High Performance Leadership

Is Mentally Healthy Leadership 

I help leaders and teams become self-aware, steady under stress, and present — and I help anxious and atypical achievers thrive by working with their wiring, not against it.

Keynotes · Workshops · Leadership advisory

As seen on TED · SXSW · World Economic Forum · Harvard · Host of The Anxious Achiever — 10M+ downloads · Author, The Anxious Achiever & The Atypical Achiever (HBR Press)

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What mentally healthy leadership actually looks like:

The strongest leaders I've studied aren't the ones who feel the least pressure. They're the ones who understand their own minds. My work is built on four pillars:

Self-understanding — knowing how your brain works, and leading from it.
Emotional flexibility — responding instead of reacting, under any conditions.
Stress literacy — reading your own nervous system as leadership data.
Mindfulness — staying present and clear when the stakes are highest.

“A truly memorable, groundbreaking day. Morra brought essential skills for better leadership and mental health.” –Google

“#1 among all our speakers.” –Private Equity Chair

“A frank, funny voice for our high-achieving professionals.” –O’Melveny & Myers

“Highly recommended. Over 2300 learned how to make anxiety a strength.” –Alumni Learning Consortium

“Morra killed it, she nailed it, she transcended it, she reinvented it..." –Educational Administrator at Harvard teaching hospital

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  • KEYNOTES

    ✓ Reframe “negative” emotions into leadership strengths and learn a powerful new model to manage stress and anxiety that comes with leading and succeeding

    ✓ Lessen burnout, distraction, and overwhelm. Communicate better.

    ✓ Catalyze healthier, more engaged teams.

  • WORKSHOPS

    ✓ Break free from emotions that keep us ashamed, stressed, and stuck-- and help our teams feel that way, too

    ✓ Develop evidence-based skills to manage the anxiety that comes from leading in uncertain times

    ✓ Gain a quieter mind, make better decisions, and make positive change possible–for yourself, and your team.

  • CONSULTING

    ✓ Optimize your workplace mental health spending and program delivery

    ✓ Minimize employee strain and anxiety through uncomfortable organizational changes and transformation

    ✓ Repair teams stuck in bad habits, poor communication, and burnout. 

Here’s what you can expect after working with Morra:

Executives

Who can connect and inspire because they've cultivated a profound self-awareness.

Leaders

Who can navigate uncertain times with a calm, steady hand and emerge stronger from challenge.

Managers

Who create high performing work environments and team members who want to come to work.

Morra’s Award-Winning Books

THE ANXIOUS ACHIEVER:

Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower

  • Financial Times Best Book of the Month

  • Top 10 Management Book of the Year, Thinkers50

  • Next Big Idea Club book pick

  • Featured in Boston Globe, Wall St. Journal, TED, Fortune, Quartz, and CNBC

HIDING IN THE BATHROOM:

How to Get Out There When You’d Rather Stay Home

  • Amazon bestseller

  • Popular keynote

  • Praised by Susan Cain, Publishers Weekly, Wall St. Journal, and more

Morra’s Podcast

The Anxious Achiever from LinkedIn Presents

  • Top 10 Management podcast

  • Signal Award winner for "Best Commute Podcast"

  • Webby Awards honoree Best Business podcast

  • World’s expert guests address psychological safety, accent bias, anxiety, perfectionism, ADHD, depression. and entrepreneurship