Welcome to the Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast, a conversation designed to help leaders go further faster.

On today's podcast, we'll talk about an important principle that too many leaders selfishly ignore.

Andy, some of my favorite times on the podcast are when you talk about new ideas that you're just now developing.

I think I heard you talk about this the first time about a year ago, so you've been thinking about this for a while. I've been thinking about this for a while.

I've been thinking about this for a long time and I've never talked about it publicly

because I felt it relates to or applies to such a small segment of leaders

and I could be completely wrong about that so about

a month ago I was with about 25 or 26 leaders around the country that all lead

really large organizations and I thought well I know this applies to them so it was only the first

time I just you know sort of mused about what I call the principle of strategic presence strategic

presence I just made that up there may be better. But essentially the principle of strategic

presence says this, that if you stand in one place long enough the

organization will eventually organize around you. That if you stand in one

place in the organization long enough, or if you sit in one seat in an organization long enough

the organization will eventually and without any effort it will eventually organize around you.

Can you give us an example?

Well, again, like so many of these principles,

the easiest way to understand this principle

is to think about it in a personal context.

For example, Sandra and I have a very traditional family.

I work, she takes care of the home.

We were both raised that way, so we just fell into that rhythm early on in her marriage.

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