Leadership For Contractors Podcast

In this podcast and chapter we are going to look at the Law of the Inner Circle. I am not sure about you, but the name of this law brings back memories of the movie Meet the Parents. The movie is a humorous story about a man played by Ben Stiller who goes home with his fiance to meet his eventual in-laws. In one scene in the movie, Ben Stiller is informed that he is being brought into the Burns inner circle of trust by his future father-in-law Robert DiNiro. Ben Stiller spends the rest of the movie working to stay in his fiance’s father’s good graces and for the most part failing. As quickly as he finds himself in the circle of trust, he finds himself being kicked out. In the Law of the Inner Circle, John Maxwell bases this law on the premise that “A Leader’s Potential is Determined by Those Closest to Him”. Take a look around you - whether you are a foreman and you are looking at your crew or you are a business owner and you are looking at your managers. Are they affecting how you think? Get the F