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I attended a webinar towards the end of last year hosted by the Association for Coaching with Nancy Doyle of Genius Within about neurodiversity and coaching, and have recently received Nancy’s new book “Neurodiversity Coaching” - which I can’t recommend enough.

Even with my personal experiences of neurodiversity, including within coaching, I found the webinar and book fascinating, insightful, and learnt a great deal.

Once again it was highlighted that neurodiversity is something to embrace.  Coaching neurodiverse coachees, and also helping organisations understand neurodiversity better, can have a huge impact on ensuring everyone meets their full potential. 

It’s not just about making allowance for neurodiversity, it’s about appreciating, understanding and accepting there are different ways to work to get the best from everyone - and these may not always be obvious.

This includes how you as a coach work with your coachee in the best way to meet their needs, and help them see their strengths and potential.  This may be through clean language, which coaching model you use, or an appropriate coaching environment.

A key step is to understand what everyone needs to succeed and how they want (or need) to be treated. Don’t be afraid to ask as part of your coaching conversation and contracting. You are less likely to offend someone by asking, than offend by not and then making incorrect assumptions.

If you think I can help you succeed, please contact me.

January 2024