If You’re Always Right, You’re Probably Alone: Developing Your Inner Circle
In this episode of Experiencing Healthcare, Jamie and Matt explore one of the most overlooked aspects of leadership—your inner circle. Together, they unpack the essential ingredients of building trust, navigating vulnerability, and creating mutual accountability inside your most important relationships at work. They talk candidly about the loneliness that can come with leadership, how to intentionally diversify your team’s personalities, and why the right people in your circle are more important than ever. Whether you're leading a team of five or five hundred, this episode will challenge you to rethink who belongs in your inner circle—and how to become someone worth following.
Experiencing Healthcare Podcast · Matt Staub, Jamie Preston
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Show Notes
Topics Covered:
- The difference between love and trust in leadership
- Why lonely leadership is optional, not inevitable
- How to build an inner circle that challenges and supports you
- The power of personality diversity (DISC framework)
- Why mutual accountability creates real team culture
- Why “trust” must be earned—or preserved
- The danger of hiring people just like you
- Why being uncomfortable might mean you’re on the right path
Takeaways:
- Audit your inner circle
- Diversify your perspective
- Extend radical trust