David E. Morrison III, M.D. (Daven)
Senior Advisor
Spencer Legacy Group
Director of Medical Services
Director of Individual Consultations
Morrison and Associate, LTD.
Chicago
Daven Morrison, M.D. is a board certified psychiatrist. Working on Morrison Associates’ projects since 1980, Daven began as a full-time consultant in 1996. As Director of Medical Services and Director of Individual Consultations, his primary roles include leading individual consultations for executives, facilitating seminars, and developing new products. His current suite of education programs include an in-house program, Making Performance Management Discussions Work for You, which is designed to help managers and their direct reports develop a sense of mastery around tough discussions on performance. His course has been adapted for internal training and education programs at Accenture, Food Lion, Kraft and Motorola.
Daven’s analytical expertise and caring style of practice have made him a sought-after advisor and expert in both executive and family situations. As a mental health practitioner and physician, his practice areas bridge the worlds of medicine, management performance, family leadership challenges and family and business success.
Daven was born in New York City, and raised in Topeka, Kansas and Barrington, Illinois. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1988 with a degree in Spanish literature, in 1992 from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Daven’s psychiatric residency was completed at University Hospitals of Case Western in Cleveland in 1996. He was a Chief Resident his final year. He is an active Board member of the Information Integrity Coalition and a board member and an Officer of the Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry. He is also a member of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry where he is on the Committee for Work and Organizations.