Taryn Marie Stejskal

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

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, 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, meaning that investments made in leadership and deepening human connection will become an even more significant differentiator.

In particular, resilience is not only 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 as a means to both enhance the quality of relationships and engagement inside organizations, alongside providing the skills required to empower leaders and teams to sustainably and effectively navigate large-scale change and uncertainty.

How do you harness your resilience story to create more strength and hope? From stories of self-discovery and transformation to stories of second chances after incarceration, we know very well the power of story. Yet oftentimes we believe we need to check our real-life resilience stories at the proverbial office door because we fear our own stories of facing hardship will signal weakness, rather than demonstrating strength.

Our stories of facing challenge, change, and complexity, the Big 3 C’s, are often the last stories we want to tell, but in hiding these meaningful experiences we miss meaningful opportunities to create greater connection, cohesion, and communication – within our most significant relationships personally and professionally.

By being brave enough to share our resilience stories, we engage in the greatest human alchemy that exists: When we share out resilience stories we transform those dark times of challenge, into a light we shine into the world, that illuminates the path of others, individuals, teams, and organizations as a whole, in the midst of their difficulty, to both uplift, inspire, and encourage them when they need it most.

• How to identify your resilience stories through the Reverse Bucket List
• Why we often hide from our resilience stories rather than capitalizing on our story as our superpower
• The three ingredients of a powerful resilience story that uplifts, inspires, and encourages
• An experiential exercise to demonstrate that the universal elements that connect us are greater than we imagine
• How to harness our innate vulnerability, authenticity, and empathy to stop hiding our resilience, and instead supercharge our story

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 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

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 we 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

How can organizations & leaders foster cultures that leverage innovation and creativity as fuel? While organizations have sought to understand the secret sauce that allows their people to effectively address challenge and pursue innovation, they often overlook a key ingredient that fosters innovation: resilience.

In this talk, Dr. Taryn Marie reveals how individuals, teams, and organization can harness and enhance resilience, through her proven framework, The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People, that help eliminate fear of failure and take action toward amplifying innovation to make the seemingly impossible, becomes possible.

Attendees will:

• UNDERSTAND HOW PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY IS A KEY FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION & CREATIVITY
• LEARN HOW THE 5 PRACTICES FRAMEWORK MAKES THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE
• APPRECIATE THE MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RESILIENCE, CREATIVITY, & INNOVATION

As the landscape continues to shift at lightning speeds with economic & digital advancements, including AI, leaders and teams have a golden opportunity to dig deep and uncover new ways to advance the future of work by harnessing courage, conviction, and candor.

In this insightful talk, Dr. Taryn Marie takes the audience through a proven framework to find grounding in times of high-stress and uncover opportunities that exist to propel the team & organization forward. Developing a culture of resilience is the antidote to the immense challenge, change and complexity we find ourselves in today.

Attendees will:

• LEARN HOW THE FIVE PRACTICES OF HIGHLY RESILIENT PEOPLE CAN SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS & TEAMS IN TIMES OF HIGH STRESS
• RECOGNIZE HOW TO FIND OPPORTUNITY IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY
• HEAR THE KEY MINDSET HACK LEVERAGED BY TOP LEADERS ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT OPTIMIZES PERFORMANCE
• UNDERSTAND WHY PERCEIVED FAILURE HITS WOMEN AND GIRLS HARDER AND HOW TO AVOID PARALYSIS

As a former executive at Cigna and Nike, Dr. Taryn Marie has a unique ability to support women with their ambition and desire to accomplish big goals without sacrificing personal life, well-being, or sanity. Her message of radical possibility, combined with The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People, leaves audiences inspired and equipped with practical tools.

Dr. Taryn Marie gives audiences a candid look at ways well-meaning women sacrifice wellness, sabotage themselves and others, and feel unworthy. She provides insight to uplift not only themselves, but those around them, with the ability to find a flow in both work and family life, while believing more deeply in their inherent enough-ness!

Attendees will:

• LEARN HOW THE 5 PRACTICES FRAMEWORK ALLOWS THEM TO ACCOMPLISH BIG GOALS
• IDENTIFY THE #1 THING THAT HOLDS THEM BACK FROM ACCOMPLISHING THEIR GOALS
• UNCOVER HOW TO LIVE A LIFE WITH LESS STRESS AND MORE MEANING
• APPRECIATE PROVEN METHODS TO AMPLIFY CONFIDENCE AND BANISH FEELINGS OF UNWORTHINESS FOR GOOD

You’ve totally got this. If you don’t believe that you’ve got this, you may think that mastering confidence something for other people. This inspirational and interactive talk will allow everyone to understand how to harness their confidence, once and for all!

Drawing from her work as Marshall Goldsmith’s Top 100 Coach and her empirical framework, The Five Practices of Highly Resilient People, Dr. Taryn Marie shows you how to apply key strategies high-level leaders and athletes use to amplify confidence. Because people aren’t born confident, confidence is developed through dedication and intentional practice!

Attendees will:

• UNCOVER THE 3 HIDDEN BELIEFS THAT DIMINISH THEIR POWER
• LEARN THE SECRETS TO BEAT PROCRASTINATION, OVERCOME PERFECTIONISM, AND STEP INTO NEW LEVEL OF PRODUCTIVITY
• UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF REGRET & UNCOVER HOW TO EFFECTIVELY BOOST CONFIDENCE PERSONALLY & PROFESSIONALLY