Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal

Two decades ago, Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal set out to see if commonalities existed in how  people effectively faced the inevitable experience of challenge, change, and complexity (The 3  C’s). Not only did she find that there are commonalities amongst how the most resilient people  aligned their mindset and skillset in moments of adversity, she found that those qualities  differentiated those who flourished from those who folded. As a result, Dr. Taryn Marie has  developed the only empirically based framework to support and enhance the resilience of  individuals, leaders, teams, and organizations, The Five Practices of Highly Resilient People. To  create this framework, Dr. Taryn Marie interviewed hundreds of people and reviewed  thousands of pieces of data to guide others in effectively facing challenge, change, and  complexity (The 3 C’s) in both leadership and life. She is the Founder and Chief Resilience  Officer (CRO) of Resilience Leadership Institute (RLI), and she is recognized #1 international  expert on resilience, mental health, and wellbeing.  

Dr. Taryn Marie and RLI’s mission is to positively impact the lives of 1 billion people by 2030 through sharing the practices of resilience that enhance hope, healing, and health, and create enhanced leadership skill and consciousness. LA Progressive magazine wrote that Dr. Taryn  Marie “the go-to person” and “a secret weapon” for people who want to find and maintain  their edge as well as rise above the competition.

She has been recognized for her groundbreaking work including as a 2022 finalist for the  Zappos / Tony Hsieh entrepreneur of the year award, highlighting those who are innovating  workplaces to be more human focused increased engagement, happiness, and development. As a Marshall Goldsmith Top 100 Coach Globally (MG100), through the 2022 Continental Who’s Who award for her executive leadership coaching, and as a Global Gurus Top 30 Thinker (#25)  on Leadership across the globe.

Dr. Taryn Marie is the author of the #1 Wall Street Journal (WSJ) bestselling book entitled The  Five Practices of Highly Resilient People: Why some flourish when others fold. Published in  partnership with global top three publisher, Hachette, and Brene’ Brown executive editor from  Daring Greatly, The Five Practices book is endorsed by Arianna Huffington, Daniel Pink, Kathy  Ireland, Keith Ferrazzi, Marshall Goldsmith, and Quinton Aaron, the star of the academy award winning film, The Blind Side. The Five Practices book has already become a bestseller, debuting  at #3 on Barnes & Noble and #1 in several categories including Personal Growth and Business.

Dr. Taryn Marie and the RLI partners with both U.S. and global multi-national companies on a  variety of solutions and products: Keynote presentations, workshops and training, executive  coaching, group coaching, talent strategy and succession planning, high potential and executive  programs, facilitation of executive / senior leadership offsites and retreats, the asynchronous online course entitled Flourish, and the bestselling The 5 Practices book. She is a thought leader  and speaks on topics focused on on resilience as foundational skillset and mindset for leadership development and learning in areas of change and leadership agility, enterprise DEIB initiatives, women in leadership, burnout, exhaustion, and stress, mental health & wellbeing,  retaining top talent, innovation, and confidence.

Dr. Taryn Marie’s work has been featured by Fox and NBC News, Bloomberg Business, TEDx  (her TEDX talk entitled, How Resilience Breaks Us Out of Our Vulnerability Cage, went “viral”  and has been viewed by over 1.3M people), Worldwide with Kathy Ireland, Thrive Global, and  Forbes. Prior to founding RLI, she served as the Head of Executive Leadership Development &  Talent Strategy at Nike, aligned with the CEO and his executive team, overseeing development  for the top 400 VP’s, and Nike’s athlete partners, as well as Head of Global Leadership
Development at Cigna across 86 countries globally. Dr. Taryn Marie hosts the acclaimed top 5% podcast entitled Flourish or Fold: Stories of Resilience, where well-known people tell their less er well-known stories of facing The 3 C’s.

Dr. Taryn Marie 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. 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 honored to serve as a sought-after trusted advisor and board member to amplify  resilience, engagement, and talent strategy. Currently, she serves as the Chief Wellness Officer  for Lifewrite, a platform leveraging the latest in AI technology dedicated to enhancing mental  health and wellbeing through by harnessing the power of our human expression through  writing. Her two sons, Samson and Sawyer are always teaching her about resilience!