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Jayson Morris

Jayson Morris

Executive Coach, ICF - Professional Certified

Jayson leverages over 20 years of diverse experience in corporate, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors, combined with a deep commitment to personal development, to empower his clients and guide them toward achieving new levels of professional and personal growth.

Throughout his career, Jayson has thrived in various roles, from the fast-paced world of investment banking to helping to scale one of the fastest-growing international nonprofits in history. He has also made significant contributions in venture philanthropy, where he helped to invest millions in early-stage funding and provide thought partnerships to dynamic social impact organizations addressing critical global challenges in health, education, livelihoods, and poverty alleviation.

As an Executive Coach and leadership facilitator, Jayson combines his extensive experience with a wide range of coaching modalities. He holds certifications as an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach and a certified integral coach with New Ventures West.  Jayson is dually certified in the Enneagram personality-type tool and has received training in somatics (body-based intelligence) for leaders, emergent (presence-based) coaching, and embodied racial equity. He continually adds new coaching modalities and business acumen to his toolkit to best support his clients.

In addition to individual coaching, Jayson designs and facilitates workshops on various topics such as the Enneagram, emotional intelligence, navigating difficult conversations, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), all aimed at enhancing team effectiveness and collaboration.

Recent Coaching Assignments

  • Founder/CEO shifts leadership and communication style to uplevel his senior team increases trust & psychological safety in his company and creates healthier relationships at home.
  • Second-time Founder/CEO restores confidence in her leadership and develops a greater ability to inspire her team.
  • Head of Global e-Commerce increases his emotional intelligence, improves communication skills, and strengthens his abilities to lead and delegate to his team.
  • Chief Marketing Officer increases her personal resilience and addresses burnout, learns how to delegate and say no more effectively, and maps future career trajectory.
  • The newly hired Senior Director creates a positive, inclusive work culture and capitalizes on huge job opportunities given to her.
  • Founder/ CEO addresses exhaustion & burnout, improves communication with his team, and strengthens self-awareness of how his energy and moods impact his team.
  • A new mid-level V.P. develops more executive presence and more confidence in her ability to lead her new team.
  • Founder/CEO alleviates exhaustion & burnout and shifts her perspective to be more relaxed and positive with her team and in life in general.
  • A newly promoted mid-level manager overcomes imposter syndrome, improves communication skills, and learns how to best support her team.

 Recent Team Facilitation

  • Workshop for new managers on strengthening their emotional intelligence and how to build the emotional intelligence of their teams
  • An interactive workshop on ‘Navigating Difficult Conversations’ for leaders
  • Workshop on bringing a coaching mindset into your leadership
  • Leveraging the Enneagram personality type map to increase self-awareness, understand teammates better, and foster more team cohesion & communication
Education and Professional Affiliations
  • Professional Certified Coach by the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
  • Certified Integral Coach by New Ventures West
  • Certified Enneagram Practitioner for Individuals & Team by iEQ9
  • Certified Professional Enneagram Coach by Chestnut Paes Enneagram Academy (July 2023)
  • Additional coaching education in somatic (body-based) intelligence & leadership through the Strozzi Institute & the Hendricks Institute
  • Embodied racial equity training with Education for Racial Equity (ERE) & Resmaa Menakem
  • Member of Flourish Consulting Collective & Activate Inclusion
  • New Ventures West Faculty Member
  • Bachelor’s Science in Business Administration (with a concentration in Finance) from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business

 Personal Notes

  • Avid mountain biker, backpacker, and scuba diver (Dive Master level)
  • World traveler having visited 70+ countries, all 7 continents, and spent at least a year of my life on 5 of them.
  • Long-time Vipassana meditator
  • Have been studying/hacking sleep and nutrition for decades
  • Former Krav Maga self-defense instructor

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