A Brain-Based Approach to Change Management: Working with Your Nervous System For Improved Outcomes

Overview:

This is a recording of a live webinar on August 28, 2024.

In today’s dynamic workplace, organizational change is both inevitable and essential for growth.  However, successfully navigating change requires more than strategic planning – it demands a deep understanding of the challenges that individuals and teams face during organizational change, and knowledge in how to effectively manage them.

In this training, you’ll learn: 

• Nervous system-based frameworks to help you make sense of – and respond to – the most common challenges that present during windows or organizational change 

• Why and how change activates survival response systems that compromise our adaptability and resilience 

• How to work with the nervous system to overcome rigidity, tunnel vision, resistance, fear, stress, and common emotional responses to change

Lacy Alana, LCSW, RSW, MSSW, is a trainer, psychotherapist, interpersonal neurobiology specialist, and multidisciplinary artist.  Lacy uniquely fuses knowledge from brain science, applied improvisation, communication science, and psychology to offer one-of-a-kind trainings, consulting, and 1:1 services.   

Whether working in the corporate world, providing trainings and keynotes, running circus and improv theatre programs for neurodivergent and at-risk youth, teaching adults, working in the non-profit sector, training medical and helping professionals, or working as a psychotherapist – Lacy’s work focuses on teaching others how to effectively connect, create, communicate, and move through the world with the nervous system and communication science in mind. 

Lacy holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Social work, and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the US, and Registered Social Worker in Canada.  She has a degree in Creative Advertising, and is the founder and director of Yes And Brain, a company that blends brain science, applied improvisation, communication, and psychology to offer one-of-a-kind experiential trainings, consulting, and courses.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe nervous system essentials that underpin common responses and behaviors that arise during periods of stress, transition, fear, change and uncertainty.
• Identify effective nervous system based tools for addressing these challenges. 
• Commit to integrating nervous system-based practices in their workplace. 

CERTIFICATE: The course contains two modules: a module to access the webinar and an evaluation module. After accessing both modules, learners will earn a certificate of completion.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,348,992. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.