Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal

Dr. Stejskal is considered the #1 international expert on resilience and leadership after conducting a decade and a half of research, giving rise to the evidence-based framework.

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Reasons to book Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal

She is recognized as a leading global authority on resilience, wellbeing, and mental health.
She has spend her life researching resilience and is now married to the love of her life, and together, they have a family of five children, two biological and three bonus children, who are always teaching her about resilience!

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Resilience expert shares insights on mental health & wellbeing

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 to 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 is a #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of the book,
The Five Practices of Highly Resilient People: Why some flourish when others fold
, and the Founder and Chief Resilience Officer 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, 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 lesser well-known story of facing challenge 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, 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 and Chief Happiness Officer for Wicked Happy, a global aspirational apparel brand that promotes positivity and possibility through inspirational messages.

Customer Reviews

Taryn’s presentation was impactful and valuable to our organization. Not only was the topic of resilience extremely relevant, but the way she presented her methodology was clear and easy to understand. She taught us how to access & practice resilience both at work at at home… her message was inspiring, genuine, and full of a-ha moments.

Pamay BasseyChief Learning Officer, Kraft Heinz

Taryn has incredible empathy and intuition, so it’s no surprise that she is such a great coach! During the time that I worked with Taryn, I experienced firsthand her ability to quickly tune into what’s happening with others and ask critical questions to laser focus on what’s most important.

Andrea ButcherPresident HRD, Talent Strategist

Taryn is an eloquent, effective communicator motivated by care and compassion. She approaches her life from a place of gratitude. She applies these traits in every relationship and interaction. Taryn’s partnership has been integral to helping me obtain a deeper level of introspection, self-awareness, embrace vulnerability and grow in my resilience.

Matthew BennettPresident, Cigna Medical Group

I have heard a lot of talks over the years and [Dr. Taryn Marie’s keynote] was one of the best; clear, concise, relevant, and inspiring. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

David ButcherHead of Medical Affairs, ViiV Healthcare

Interesting. Provocative. Exactly what we needed to start of 2022 ….

Roger HochschildCEO, Discover Financial Services

It was absolutely incredible – she was inspirational, exciting, and engaging. Our group LOVED her. We have already gotten great feedback. Thank you SO much for helping us to coordinate getting her as a speaker we were blown away.

Leah S. JonesAmbulatory Allscripts