Nathan Wiita is a trusted adviser and performance partner to boards, CEOs and CEO aspirants, bringing more than two decades of experience at the intersection of executive leadership, peak performance and psychology. Trained as a consulting psychologist, Nathan works with senior leaders to understand drivers of current-state performance and identify the levers that unlock greater outcomes. Clients value his candor, partnership and sustained investment in their long-term success.
Nathan specializes in helping leaders, leadership teams and broader organizations create value through change, uncertainty and adversity. This includes preparing CEOs and executive leaders to navigate role transitions, advising boards on its critical most succession priorities and enabling enterprise leadership team performance. His work also focuses heavily on delivering high-impact and actionable executive assessment insights, laying a foundation for effective and meaningful executive development. Nathan has a particular focus on industrial companies and other high-stakes, performance-critical environments.
Drawing on a distinctive blend of psychological and business insight, Nathan partners with leaders to uncover what drives — and constrains — their performance, helping them build the capabilities and mindset required to excel.
Deep expertise in executive leadership performance
- A former collegiate athlete, Nathan spent years chasing peak performance for himself before channeling that passion into helping others. This foundation continues to shape his work, informing an approach that balances aspiration with realism, challenge with support and high standards with a human approach.
- Nathan’s research has been featured in publications including Harvard Business Review, Chief Executive and Fast Company, and he has presented at conferences for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science.
- Earlier in his career, he led innovation and research at RHR International and held roles with NCR Corp. and Parker Executive Search.
Nathan holds a doctorate and master’s degree in industrial-organizational psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was a presidential fellow. He earned his bachelor’s degree with honors in psychology from Lehigh University, where he was a member of the varsity soccer team.