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Hosted by Jealeania D. Morris · business · EN · 32 episodes
Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks is a leadership podcast for CEOs, C-suite executives, and high-performing professionals committed to authentic leadership, executive presence, and personal growth, whether they’re leading in the workplace, the community, or at home. Hosted by Jealeania “Lena” Morris, Founder & CEO of Authentic Encounters, this podcast goes beyond leadership theory to explore the real conversations and defining moments that shape leadership identity, emotional intelligence, decision-making, and organizational culture. Each episode features bold, reflective dialogue on topics including executive leadership development, self-awareness, emotional intelligence (EQ), courageous leadership, faith and values in leadership, culture and influence, difficult conversations, and the inner work leaders avoid, but need to lead well. Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks is designed for leaders seeking clarity, confidence, and alignment, those ready
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Signup to Generate a PitchAuthentic Encounters: Lena Speaks is a leadership podcast for CEOs, C-suite executives, and high-performing professionals committed to authentic leadership, executive presence, and personal growth, whether they’re leading in the workplace, the community, or at home.
Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks The Podcast is hosted by Jealeania D. Morris. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Your Employees Haven't Quit. They've Stopped Trusting You | Leadership & Culture Transformation" (22 October 2026, 12 minutes), "Your Next Leader Is Already in the Building, You're Just Not Seeing Them" (13 October 2026, 36 minutes), and "You Don't Have to Be the Loudest in the Room" (6 October 2026, 40 minutes).
Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks The Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 32 episodes.
Booking probability for Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks The Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks The Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks The Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks The Podcast are Business & Management Consulting. Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks The Podcast has a business audience.
Jealeania D. Morris hosts Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks The Podcast, a business show with 32 episodes published.
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Episode #33
Your employees are still showing up. But do they still trust leadership? They attend meetings, meet deadlines, and complete their work. Yet something has changed. They're quieter, less engaged, and increasingly...
Episode #32
What if your next great leader is already working for you — and you've never looked at them? Recent graduate Riley Clark is six months into her first full-time role at Accent Indy, and she's already managing the event...
Episode #31
You don’t have to be the loudest person in the room to be a powerful leader. In this episode of Lena Speaks , Lena Morris sits down with Melissa Sprigler, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at One Southern Indiana...
Episode #30
What if the opportunity you’re waiting for isn’t about who you know—but who actually knows, trusts, and remembers you? In this episode of Lena Speaks: The Podcast , I sit down with Amy Curtis, Co-Founder and Senior...
Episode #26
Your leadership team completed the training. You held the offsite. You launched the initiative. But did anything actually change? In this episode of Lena Speaks , Lena Morris challenges CEOs, executives, HR leaders...
Episode #25
Your most trusted, longest-tenured leader may be your biggest expense — and their salary isn't why. In this episode of Lena Speaks, executive coach and leadership strategist Jealeania "Lena" Morris introduces a concept...
Episode #23
Your best employee may have already quit. They simply have not resigned yet. They still attend meetings, answer emails, and meet deadlines. But they have stopped challenging weak decisions, offering ideas, and warning...
Episode #21
What happens when a CEO, executive, founder, or high-capacity leader moves faster than their team can process, align, and trust? In this episode of Lena Speaks: The Podcast, Lena Morris continues Week 2 of The Reckoning...
Episode #20
Your most confident leader may not be your most capable leader. In Week 1 of The Reckoning Series , Lena Morris examines what happens when CEOs, boards, and senior leaders mistake polish, certainty, charisma, and...
Episode #17
<p>In this episode of Lena Speaks: The Podcast, Lena Morris, Founder and CEO of Authentic Encounters, LLC, unpacks the real cost of decision debt and why the decisions leaders delay often become the culture problems...
Episode #16
<p>Empathy is one of the most important leadership skills, but without boundaries, accountability, and clarity, empathy can quietly become the leadership blind spot costing leaders their influence, energy, and workplace...
Episode #15
<p>Most leaders are tracking performance, but missing the human impact of their leadership. Data can improve decisions, but it cannot replace trust, emotional intelligence, clarity, accountability, or culture.</p><p>In...
Episode #14
<p>Is your organization racing to adopt AI — but losing the culture, </p><p></p><p>In this episode of Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks, executive coach </p><p>and organizational culture strategist Lena Morris delivers...
Episode #13
<p>What is authentic leadership, and why are so many executives still missing it?</p><p>Authentic leadership is not a soft skill. It is a strategic leadership advantage that determines how effectively executives build...
Episode #12
<p>Many organizations believe they are promoting leaders.</p><p>In reality, they are often promoting strong performers.</p><p>In this episode of Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks, leadership strategist Jealeania “Lena”...
Episode #11
<p>Most leaders believe their legacy will be defined by what they built.</p><p>Revenue. Growth. Strategy. Results.</p><p>But leadership legacy is rarely shaped by the highlight reel.</p><p>It is shaped by the daily...
Episode #10
<p>Everything you know was learned inside a version of the world that no longer exists.</p><p>Your frameworks. Your instincts. The leadership patterns you fall back on when pressure hits. All of it was forged inside...
Episode #9
<p>The most dangerous leader isn't the one who's failing. It's the one succeeding just enough to stop questioning themselves.</p><p>I have been in a lot of rooms lately. And I keep watching the same pattern show up in...
Episode #8
<p>In this solo episode of Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks, Lena Morris speaks directly to CEOs, executive leaders, and C-suite teams about the hidden price organizations pay when leadership avoids what needs to be...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode of Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks, leadership consultant and executive facilitator Jealeania (Lena) Morris challenges one of the most common assumptions inside organizations.</p><p>After years of...
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