Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal (pronounced Stay-skull) is the Founder and Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of Resilience Leadership Institute (RLI). She is a
#1 Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author and is recognized #1 international expert on resilience, mental health, and wellbeing in both leadership and life. Her mission is to positively impact the lives of 1 billion people, by enhancing hope, healing, and health as well as increased consciousness and enhanced leadership through the practices of resilience.
Global Gurus has recognized her as a Top 30 Thinker in Leadership, she is a Marshall Goldsmith Top 100 Coach Globally (MG100), and she was a finalist for the Tony Hsieh Award focused on people who are leading progressive and innovative change in the area of human capital. 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! LA Progressive magazine calls her “the go-to person” and “a secret weapon” for CEOs and executive leadership teams who want to find their edge as well as rise above the competition. Her bestselling book entitled The Five Practices of Highly Resilient People: Why Some Flourish When Others Fold is a #1 Wall Street Journal Best Seller. It was also ranked the #1 book in the world on Barnes & Noble and topped the book charts at #1 for Personal Growth and Self-Help & Relationships, #1 in Non Fiction, #1 in Motivational, #1 in Business Motivation & Self Improvement and many others on Amazon.