Harnessing Your Neurodiversity as a Leader with Nicci Richman

Hello and welcome to Episode 141 of the People Powered Business Podcast!

Today is part 1 of a 2 part discussion with Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Nicci Richman from Audir. Nicci kindly joined me live in November 2022 as part of NSW Small Business Month to participate in a Connection Conversation around connecting with our own and our teams neurodiversity to drive business success.

In todays conversation we’re focusing on defining neurodiversity and understanding what it means, as well as how to identify and leverage our own neurodiversity as leaders.

In next weeks episode we will be talking about identifying and managing neurodiversity within our team.

A bit about our guest:

Nicci is a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant with a passion for supporting Neurodivergent individuals in the workplace.

Her career had its foundations in social research, working on employee engagement surveys for multi-national organisations. This insight into organisations led to her love of working with businesses to develop and support the strategies that enable a thriving workplace culture.

With previous experience across the Professional Services, Manufacturing, Transport, and Hospitality industries; she now works primarily with clients in Allied Health and Community Services, developing person-centred cultures in alignment with the NDIS framework.

She holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Sociology and Political Science), and accredited certificates in Narrative Coaching, Mindfulness, Human Resources, Training and Education, and Business. She is an accredited REACH Facilitator, DiSC Facilitator and a member of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).

 If you’d like to reach out to Nicci you can connect with her on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicci-richman-abb5541a/

Or visit her website - https://www.audir.com.au/

An Invitation:

If you’d like to connect with other businesses who are also looking at how they can better understand and lad their neurodivergent team, I’d love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support for Australian Businesses.

Join Here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/hrsupportaustralia