SPEAKING WITH LAUREN MORRISON

Lead as yourself.
Act with conviction.

Candid conversations about leadership, identity, and the decisions that move us forward.

Lauren brings corporate leadership experience, a coach’s perspective, and humour to the questions people often struggle to say out loud: How do I speak up? What’s keeping me stuck? What do I want to do differently?

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THE CONVERSATION

Make room for an honest conversation.

Advice to “be confident” or “just speak up” can overlook the expectations people carry into work and leadership.

Lauren explores how identity, learned beliefs, and workplace dynamics influence the way we show up. Her talks invite audiences to examine those pressures, question their assumptions, and identify a practical next step.

Her approach is direct, thoughtful, and grounded in real decisions.

SIGNATURE TOPICS

Leadership. Identity. Action.

Driven by curiosity and built on purpose, this is where bold thinking meets thoughtful execution. Let’s create something meaningful together.

How do you speak with authority when the expectations around you don’t fully reflect who you are? A conversation about self-trust, visibility, and the pressure to edit yourself to be accepted.

Audiences will explore how to:

  • Recognize expectations that influence how they lead.

  • Communicate their ideas and advocate for themselves.

  • Choose what they want to carry forward and what they want to change.

LEADERSHIP & IDNETITY

Lead as your whole self

EXECUTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY

The execution gap

Why don’t we do what we say we want to do? Lauren examines the beliefs, avoidance, and competing priorities that can keep capable people from following through.

Audiences will explore how to:

  • Identify what sits behind repeated delays.

  • Distinguish a meaningful priority from an inherited obligation.

  • Define a specific next action and a way to stay accountable.

Make the move.
Work through the doubt.

CAREER & BUSINESS TRANSITIONS

A new role, a business, or a different direction can bring uncertainty alongside ambition. Drawing on her own move from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship, Lauren explores how to make thoughtful choices while working through fear and self-doubt.

Audiences will explore how to:

  • Separate practical concerns from assumptions about their capability.

  • Clarify what they want their next chapter to offer.

  • Take a deliberate step before they feel completely ready.

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Lead at a new level.

Navigate greater responsibility and decide how you want to lead authentically.

Strengthen your influence.

Build your executive presence by work through the conversations, relationships and boundaries affecting your leadership.

Make your next decision.

Examine what you want, what is getting in the way, and what you will do next.

  • “I’ve never felt more equipped as a leader as I did when being coached by Lauren and I’d recommend her over and over again.”

    —Kabi Gishuru | SVP, GoFundMe

  • “In just a few sessions, we found momentum again and launched into a completely new phase of our work.”

    —Nitha Karanja | Co-Founder, Keja

  • “I was finally promoted and discovered my confidence.”

    —Katherine Hernandez

  • Her guidance has not only transformed how I show up for myself, but it’s also translated into how I lead at work.

    —Veronica Button | Performance Excellence Advisor, Stamford Health

  • Through Lauren's guidance, I have seen a significant transformation in my confidence and my ability to influence the spaces I'm in.

    —Keisha Mennefee | Founder, Honey Magnolia Press

  • "Lauren has the keen ability to pinpoint the root cause of an issue and frame it in a way that makes the issue more understandable and therefore more actionable."

    —Nathalie Brunache | Head of Product Management & Marketing, BASF

Conversations about leadership that people can actually use.

SPEAKING

Lauren speaks about the pressures that shape ambition, the reasons capable people hold back, and the gap between knowing what you want and acting on it.

Corporate experience, coaching, personal stories, humor, and candid questions that invite audiences to examine their own choices.

Lauren
Morrison, PCC

MEET YOUR COACH & SPEAKER

Executive & Leadership Coach

Lauren brings more than 15 years of experience in project management, business operations, strategy, and people leadership to her coaching practice.

In 2021, she left her corporate career in Toronto and relocated with her family to Los Angeles to build her own business. She now leads a multi-six-figure coaching practice, supporting executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals as they strengthen their leadership and pursue meaningful goals.

She speaks with candour about ambition, identity, and the work involved in making change.

A conversation shaped for your audience.

FORMATS & AUDIENCES

Lead at a new level.

Navigate greater responsibility and decide how you want to lead authentically.

Strengthen your influence.

Build your executive presence by work through the conversations, relationships and boundaries affecting your leadership.

Make your next decision.

Examine what you want, what is getting in the way, and what you will do next.

For leadership conferences, professional associations, women-of-colour communities, entrepreneurship events, and entertainment and creative industry gatherings.

SPEAKING INQUIRIES

Let’s talk about your event.

Tell me who you’re bringing together and what you want them to take away. We’ll discuss the topic, format, and fit for your audience.

Based in Los Angeles. Include your location or virtual format in your inquiry.