Meet Dennis & Michelle Reina
Michelle Reina, PhD and Dennis Reina, PhD are each internationally sought after trust-building consultants, speakers and executive coaches.
Having been deeply engaged in the research and application of organizational trust-building principles since the early 1990s, both Michelle and Dennis are today considered pioneers in the field. Their work focuses on the comprehensive study of trust-building: defining it with measurable benchmarks and applying that knowledge to organizations so people and workplaces can thrive.
Their passion for trust is their life’s work.
Implementing what they have learned and teaching others to apply that knowledge into actionable steps is why Reina Trust Building Consultants was created. Making a difference matters: organizations they’ve worked with have experienced a 25% increase in engagement scores within nine months.
Together, Michelle and Dennis have co-authored two award-winning, best-selling books: Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace: Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization, (3rd ed.), and Rebuilding Trust in the Workplace: Seven Steps to Renew Confidence, Commitment and Energy.
Both have published numerous articles appearing in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, New York Times, Inc. Magazine, and Harvard Business Management Update. They have appeared on CNN, CNBC and a variety of radio shows.
Michelle and Dennis have received several leadership awards, including the Strategic Leadership Award by the World HRD Congress.
Their work has been published in peer review journals, including the American Journal of Critical Care. Awards include US Army Chief of Chaplains (2005), Nautilus Silver Book Award (2007), Top-100 Thought Leaders in America (2010) and Axiom Silver Business Book Award (2011).
Dr. Michelle Reina, PhD
Traced back to her 20s when she took on progressively more challenging responsibilities—from running a chain of stores to managing an operation with over 300 people and a $42 million budget—Michelle’s entrepreneurial spirit is an unstoppable force.
Those early experiences taught her to trust in herself to create new opportunities. Today, Michelle works tirelessly with women leaders and entrepreneurs, teaching how they can fully integrate trust-building into their professional and personal lives and thrive in their careers.
In 2017, she delivered the keynote address to participants at the World Women’s Leadership Conference in Mumbai, India.
Dr. Dennis Reina, PhD
Dennis’s life-long experience with team-based trust building started on the walls of Yosemite National Park in the 1970s, where he ran the Yosemite Mountaineering Center and taught rock climbing.
Today, he applies several decades of accumulated knowledge and experience: providing individual clients with a unique mix of executive coaching that fuses the development of bold risk-taking with gaining deeper self-awareness. This includes working with men to help them better express feelings and emotions as part of their professional journey in building effective relationships with others.