Walter Nusbaum

Meet Walter

Author, Speaker, and Executive Coach

Walter Nusbaum has spent two decades advising executives, coaching high performance teams, and guiding organizations towards building healthy cultures. He blends psychology, leadership science, and practical experience to help drive change.

Walter Nusbaum - Executive Coach

Walter Nusbaum is President of The Nusbaum Group and the author of five books, including "Do You Have What It Takes?" and "The Sink."

Walter is a highly sought after speaker who travels the country speaking on leadership, driving employee engagement and the art and science of shaping healthy organizational cultures. He has spent the past 20 years speaking to and working closely with senior executive teams, managers/supervisors and non-profit organizations of all sizes. From the small private firm to the Fortune 500 corporation, Walter takes key growth strategies and helps to implement them in order to drive greater growth, productivity, and excellence!

Walter’s academic background is in strategic management, philosophy and leadership development. He lives in Denton, Texas with his wife Stacey and their 4 children.

Books by Walter

The Sink

A practical challenge to leave things better than you found them and build cultures of ownership and initiative.

ISBN 9781942557883 with Daren Martin

Do You Have What It Takes?

Walter's V.I.C.T.O.R.Y. framework for vision, initiative, character, time stewardship, optimism, relational strength, and yearning.

ISBN 9780986323614

Driftwood

A modern fable about purpose, direction, and the danger of drifting through life without intention.

Conversational Stoppers

A direct guide to the habits that quietly derail communication and weaken trust in relationships and leadership.

with Stacey Nusbaum

The Sink for Kids

A memorable way to teach responsibility, kindness, and initiative to younger readers.

ISBN 9781956370874 with Daren Martin

Signature Beliefs

  • Leadership is a mindset, not a title
  • Leave things better than you found them
  • Pursuing excellence as a way of life
  • Momentum is created, not inherited

Credentials

  • Executive coach to 500+ senior leaders
  • Author of 5 books
  • 20+ years of coaching and speaking experience
  • Trusted advisor to leading organizations