Description:
Do less for people. Do more with them.
This is a book for managers, leaders and coaches who want to overcome their discomfort and fear when working with neurodivergent people, and who know that difference is rocket-fuel for organisations.
If you want the confidence to truly connect -- without labels, jargon and clunky models -- this book offers fresh and effective ways of working with neurodiverse talent.
You don't have to know everything, you just have to be willing to see things differently.
Claire Pedrick, Kim Witten and Nathan Whitbread are neurodivergent professionals. They share a mission to raise awareness, simplify communication, and effect positive change in the way people interact in the workplace and beyond. Claire is an experienced coach and the author of Simplifying Coaching and co-author of the award-winning The Human Behind The Coach, Kim is a coach-consultant with a PhD in linguistics and has studied language and human behaviour for over two decades, and Nathan has extensive experience helping organizations become more ND-friendly plus thousands of hours of coaching, consulting and supporting ND people at work.
Brief description:
Nathan Whitbread is founder of The Neurodivergent Coach, a UK-based coaching and training business dedicated to supporting neurodivergent individuals and neurodiverse teams to thrive in the workplace. Diagnosed at 35, Nathan's personal journey was marked by challenges such as forgetting. His struggles with organisation were transformed through his experiences with coaching. Drawing on this lived experience, he now guides others to turn their traits into strengths, reducing stress, improving effectiveness, and creating greater workplace fulfilment .
Nathan works across commercial, public, and non-profit sectors, offering one-to-one strategy coaching, assistive-technology mentoring, and leadership training to build inclusive, accessible workplaces. A skilled speaker and coach, he's featured in podcasts and events dismantling myths around neurodiversity. Passionate about lasting impact, Nathan empowers people to foster environments where neurodiversity isn't just accommodated but celebrated.