Mari Ryan
CVP

Mari Ryan

MBA, MHP, CWP

MA, US
A widely recognized speaker for her expertise in workplace well-being strategy and creating people-centric workplaces.
certified virtual presenter

As CEO and founder of Advancing Wellness, Mari Ryan is a workplace well-being strategist guiding organizations to create people-centric workplaces. During her career, she has worked with businesses of all sizes from start-ups to global powerhouses such as Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and Northrup Grumman. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise.

Mari is the author of The Thriving Hive: How People-Centric Workplaces Ignite Engagement and Fuel Results, winner of the 2019 Axiom Business Book Award.

Mari holds a Bachelor Degree from Lesley University, an MBA from Boston University, and a Masters in Health Promotion from Nebraska Methodist College. She is a certified Worksite Wellness Program Consultant and is a certified facilitator in a number of evidence-based behavior change programs.

Mari 's Virtual Presenter Certificate

As CEO and founder of Advancing Wellness, Mari Ryan is a workplace well-being strategist guiding organizations to create people-centric workplaces. During her career, she has worked with businesses of all sizes from start-ups to global powerhouses such as Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and Northrup Grumman. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise.

Mari is the author of The Thriving Hive: How People-Centric Workplaces Ignite Engagement and Fuel Results, winner of the 2019 Axiom Business Book Award.

Mari holds a Bachelor Degree from Lesley University, an MBA from Boston University, and a Masters in Health Promotion from Nebraska Methodist College. She is a certified Worksite Wellness Program Consultant and is a certified facilitator in a number of evidence-based behavior change programs.

Mari 's Virtual Presenter Certificate

The Thriving Hive: How People-Centric Workplaces Ignite Engagement and Fuel Results

Taking care of your customers is important. Taking care of your employees is more important. Employees take care of your customers. In this entertaining and engaging event, Mari uses the metaphor of a beehive to show how people-centric workplaces engage employees and produce meaningful business results. Using The Thriving Hive framework, participants learn the key elements that create a thriving workplace.
Audience ActivityEducational / Informative

The Power of Focus - Being Fully Present

Are you present in your day - really present? We are often distracted with all that comes at us each day and all the responsibilities we are attempting to manage. This session addresses the power of focus to be really present in our lives. Participants will learn how one of our common daily habits - multi-tasking - impacts our attention and ability to be present. The session will also address techniques for improving focus. Key topics covered include:

• How our ability to be present is...

BusinessAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

Workplace of the Future

The workplace of the future will be different than it is today. But just how different will it be? Today the lines between work and life are increasingly bluring. There are many human captial, macro economic and technology trends that impact the workplace, including: how people are employed, such as the gig economy; new built environment standards, such as the WELL Building Standard that consider the people in the workplace in all aspects of building design and operation; workplace culture...

Audience ActivityEducational / Informative

Well-being as a Talent Management Strategy

Effective talent management is essential to business success. If you can't attract the right people, you can't meet your business objectives. Once you attract them, they need to be happy, productive, and stay with your organization; or you can't meet your business objectives. Increasingly job candidates are evaluating the culture and work-life characteristics of an organization before they even consider taking a job. Can you attract and retain the right people if you aren't looking after...

Audience ActivityEducational / Informative
Mari 's Virtual Presenter Certificate