Coaching psychology is an effective tool for neuro-inclusive organizational practice, through workshops, peer coaching and coaching styles of management. However, neurodiversity coaching is not a simple adaptation of standard workplace coaching practices, there are specific areas to cover, risks to mitigate and approaches which tend to work better than others. This experiential workshop is positioned as a taster of neurodiversity coaching, leading to insights into how we can adopt principles into organizational and management practices more widely. Through a blend of knowledge transfer, psychometric self-analysis, coaching demonstrations, small group practice and plenary discussions we will explore the possibilities for optimizing neurodivergent talent. Using the self as subject, participants will be able to test for their own ‘spiky profile’ of workplaces strengths and challenges and draw conclusions about what type of strategy would enable their further development – environmental, behavioral, cognitive or emotional. We will introduce non-directive coaching techniques which support the development of self-efficacy. Group reflections will bring insight into individual differences and extent of flexibility and variation needed for working with this dynamic community. The workshop will provide insight into and signposting towards next steps for those wishing to incorporate a coaching approach but also comes with a stark warning, that this is a vulnerable population and due diligence is required before positioning oneself as an expert in research or practice.
