Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal Speaking Topics

• Resilience is No Longer a Soft Skill: Harnessing The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People 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, 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.

• Your Story is Your Superpower

  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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 we flourish in our places of work.

• The Not-so-Surprising Link Between Resilience, Innovation, & Creativity: Make the Impossible, Possible

  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.

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