Coaching & advice for managers of neurodivergent professionals
We support managers to understand and lead neurodivergent employees with confidence, empathy, and strategies that improve performance, innovation, engagement and wellbeing.
Practical guidance for complex employee situations
Human Fabric supports managers and People & Culture professionals who are navigating a specific situation involving a neurodivergent employee.
Our confidential advisory sessions provide a structured space to step back from the immediate difficulty, understand what may be contributing to it, and identify a constructive way forward. The focus is on observable behaviour, workplace barriers and practical leadership responses, not diagnosis.
Manager advisory may be useful when:
- preparing for a feedback, performance or workplace-adjustment conversation
- unsure how to support an employee while maintaining clear expectations
- experiencing recurring difficulties with communication, priorities, progress or follow-through
- trying to balance flexible ways of working with role and team requirements
- supporting an employee experiencing overwhelm, burnout or a return to work
- navigating defensiveness, strained trust or misunderstanding
- deciding what to try before moving into a formal process
- seeking a fresh perspective on a situation that has become stuck
Meet your neurodiversity coach
Jenny Turner uniquely combines a rich career in business and leadership, supported by an MBA and an in-depth ADHD-informed coaching certification. She brings lived experience of ADHD and expertise on the latest neuroinclusion research and best practice. Jenny is an astute, insightful, empathetic, and pragmatic advisor, with the ability to balance individual needs and great outcomes for the team and business.
Session options and pricing
Single coaching and advisory session
Suitable for a specific workplace situation, an immediate leadership challenge or an initial conversation about supporting a neurodivergent employee.
$250 + GST
Includes:
- One 50-minute coaching and advisory session.
- Routine preparation.
- A post-session email.
- Relevant models or resources discussed during the session.
- Optional AI-generated session notes, with the participant’s consent.
Three-session programme
Suitable for managers who want to build their understanding, apply new approaches and reflect on the results over several weeks.
$750 + GST
Includes:
- Three 50-minute coaching and advisory sessions.
- Routine preparation and programme administration.
- A follow-up email after each session.
- Relevant models and practical resources.
- Optional AI-generated session notes, with the participant’s consent.
Convenient online bookings available.
How it works
1. Agree the focus and share the situation
At the beginning of the session, we agree what would make the conversation useful. The manager or People & Culture partner provides a summary of what has been observed, what has already been tried, and any relevant organisational process, constraints, or desired outcomes. As an option, providing this context in advance also allows the session to focus quickly on practical options.
2. Work through the situation
Jenny helps the manager understand where neurodivergence or workplace friction may be relevant, and clarifies the key outcomes needed. The discussion may include:
- identifying barriers or workplace adjustments
- preparing feedback, questions or conversation wording
- clarifying priorities, progress measures or what “good enough” looks like
- improving one-to-ones, communication or team working agreements
- considering how to rebuild trust or respond to defensiveness
- designing a small, time-bound change with clear review points
- identifying where HR, employee relations, occupational health, legal or clinical input may also be required
3. Receive tailored follow-up
After the session, Human Fabric provides a concise written summary of the key insights and recommended actions, along with relevant frameworks, visuals or practical resources discussed. A second or third session can be used to review what happened, refine the approach and support implementation as the situation develops.
What managers gain
- greater understanding and clarity about what is happening
- practical options that balance support and accountability
- more confidence approaching sensitive conversations
- clearer language for expectations, feedback and next steps
- a tailored plan or different approach to experiment with next