Building Bridges: HR and Neurodiverse Talent

In this episode, I’m joined by Natalie Lewis, owner and operator of the award-winning HR firm, HR Dynamics. Natalie shares her own inspiring Neurodivergent journey and offers insights into the common pitfalls small businesses face as they scale. We then dive into actionable strategies to ensure businesses create truly inclusive environments for Neurodivergent talent. It’s an insightful conversation packed with personal experiences and professional wisdom on how to embrace diversity, support growth, and build workplaces where everyone can thrive. Don't miss this valuable discussion on building a future-focused and inclusive business! 

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Chapters

• 2:40 Natalie and her early years in education
• 12:40 Better support at University
• 21:00 Classifying Her Strengths and challenges
• 28:04 Networking - structure vs unstructured
• 35:04 PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
• 37:15 How she create a supportive business
• 43:58 Attacking the person is attacking the skills and diminish those skills
• 45:46 Let the project be the education
• 51:03 Defining Job Roles
• 53:17 Business grows by piecemeal
• 53:17 Business grows by piecemeal
• 53:41 Where things go wrong in business growth and people
• 55:41 Step back and review business regularly
• 57:56 Trap of micromanagement
• 59:08 Why management interferes in what people are good at
• 59:31 To Lead or not to lead
• 1:01:09 The Lack of on Boarding
• 1:02:13 Lack of Nurturing & Coaching Employees
• 1:04:08 Adapting Culture Fit To Cultural Add
• 1:05:08 Shared the same ethos, values & purpose
• 1:07:10 How to be Neurodivergent Inclusive
• 1:11:10 Were to small to be inclusive
• 1:13:07 Tell us about book