FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Valparaiso University

January 21, 2022

FEATURED TOPIC

When we tell our resilience story, two powerful things happen:

We deepen our own resilience when we share our resilience story generously with others so they can learn the lessons of our experience vicariously.

We role model vulnerability, encouraging ourselves and others to not be held hostage by the fear of being vulnerable, and instead, to step forward in vulnerability, breaking out of our vulnerability cages

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Speaker Profile


Taryn Marie Stejskal, Ph.D., is an internationally sought-after Keynote & Virtual Keynote speaker who addresses both conferences and corporations. Her groundbreaking qualitative research unlocks the potential to harness resilience, and her accessible, thoughtful, engaging, and interactive style connects deeply with audiences who are both motivated and marvel at their previously unappreciated resilience.

  • Former Head, of Nike's Global Executive Leadership Development

  • Author of the highly anticipated book Flourish or Fold: The Five Practices of Particularly Resilient People

  • Lead, Nike’s Global Executive Leadership Development Strategy

  • Former Head, Cigna’s Leadership Development & Executive Programs

  • Doctorate degree, University of Maryland, College Park

  • Neuropsychology Fellow with the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

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