity, and bigger pressure than ever.
- Want a trusted room of peers who understand the scale and stakes.
- Care about raising the bar for themselves and their teams.
- Don’t want another generic network, they want substance, challenge, and clarity.
It’s CEO-only (and those stepping directly into the CEO role).
Every member is vetted through an application and a 1:1 conversation.
I’d rather keep the room small and right than big and average.
This is not for:
- Founders/Solopreneurs
- Founder/CEOs of very small businesses (typically under 50 employees, unless they are already operating at a significant scale)
- Coaches, consultants or speakers looking for clients or generic “networking”.
WCL21 is a paid membership for a small group of CEOs.
Requesting an invitation is free; joining the room is a serious commitment.
I’m Andrea Petrone, known as the CEO whisperer, founder of WCL21 and a strategic advisor to CEOs and leadership teams.
For 20+ years across seven countries, I’ve worked with Fortune 500s, mid-caps, and high-growth companies, partnering with CEOs and top leaders at Shell, Unilever, Goldman Sachs, Takeda, EssilorLuxottica, ENI, Snam and many others.
I host The World-Class Leaders Show, a leadership podcast ranked in the top 5% globally, and have built a community of over 150,000 leaders on LinkedIn.
I’m also the author of an upcoming CEO leadership book with Wiley, focused on what it really takes to lead at this stage of scale.
WCL21 is where I bring that experience, and the insights from working with and interviewing world-class leaders, into a single private hub for a small group of CEOs who want to raise their game and the performance of their organisation.
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WCL21 is by invitation only.
For this first cohort, I’m opening a limited number of founding seats for CEOs who want to help shape the room from the very beginning. Founding Members receive preferential terms as WCL21 grows.
Here’s how the process works:
1. Request Your Invitation (2 minutes)
Complete a short application so I can understand your role, company and current challenges.
2. Personal Review
I review every application myself. If there’s a strong fit, you’ll be invited to a short WCL21 CEO Session (1:1).
3. 1:1 WCL21 CEO Session
We have a focused conversation about your current context, pressure points and goals and we both get a sense of whether WCL21 is the right room for you this year.
4. Founding Member Invitation
If it’s the right fit, you’ll receive a private invitation to join the WCL21 Founding Member Cohort.
Apply below.