Welcome Neurodiversity

Chances are you know at least one person in your workplace, social life, or family who is considered neurodiverse. Statistically speaking, there is a strong likelihood that your organization currently employs individuals with neurodivergent brains. Are you and your company taking the steps to maximize their effectiveness and employee experience? In this issue of TD at Work, Beth McCormack provides thought starters, information, and tools for people leaders and talent development professionals to better understand neurodivergent people and help them and neurotypical individuals together create a strong, productive, and healthy organization. Further, she explains:

• Why employers should include neurodiversity in their diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies
• Ways to remove barriers for neurodiverse workers
• Reasons companies should actively recruit individuals with neurodivergent minds to strengthen the business

Tools & Resources in this issue are a neurodiversity inclusion strategy assessment worksheet and an individual inclusion and development plan template.

About the Author

Beth McCormack is a global talent development leader in the renewable energy sector. She has extensive experience coaching C-suite executives and top organizational leaders in a wide variety of industries. McCormack is the founder and principal coach at REAL Strategies Cooperative and a contract coach for Bravely. Her professional passion is working with and advocating for leaders with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.