Leading Neurodivergent Employees – Common Leadership Pitfalls

Do you lead teams with highly skilled specialists or developers? Cognitive diversity can be a powerful strength – but it can also create misunderstandings if leadership practices don’t adapt. In this webinar, we explore how leaders can better support neurodivergent employees and unlock their full potential.

After this webinar, you will:

• Gain a better understanding of neurodiversity and how cognitive differences influence collaboration, communication, and ways of working in teams
• Recognize common leadership misunderstandings and pitfalls when working with neurodivergent employees
• Discover how structure, clarity, and communication can improve collaboration and reduce friction in teams
• Understand how energy levels and cognitive load influence performance in modern work environments
• Learn how to create psychological safety and talk about neurodiversity without singling people out
• Take away practical ideas for small adjustments in everyday leadership that help more people contribute at their best

Many leaders today work with teams of highly skilled specialists, analysts, or developers, where cognitive diversity is increasingly recognized as a strength. Many teams include neurodivergent employees, such as colleagues with ADHD, autism, or dyslexia. However, leadership practices are often designed around a narrow view of how people work and communicate, which can lead to misunderstandings, friction, and lost potential.

In this webinar, we explore common leadership misunderstandings when working with neurodivergent employees and what leaders can do instead. Topics include structure vs. ambiguity, energy and cognitive load, communication and information processing, psychological safety, and how to balance individual adjustments with team dynamics. The session will be conducted live and includes an anonymous Q&A to ensure psychological safety.

Practical information
The webinar will be conducted via Microsoft Teams Live Event, therefore, participation will be anonymous.

Prerequisites
No prior knowledge is required.

Target audience
This webinar is for leaders and HR professionals in financial organizations who
want a clearer understanding of neurodiversity in the workplace and practical
leadership perspectives they can apply in their daily work

Instructor
Katrine Hald Kjeldsen is an expert in organizational design, neuroinclusion, agile leadership and cultural dimensions of change.

Katrine is specialized in performing discovery with leaders and employees in order to find relevant and situated ways of organizing and leading. Her mission is to avoid the pitfalls of cookie cutter methodologies and generic frameworks.

Additional Information 
Please note that the names and email addresses of all participants registered for this event may be shared with the instructor and course provider for the purpose of administering the event. We do not share your information with the other course participants. 

Your name, email address, image, and video may be visible to the other participants during the event. You may object at any time to the disclosure of your personal data or its visibility to other participants. You can do so by sending an email to clu-gdpr@finansforbundet.dk stating the name of the event, after which you will be deregistered.