How to support neurodivergent team members, with Dr. Nancy Doyle

In this episode, we hear from one of the world’s leading experts in neurodiversity and disability inclusion in the workplace, Dr Nancy Doyle. She is the founder and Chief Science Officer of Genius Within CIC, a Visiting Professor at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Forbes contributor. With a PhD in Organizational Psychology, her research focuses on coaching as a workplace accommodation. Dr. Doyle co-created the BBC series Employable Me, advises public policy, and speaks internationally for institutions like the UN, Oxford University, and Google. This episode is jam packed with wisdom and insight from Nancy. She shares her own experiences as a neurodivergent person, from struggling with a system that didn’t help her when she was younger through to being a neurodivergent leader of one of the most successful consultancies in this space. Nancy has a lot of empathy and understanding for people managers and the underlying message and tone of this episode is one of hope and optimism. You’ll get some highly practical tools and tips to help you create a psychologically safe team culture where staff in all their diverse forms can flourish.  Do let us know what you think of this episode and don’t forget to rate, review, and follow so that other managers can benefit too. You can also email any questions to the podcast at halopsychpod@gmail.com (mailto:halopsychpod@gmail.com)   More information about Genius Within (Nancy’s company): • Genius Within website: https://geniuswithin.org/  • Genius Within on LinkedIn:   / genius-within-cic    • Genius Within on Instagram: @geniuswithinuk • The Genius Finder https://geniuswithin.org/our-services... • Nancy’s book - Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders: How to start, survive and thrive in leadership (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neurodiversi...) Studies and resources referenced in this episode: • Mentioned by Hayley: 2026 study by Marie-Colombe Afota, Veronique Robert and Simon A Houle looking at manager relationship with staff and impact of hybrid and remote working. (https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wile...) • You might also find this study interesting: 2026 study about how neurodivergent workers use and make sense of assistive technology. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...) • Nancy mentioned this book: The Gendered Brain (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gendered-Bra...) , by Gina Rippon Useful links: • ​⁠⁠⁠⁠Hayley’s HALO Psychology website⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://halopsychology.com/) , featuring more than 200 free articles, ebooks and other resources. • ​⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to Hayley’s monthly newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ (http://eepurl.com/jubGyU) with lots of practical tools, tips and downloads to help managers like you. • ​Join 42,000 other people and follow Hayley on⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (  / hajlewis  ) • ​Follow the podcast Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @managewithconfidence⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (  / managewithconfidence  ) and follow Hayley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @haypsych⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (  / haypsych  ) This season of Manage with Confidence is brought to you by HALO Psychology. It has been produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mauro Kenji Serra⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (  / maurokenjiserra  ) , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kenji Productions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.kenjiproductions.com/) .