Yael Schy

Yael Schy is a leader in using expressive arts in organizational learning and development. Ms. Schy also serves as a faculty member at the American Management Association and at City College of San Francisco, and is a Certified Somatic Coach. Yael brings a unique perspective by combining 20 years of management experience with her background in improvisational theater and dance, to create dynamic interpersonal skills training, coaching, and consulting in the workplace. She empowers individuals, teams, and organizations by helping people use their whole selves—body, mind, and spirit—to connect with their true passion and creativity and produce extraordinary results.

Yael’s unique Teamwork Tango® workshop, which teaches leadership and teambuilding skills through the metaphor of partner dancing, has been presented at numerous professional conferences and organizations in the United States and abroad. She is co-author of the business book, Teamwork Tools: A Revolutionary Approach for Managers and Trainers (Kagan Publishing, 2008). Yael is also co-author of the children’s book, Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed...and Revealed (Tricycle Press, 2007), which has been awarded the 2008 Science Books and Films Prize for Excellence in Science Books, as the best children's science picture book of the year, by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.