Monica murarka

 Monica partners with people, teams, and organizations to unlock the human and  organizational capacities required for extraordinary performance, meaningful change,  and lasting impact. Drawing on decades of experience, she combines deep expertise in  embodied leadership, team effectiveness, and organizational transformation to help  people, teams, and systems thrive under pressure and complexity.  

 For nearly three decades, Monica has advised organizations and leaders across  Fortune 500 companies, fast-growing businesses, foundations, non-profits, government  organizations, family-owned enterprises, and academic institutions throughout North  America, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Her expertise spans strategy,  organizational development, organizational effectiveness, leadership and board  effectiveness, succession planning, talent, culture, and large-scale transformation. She  is passionate about helping people, teams, and organizations develop the capacity to  create meaningful change—from the inside out, within their organizations, and across  the broader systems and ecosystems they influence.  

 Monica brings a combination of strategic rigor and more than 30 years of study and  practice in embodiment and human development. She teaches at the Strozzi Institute  for Somatics, where she develops leaders, trains somatic coaches and practitioners,  and teaches programs in embodied leadership, somatic coaching, and somatic  bodywork. She also co-designed and teaches the Embodied Leadership Pathway, a  multi-month leadership development program that helps leaders cultivate the embodied  capacities needed to thrive in complexity. Working at the intersection of strategy, human  development, and organizational transformation, Monica helps leaders strengthen trust,  relationships, and adaptive capacity to enable people, teams, and organizations to  thrive in complexity. 

 Prior to founding Amplify Yourself, Monica spent fifteen years with McKinsey &  Company, where she held global business and operational leadership roles, including  Global Head of the McKinsey Talent Network, Global Dean for McKinsey’s Executive  Transitions Masterclass, Global Management Head for McKinsey’s CEO & Board  Excellence Practice, and Global COO for McKinsey’s Organization Design Practice.  She designed leadership curricula, developed methodologies, facilitated executive  development programs for hundreds of senior leaders worldwide, and trained McKinsey  partners to serve as faculty and deliver executive education in executive transitions,  organizational design, leadership effectiveness, and CEO and board effectiveness.  

 Monica holds a BA magna cum laude from Tufts University and an MBA with honors  from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.