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Reframing and Harnessing Neurodiversity in Teams

Develop your capability to effectively lead cognitively diverse teams

An interactive, engaging, and practical 3-hour workshop and 1-hour group coaching session. Designed for Team Leaders, Line Managers, and Project Managers, who play a key role in shaping inclusive team cultures, communication norms, and ways of working. This course improves awareness of neurodiversity and provides best practice advice for future-fit leadership and management. Attendees practice strategies to shape their own team environment so that all types of minds can contribute to their full potential.

Online or in-person, run publicly or at your organisation.

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Why neurodiversity matters for leaders

One in five people are neurodivergent - they think, feel, sense, and process information differently than neurotypical brains. Although they may not be talking openly about their differences in your workplace - at least not yet - neurodivergent people are likely already part of your teams.

They have exceptional strengths and offer cognitive diversity to teams - which is increasingly important to solve today's more complex problems.

Traditional leadership approaches and ways of working often create invisible barriers for neurodivergent people, impacting their performance and wellbeing. At the team level, this results in many of the common challenges that leaders are faced with, and missed opportunities for greater innovation, productivity, team effectiveness.

Do any of these challenges sound familiar?

  • Lack of Innovation or Low Productivity: Frustration that the team have been doing things in the same way for so long, and it feels so unproductive.

  • Group think: Everyone agreeing with each other, and no real creativity in solving problems.

  • Inconsistent Performance Issues: Talented employees sometimes struggling to meet deadlines or expectations.

  • Communication Breakdowns: Misunderstandings arising from different processing or communication styles.

  • Team Member Differences: Tension between team members who clearly have different ways of working or thinking about things.

  • Burnout and Overwhelm: Employees showing stress or mental health issues, but the solution is unclear.

  • Retention Challenges: Difficulty retaining skilled talent who potentially feel unsupported or misunderstood.

  • Uncertainty After Disclosure: Feeling unsure how to talk about neurodiversity, or provide support effectively after someone shares their neurodivergent condition.

These are the signs that greater awareness and more neuroinclusive leadership practices may be needed at the team level.

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The opportunity from more neuroinclusive leadership

This workshop helps you shift your leadership approach to harness the potential of neurodiverse teams, enabling you to:

Boost Innovation and Productivity

Leverage cognitive diversity and tap into unique strengths

Improve Team Cohesion

Create more effective team dynamics and communications

Lift Employee Wellbeing

Foster psychological safety and create more inclusive practices that reduce burnout and enhance morale

Increase Retention and Engagement

Create team evnironments where employees feel seen, understood, and valued - and so they stay.

Develop your leadership skills overall

Become a better leader for everyone with more tailored approaches

Improve your confidence

Build the understanding and strategies to confidently lead all types of minds

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What you will learn

Through interactive activities, practical examples, and expert guidance, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of:

1. The neurodiversity paradigm, key concepts, prevalence, history & current trends

2. Why cognitive diversity and neurodiversity matters in the workplace today

3. Strengths and challenges of different neurotypes

4. Experiences of neurodivergent employees

5. Neuroinclusive team practices for leaders:

  • Culture & psychological safety
  • Strengths-based leadership, role crafting, & development
  • Individual accommodations & support
  • Adaptive leadership, & inclusive management & feedback techniques
  • Effective communication and collaboration
  • Inclusive meetings & team ways of working
  • Unconscious bias & considerations in hiring & promotions

6. Neurodiversity at work and the law

7. Neuroinclusive leadership & the future of work

You will leave with an actionable plan of how they will put yout insights and learnings into practice in your own team. 

A month later, the group coaching session  allows you to reflect on what worked in your work context, learn from others, and explore how to further tailor your approaches. It also provides an opportunity to discuss questions in a safe space and get advice from an expert who works with many neurodivergent professionals.

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What you will receive

  • Pre-Learning: A pre-work email sent 1 week prior with an optional article for reading to get you thinking, and a 5-minute reflective task.

  • Engaging 3-hour Workshop: Interactive and engaging content delivered by an experienced facilitator.

  • Rich Takeaway Resources: A summary sheet of the key neuroinclusive practices for colleagues and managers, and 8 pages of supporting information elaborating on each practical recommendation.

  • 1-hour Group Coaching Lab: A group session with a neurodiversity coach to reflect on learnings, and address questions.

+ For organisations

  • Internal Advertising: Pre-drafted compelling communications to invite staff to the session, outlining what's in it for them.

  • Minor Tailoring: The ability to flex components of the course to fit in with your leadership language and practices.

Here's what our clients have said:

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John Ray, Diversity & Inclusion Lead - Hato Hone St John

"Having Jenny come along to speak is a golden key to getting your people engaged in the topic of neurodiversity. The information is well researched, presented in an engaging way and can be amended to suit your particular situation. You stand out from all the other Neurodiversity consultants we have worked with due to your professional yet down-to-earth approach to supporting organisation do better.  Thanks Jenny!"

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Yuliya Schamrel, People & Culture Lead - Morphum Environmental

"Reframing and Harnessing Neurodiversity in Teams’ is a valuable workshop to attend for managers, HR teams, parents, neurodivergent employees, and coworkers of neurodivergent employees. In short, it’s beneficial for everyone who is passionate about creating spaces where our differences are acknowledged as strengths and harnessed for innovation and enhanced personal, team, and organisational performance. Informative and practical, this workshop creates awareness about neurodiversity at the workplace and supports the participants in planning the first steps to neuroinclusion they can take."

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Kim Herrick, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion - Contact Energy

"Both Jen & Jenny did a brilliant job helping us learn more about Neurodiversity. It is a tricky topic, and they used personas, storytelling and personal examples to bring the content to life. I learnt about the different types of Neurodiversity and how they are interconnected. Most importantly I learnt how to work more effectively with people who identify as ADHD, Dyslexic and Autistic, and the language that is appropriate with neurodiverse people. 

 

I really liked that Jenny shared her personal story and lived experience. I am positive there will be lots of people who can relate to her story and the challenges she has faced in her career.  I highly recommend this workshop to anyone working with neurodivergent people."

 

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Sarah Archer, Head of Talent, Diversity & Inclusion, Chorus

“The Reframing Neurodiversity webinar was really engaging, informative and well paced. We had well over 100 people participate in the webinar which is higher than average and have received great feedback.”

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Facilitators

Jenny Turner, MBA, B.Sc. Hons

Jenny is an experienced business leader, leadership coach, neurodiversity coach and consultant. She is an engaging and energetic presenter, and a responsive facilitator of modern adult learning. Jenny brings a blend of coaching techniques and insightful advice for participants. She weaves in her own experiences as an ADHD professional throughout her successful career.

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Jennifer Price, PhD, MSc, BA/BSc

Jen is an experienced facilitator and neurodiversity coach who is dedicated to creating inclusive, thriving workplaces. With a career spanning public and private sectors, she brings clarity, insight, and energy to her sessions, helping people leaders navigate complex workplace systems and embrace diverse ways of thinking. Jen blends evidence-based strategies with practical coaching tools, drawing on her lived experience as a late-diagnosed ADHDer navigating people and organisational leadership.
 
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Pricing and booking

 

For organisations

NZD $3,500 + GST per cohort, up to 30 people ($117 pp)

NZD $4,500 + GST per cohort, up to 55 people ($82 pp)

NZD $5,500 + GST per cohort, up to 80 people ($69 pp)

Contact us for significant discounts on enterprise-wide pricing or multiple cohorts in one organisation.

Run on demand, online or in person in your offices (plus travel costs if outside of Auckland). 

🎧 Book a discovery call to discuss and schedule here

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For individuals

NZD $345 + GST per person. Run online. Next sessions:

June 2025

August 2025

October 2025

Have questions?

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