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Dr. Arin N. Reeves

Arin is a researcher, best-selling author, and trusted advisor to leaders navigating the evolving demands of leadership and workplace culture. She works at the intersection of emotional intelligence, energy management, human centered leadership, ethical influence, diversity and inclusion, generational dynamics, and organizational change.

Rooted in neurobehavioral research, her programs at the Nextions Academy examine how cognitive, emotional, and behavioral systems operate under pressure and translate that science into practical tools for sustainable performance and authentic leadership.

She is the founder and managing director of Nextions and has consulted with and coached leaders and organizations for more than twenty five years. A former practicing attorney and Northwestern University faculty member, she currently serves as a Fulbright Specialist focused on effective leadership models in global contexts.

Smarter Than a Liar

Winning Against Workplace Liars Without Losing Your Mind

You work hard. You care. You deliver results. And somewhere along the way, someone in your workplace has been lying — and it has been costing you.

Smarter Than a Liar is a structured, self-paced course built around three focused modules designed to help you recognize workplace deception, understand how it operates, and respond in ways that protect your credibility, your opportunities, and your peace of mind. Led by Dr. Arin N. Reeves, the course draws on decades of research, practice, and experience guiding professionals through some of the most disorienting dynamics in workplace life.

This is not about turning you into a human lie detector. It is a research-informed framework for understanding the game malignant liars play, decoding their playbook, and defining what winning actually looks like for you.

What You Will Learn

Understanding the Game
Learn why not all lies are the same and what makes a lie malignant. Shift from moral outrage to strategic clarity so you can stop responding to the wrong problem.
Understanding the Opponent's Playbook
Examine the predictable tactics malignant liars use: how they get in, how they stay, and how they use fear, confusion, and gaslighting to keep you off balance.
Winning Without Losing Your Mind
Define what winning actually means in your situation. Identify the insanity traps to avoid and the next smart moves that protect your work, your credibility, and your peace of mind.

SMARTER THAN A LIAR

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Self-Paced · 3 Modules

6 Months Access

$100

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Each module includes focused instruction and guided application tools — The Lie Classification Tool, The Playbook Decoder, and The Smarter Than a Liar Game Plan — so you can immediately translate insight into action. Dr. Reeves does not simply present information; she walks you through the frameworks in a way that is personally relevant, practically grounded, and immediately usable.

You will have six months of access to the course, allowing you to revisit individual modules as situations evolve and new challenges arise. The structure is deliberate. The tools are practical. The goal is not justice or punishment — it is protecting what matters to you while you keep moving forward.

Smarter Than a Liar is part of the Nextions Academy's growing curriculum on strategic influence, ethical leadership, and navigating complexity in professional environments.

Books

Selected Works by Dr. Arin N. Reeves

The Next IQ

The Next Level of Intelligence for the 21st Century Leaders

This book illustrates a change in the way we think -- the transformation of leadership from being rooted in individual expertise to being formed by multiple and diverse perspectives. If you want to take your organization to the next level, you will need that next level of intelligence in order to think, learn and compete in the increasingly seamless global marketplace of the 21st century. This book is an essential addition to your library. With this accessible and innovative book, you can make your business, firm, or organization more intelligent for the way the world works today.

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One Size Never Fits All

Business Development Strategies Tailored for Women (And Most Men)

Women continue to trail their male counterparts in making it to the very top leadership positions in professional service firms. Research demonstrates that the ability to develop business is a greater obstacle for women's success than any other reason. Through original research, Dr. Reeves illustrates how women often are more successful in certain aspects of business development (networking, establishing relationships, delivering excellence in client service), but firms primarily reward closing the sale and getting the credit for the sale. Dr. Reeves explains why most women fall prey to this flawed traditional business development approach and offers a series of alternative approaches that professional women, as well as the firms in which they work, should use instead.

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Smarter Than a Lie

Winning Against Liars Without Losing Your Mind

While most of us live by the same moral code, we aren't armed with the tools to deal with the liars who do not. Our brains are hardwired to make it more likely we will believe liars, and fall prey to manipulators through truth bias, trust bias, and authority bias. In this book, nationally-recognized workplace researcher Dr. Arin N. Reeves delves into the world of liars, the lies they tell, and the ways in which each of us can be smarter than the lies we encounter, especially in professional environments and public spaces. Smarter Than A Lie will help you understand why liars lie, why their lies are effective, and the most effective strategies to counteract liars and overcome their lies.

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In Charge

The Energy Management Guide for Badass Women Who Are Tired of Being Tired

In her book, In Charge, Dr. Arin N. Reeves offers women a path to a successful and meaningful life by helping women eliminate energy drains, manage what needs to be done, and bring more of what makes them happy into their lives. Through dozens of stories from real women who have taken steps to be "in charge" of their lives despite circumstances that left them stretched too thin, Reeves demonstrates tools and techniques you can use to better manage your energy all day, every day. Synthesizing research across multiple disciplines, Reeves takes into the practical action steps and sustainable practices that will enable you to neutralize energy drains.

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Ethical Influence Under Pressure

Choosing Integrity to Create Change that Endures

Most books about influence assume ideal conditions. This one begins where real life begins: under pressure. Through vivid case studies and a practical framework, Dr. Reeves shows how ethical influence works across cognitive, emotional, social, and structural layers — and why change fails when those layers fall out of alignment. For leaders, advocates, and anyone trying to move people and systems without abandoning truth, dignity, or justice, this book offers a powerful guide to creating change that endures.

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