Reaching the end of the traditional working week, what has been achieved in your workplace?
Done anything meaningful for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek?
What’s the lasting impact?
The theme for 2025 is ‘community’ and the impact on us. The workplace is a key ‘community’. Sometimes we’re there more than at home!
Something impactful workplaces can do anytime of the year is run neurodivergent awareness sessions.
Change assumptions into curiosity. Isolation into inclusion. Hidden into seen.
Want to know more?
City & Guilds 2025 Index shows 13% of employers involved in current Employment Tribunals are there because of a conflict with neurodivergence.
It’s easy for pressurised managers to assume symptoms seen are behaviours/attitude. It can also be costly!
Neurodivergent conditions are protected under Disability within the Equalities Act 2010. Compensation in this areas is uncapped with average payments around £45K.
It’s estimated 1:7 adults are neurodivergent – many won’t know it. Assessment in the UK can take 7+ years. Medication is often in short supply. Learning how their neurodivergence shows up enables them to learn how to tame it. This is key in the workplace to enable creativity and productivity to flow whilst smashing the risk of burnout.
Ensuring managers have awareness training to understand how to be curious and engage with all members of their team – is a cost effective ‘no brainer’. Isn’t it?
As is giving colleagues the tools and knowledge to be an ally.
As a certified ADHD Coach, I have devised CPD certified sessions for workplace managers and colleagues.
Are you interested to learn more for your workplace? Contact me for an exploratory chat