Taryn Marie Stejskal, Ph.D.
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Taryn Marie Stejskal, Ph.D.
Keynote Speaker
Founder and Chief Resilience Officer of the Resilience Leadership Institute, Former Head of Executive Leadership Development and Talent Strategy at Nike, Former Head of Global Leadership Development at Cigna
Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal is an international expert on resilience focused on positively impacting and empowering individuals, teams, and organizations to grow and accelerate by leveraging The Five Practices of Highly Resilient People framework, developed over two decades of research.
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As the #1 international expert on resilience and mental wellbeing, Dr. Taryn Marie has inspired audiences ranging from big stages of thousands to intimate gatherings of executives, sharing how we can all effectively face the inevitable moments of challenge, change, and complexity. LA Progressive magazine calls her “the go-to person” and “a secret weapon” for organizations and teams who want to find their edge and rise above the competition. She has received standing ovations from audiences on topics related to change, leadership, confidence, compassion & empathy, innovation, well-being, and, of course, resilience.
She is a #1 Wall Street Journal (WSJ) best-selling author of the book, The Five Practices of Highly Resilient People: Why Some Flourish When Others Fold, and the Founder and Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of the Resilience Leadership Institute (RLI). By conducting two decades of original research on resilience, Dr. Taryn Marie developed the empirically based framework, The Five Practices of Highly Resilient People, and believes that resilience is the key to individual, teams, and organizational growth and acceleration across the globe. Her mission is to positively impact the lives of 1 billion people through the practices of resilience. Prior to founding RLI, she served as the Head of Executive Leadership Development & Talent Strategy at Nike, as well as Head of Global Leadership Development at Cigna.
Global Gurus has recognized Dr. Taryn Marie as a Top 30 Thinker in Leadership, she is a Marshall Goldsmith Top 100 Global Executive Coach (MG100), and she was a finalist for the Tony Hsieh Award, named for the former CEO of Zappos, awarded to those who are leading human capital innovation. Her work has been featured by Fox and NBC News, Bloomberg Business, Thrive Global, and Forbes. Her TEDx talk entitled “How Resilience Breaks Us Out of Our Vulnerability Cage” has been viewed over 1 million times!
Dr. Taryn Marie earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, along with master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park, and completed pre- and postdoctoral fellowships in neuropsychology at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. She is the host of the top 1% acclaimed podcast Flourish or Fold: Stories of Resilience, where well-known people tell their less well-known stories of facing challenges to remind us that adversity is a necessary ingredient in life.
She is honored to be an ambassador for The African Community and Conservation Foundation (ACCF), along with serving as a sought-after trusted advisor and board member, to amplify resilience, engagement, and talent strategy. She also serves as Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Chief Happiness Officer (CHO) for Wicked Happy, a global aspirational apparel brand that promotes positivity and possibility through inspirational messages. Her two sons, Samson and Sawyer, are always teaching her about resilience!
“Uplifting. Thought-provoking. Unforgettable. Your life and view of the world will not be the same after hearing Dr. Taryn Marie speak!”
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Why Resilience is No Longer a ‘Soft Skill’ in the Age of AI and Beyond
As AI and technological advances continue to be cornerstones in our world of work, with machines taking over many “hard skills” formerly carried out by humans, the result is that skills previously considered “soft”, such as leadership, communication, and empathy are and will continue to separate organizations that flourish from those that flounder. In a business landscape characterized by “technologification”, for the first time, humanity will be in shorter supply than technology, meaning that investments made in leadership and deepening human connection will become an even more significant differentiator.
Therefore, resilience is no longer a “soft skill”, it is the key ingredient for those who wish to amplify their change agility, enhance their personal leadership, and are looking for an edge when navigating disruption and uncertainty. Yet, how do we identify, let alone cultivate resilience for leaders, teams, and enterprise culture? The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People provides the blueprint, based upon two decades of empirical research, to identify, develop, and amplify resilience to both enhance the quality of relationships and engagement inside organizations, alongside providing the skills required to empower individuals, leaders, and teams to sustainably and effectively navigate large-scale change and uncertainty.
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The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People: Why Some Flourish When Others Fold
What are the attributes that determine whether your leaders, teams, and organization will flourish or fold in times of change and transition? After conducting twenty years of research to understand how people effectively face challenge, resilience has emerged as the key differentiator that sustains people in moments of difficulty, ambiguity, and adversity.
In this signature keynote, Dr. Taryn Marie shares the myths that have clouded our understanding of resilience and invites audiences to look within themselves, rather than outside of themselves for resilience. She inspires audiences with the practical, tangible, and evidence-based framework, The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People, based on her #1 WSJ Bestselling book, where attendees will identify and adopt practices that will enhance their wellbeing and sustain their resilience.
Attendees: will
- Learn the 5 practices of highly resilient people
- Appreciate the importance of empathy & authenticity in leadership
- Understand the pervasive myths that often block their ability to access resilience
- Increase resilience and reduce stress, exhaustion, and burnout
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Resilience is a Team Sport: A Model for Transformation, Team Engagement, and Retention
Resilience is not an individual pursuit – it’s a team sport. The commonality amongst the most effective leaders and teams is a commitment to developing a culture of resilience, along with empathy. By fostering resilience and developing the whole person, team members move from a mentality of “crossing the finish line first” to “how we cross the finish line together.”
The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People is a proven method to help your team enhance resilience and transform their leadership while boosting productivity, engagement, and retention, along with deepening relationships.
Attendees will:
- Learn the 5 practices of highly resilient people
- Build a culture of team resilience & have a renewed sense of trust & purpose in for work
- Understand how to amplify positive team dynamics that enhance productivity & engagement
- Reignite their commitment to team & organization
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From Burnout to Balance: Practices to Restore & Optimize Engagement
The sheer volume of challenge and rate of change has left people feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. In this signature talk, Dr. Taryn Marie provides practical, actionable, and research-based solutions for individuals, teams, and organizations to find greater balance, peace, and well-being.
Drawing on her unique background heading global leadership development for organizations across the globe, and her empirical framework, The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People, this keynote provides a roadmap for how we can flourish in our places of work.
Attendees will:
- Receive practical, time-tested strategies to increase resilience, reduce stress, & enhance engagement
- Feel equipped to manage the ups and downs of life
- Understand how to build team & organizational practices that enhance well-being
- Recognize and combat burnout, exhaustion, and stress
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