The Seven Pillars of Preeminence with Glen Jackson, Part 1 – From the Vault
Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast
Andy Stanley
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
What separates good organizations from truly exceptional ones?
In this episode from 2016, Andy Stanley sits down with Glen Jackson, co-founder of Jackson Spalding, to explore the concept of preeminence—the pursuit of extraordinary excellence that creates a lasting competitive advantage.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast, a conversation designed to help leaders go further. |
| 0:07.5 | Faster, I'm Andy Stanley, and today I'll be your host because today I have my friend Glenn Jackson in the studio with me, which means I get to ask the questions. |
| 0:15.2 | Thanks so much for joining us, Glenn. |
| 0:17.4 | Thanks, Andy. It's a real privilege to be with you, and thanks so much for having me. |
| 0:21.0 | Yeah, this is going to be fun. As some of you know, Glenn is the co-founder of Jackson's |
| 0:25.1 | following, one of the most, if not the most respected marketing communications agencies in the |
| 0:29.8 | Southeast with a significant and growing national presence. In fact, I was just telling Glenn this |
| 0:35.8 | morning I ran into a friend of mine who has just |
| 0:38.0 | employed your organization to help them walk through a very sticky situation. And we'll talk about |
| 0:43.1 | some of those a little bit later on. Jackson Spaulding has earned a share of awards for their |
| 0:47.4 | excellent client work from public relations, creative work, to really all elements of storytelling, |
| 0:53.5 | especially as it relates to marketing. |
| 0:55.5 | They've got over 130 team members. |
| 0:58.4 | They've been ranked. |
| 0:59.0 | This is so cool. |
| 0:59.7 | They've been ranked as the best agency to work for in the city of Atlanta. |
| 1:03.1 | Some of your clients include Coca-Cola, Toyota, Chick-fil-A, Publix, Delta, Orkin, just the name of the few. |
| 1:10.1 | Now, the reason I ask Glenn to join me today is to talk about a topic we have never talked about before because I kind of think Glenn created this. |
| 1:17.7 | At least he's taken a word and built a business model around it. |
| 1:23.0 | And the word is preeminence. |
| 1:25.1 | So specifically, we're going to talk about what it means to have to build and to |
| 1:28.6 | sustain a, as Glenn refers to it, a preeminent organization. And as I just mentioned, Jackson |
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