You were in the meeting. Your name was on the agenda. You sat at the head of the table, nodded at the right moments, and asked questions.

But when the meeting ended, your team barely remembered you were there.

Not because you were silent, but because they never fully experienced your presence.

In this episode of Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks, executive leadership strategist Lena Morris examines one of the most expensive and rarely discussed challenges in high-performing organizations: absent leadership presence.

Leaders who are everywhere can become fully present nowhere. Their bodies may be in the room while their attention remains trapped in the previous conversation, the next meeting, a new email, a buzzing device, or the crisis waiting outside.

Your team notices.

You will also learn Lena’s four-step Pre ...