Neurodiversity at work (Part 3): How to implement effective neuro-inclusion, with Steve Hill, Russell Botting and Victoria Othen

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Ahead of ADHD awareness month in October, we are devoting our latest deep-dive mini-series to the topic of neurodiversity. Given 15 to 20% of the UK population are neurodivergent - and more than half of Gen Z identify as "definitely" or "somewhat" neurodiverse - it is essential for employers to understand how neurodiversity interacts with, and affects, employment law and the world of work.

In the concluding part of our mini-series, we discuss how employers can implement effective neuro-inclusion at each stage of the employment life cycle. Host Ellie Gelder is joined by Russell Botting, neuro-inclusion services director and Steve Hill, chief commercial officer, who are both from Auticon, and RPC's own Victoria Othen, who is a consultant lawyer in our employment, engagement and equality team.

We discuss:

• Why neurodiversity is so important to the C-suite and to an organisation's commercial success and ESG strategy;
• Practical ways of fostering a neuro-inclusive culture at work, for example inclusion passports during the onboarding process;
• Talent attraction, interview techniques and training for interviewers;
• Adjusting performance criteria and sickness absence triggers;
• Examples of effective wellbeing measures to support neurodivergent colleagues;
• Coaching and transitional support on promotion; and
• Neuro-inclusive reorganisations.

You can listen to previous episodes of our mini-series on Neurodiversity at work here (Part 1: Myths, misconceptions and the lived experience) and here (Part 2: The law, HR considerations and wellbeing). We hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, please subscribe to be notified when new episodes release.

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