Reducing Silos Within and Between Teams and Departments

• In today’s dynamic workplace, collaboration across teams and departments is essential for organizational success. However, silos often get in the way, hindering communication, productivity, and innovation. This 90 minute workshop is designed to help participants identify and break down these silos, fostering a more integrated and collaborative work environment.
  Participants will:
  • Understand the impact of silos on organizational effectiveness and team morale
  • Learn to recognize the signs and sources of silos within and between teams and departments
  • Explore strategies to promote cross-functional communication and collaboration
  • Identify best practices for creating a culture of openness and shared goals
  • Develop skills to facilitate interdepartmental cooperation and teamwork
  • Learn to use tools and technologies that support transparent and efficient communication
  • Start an action plan to implement silo-reducing strategies in their own organizations.
  • Gain insights into overcoming resistance to change and fostering a collaborative mindset
  Join us for this engaging workshop to discover practical ways to bridge gaps, enhance cooperation, and drive organizational success by reducing silos.

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About the presenter:

Lacy Alana is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, corporate trainer, multidisciplinary artist, and creator of The Yes And Brain framework.  As Lacy spent time in the clinical, educational, corporate, and expressive arts worlds over the last decade, she recognized that she was having great success blending facets from each discipline into the others.

When colleagues asked her to teach them tools to mimic her work, she developed the Yes And Brain framework to serve as a foundational framework for work in each setting.  Over the years, The Yes And Brain Model has continued to be refined, with specialized sub-models and training pathways for many different populations.

Lacy has a varied professional history, including working in the corporate world (with a business/advertising degree), providing corporate trainings and keynotes, running specialized circus and improv theatre programs for neurodivergent and at-risk youth, training educators/helping professionals/medical professionals, and working as a psychotherapist. Lacy provides one-of-a-kind trainings that fuse Interpersonal Neurobiology, therapeutic frameworks, business communication, and pedagogy from improvisational theatre and the circus arts.

Please note Nonprofit Austin reserves the right to postpone this learning opportunity if there is inadequate registration.