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Managing Neurodiverse Workplaces: Autistic and ADHD Teammates & How Good Management Strategies Benefit Everyone

Be a better boss—to your whole team

As more people are being diagnosed with ADHD, autism, and other neurological conditions, our proudly neurodiverse, austistic-led workplace has received lots of questions about how to accommodate a neurodiverse workforce. Accommodations don't need to mean sacrifice or lowered expectations—instead, by shifting focus from individual diagnoses to opportunities for playing to all workers' strengths and abilities, this zine will help you to support employees with completing their tasks, getting past blocks, and avoiding burnout. Designed to offer managers concrete strategies for building functional, safe, and effective workplaces for people of all neurological inclinations and abilities, this straightforward guide will help your business save (and make) money, avoid common managerial crises, and retain high-performing staff. The work it takes to implement these easy and supportive strategies will save you time, cash, and turmoil in the long run! Put simply, to be a neurodiversity-friendly employer is to make it easier for every one of your staff to excel—neurodivergent and neurotypical alike. Pick up this zine, open your mind, and you'll be well on your way to better management for everybody.

Paperback 2nd edition description:

Create a workplace where everyone can excel.

As a manager, you probably have at least one neurodivergent employee, whether you know it or not. This book is packed with practical advice and framing to help you create a workplace where all of your workers have room to excel. Experienced managers Joe Biel, Elly Blue, and bestselling author Dr. Faith G. Harper team up to bring you knowledge, stories, and scripts that will help you:

  • Set clear expectations
  • Discover the difference between a performance problem and a systems problem—and resolve both
  • Understand the variety of needs your workers have without needing to know or understand their diagnosis
  • Handle accommodation requests
  • Increase retention of high performers and invest in workers' long term success

The work it takes to implement these supportive strategies will save you time, money, and turmoil. Put simply, to be a neurodiversity-friendly employer is to make it easier for every one of your staff to excel—neurodivergent and neurotypical alike. Pick up this zine, open your mind, and you'll be well on your way to better management for everybody.

 

  • $9.99
    • 64 pages (2.8 oz)
    • 5.5" x 8.5" x 0.1"
      • Published March 28, 2025
      • Shipped March 4, 2025
    • ISBN 9781621063261
    • Publisher: Microcosm Publishing

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