Executive Coach · Author · Speaker

We've engineered leadership to the brink of burnout. Here's how to lead with presence, not performance.

Two decades inside a five-billion-dollar industrial company taught me a single thing: the strongest leaders aren't the most flawless; they're the most whole. I help senior leaders integrate intellect and intuition, strategy and soul, into a way of leading that holds up under pressure.

PhD · Engineering MBA Harvard Business School
Nathan Murfield, PhD
What Leaders Say

"Nathan Murfield has the rare combination of deep intellectual rigor and genuine human warmth. His framework doesn't just describe great leadership; it makes you want to become it."

Kevin Wilde Former Chief Learning Officer, General Mills · Executive Fellow, University of Minnesota

"Transparency leads better than perfection ever could, because performative leadership is a terrible strategy. Leading Wholly teaches us that people don't follow perfection; they follow trust, and trust begins when leaders show up as actual human beings."

Todd Caponi, CSP® Author of The Transparency Sale, The Transparent Sales Leader, and Four Levers Negotiating
The Work

Three Ways to Engage.

Built for senior leaders who are done performing strength and ready to develop it.

For Individuals Coaching

One-on-one engagements for senior leaders. Three-month and six-month tracks, plus a single-session Clarity option. Delivered through Trafora.

From $7,500 · Clarity Session $397 Explore Coaching →
For Audiences Speaking

Keynotes, leadership conferences, executive offsites. Two decades of executive experience grounded in the Leading Wholly framework.

From $7,500 · Inquire Explore Speaking →
For Teams Training

Custom workshops and cohort programs. Half-day, full-day, and multi-session formats for senior leadership teams and executive cohorts.

From $5,000 half-day · $2,500 per participant cohort Explore Training →
The Framework

Six aspects.
One integrated practice. Built on curiosity, courage, and imperfection.

Diversity. Emotional intelligence. Lifelong learning. Adaptability. Authentic self-expression. Team empowerment. Not six skills to master; six dimensions to integrate. Humanity, not hierarchy, is the competitive advantage.

Read About the Framework
Leading Wholly by Nathan Murfield · book cover
The Book · September 2026

Leading Wholly.

The case for leading with curiosity, courage, and imperfection. Out September 2026 from Ideapress. The framework that anchors the coaching, the speaking, the training; written down, in full.