Leading Wholly
Lead with your whole self — not just your strengths.
For decades, leadership advice has told us to double down on strengths, hide flaws, and project confidence at all costs. The result? Leaders who are polished but distant. Competent but disconnected.
Leading Wholly flips the script. Drawing on research, real stories, and lived experience, Nathan Murfield, Ph.D., shows that the most effective leaders aren’t the ones who look perfect — they’re the ones who lead from their whole selves.
Because leadership isn’t about performance. It’s about presence.
What You’ll Learn
Inside Leading Wholly, you’ll discover:
Why perfection is overrated — and how imperfection builds trust.
The six essential aspects of whole-person leadership: diversity, adaptability, lifelong learning, emotional intelligence, empowerment, and authenticity.
How to integrate strengths and struggles into a leadership style that actually works.
Practical tools and reflection prompts you can use immediately with your team.
Why It’s Different
Most leadership books focus on one trait — grit, vulnerability, or emotional intelligence.
Leading Wholly shows how these qualities work best together.
This integrated framework blends science, story, and humor to give leaders something both deeply human and immediately actionable — a way to lead with empathy, courage, and wholeness in a world that needs more real leaders.
Who It’s For
Emerging leaders finding their voice.
Experienced leaders seeking a more sustainable, human-centered approach.
Organizations ready to build teams rooted in trust, resilience, and authenticity.
Coming July 2026
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