Neurodivergent Affirming Leadership and Business Practices

Workshops for Organizations Committed to Inclusion

How we lead, hire, and support people matters. Especially when it comes to creating workplaces where neurodivergent team members, clients, and leaders can thrive.

This full-day workshop or 7 session one hour workshop series, is designed for organizations who are ready to deepen their commitment to inclusion through neurodivergent-affirming practices rooted in lived experience, reflective dialogue, and trauma-informed approaches.

What You’ll Learn

To support organizations in embedding accessibility, inclusion, and empowerment into everyday leadership. This workshop helps participants:

  • Understand the foundations of neurodivergence

  • Recognize internalized and systemic ableism

  • Adopt affirming approaches to leadership, communication, and workplace culture

  • Develop actionable strategies rooted in values-based frameworks

  • Move beyond theory into practical tools you can apply to client / customer interactions, hiring, communication, and team support.

Who This Is For

This session is ideal for:

  • HR professionals and team leads

  • Therapists, coaches, and practice managers

  • Nonprofits and community organizations

  • Equity and inclusion champions

  • Business owners building values-aligned teams

Why It Matters

Neurodivergent individuals bring powerful insight, creativity, and leadership potential—when environments are designed to be affirming, not demanding assimilation and masking.

When organizations don’t actively support neurodivergent clients and team members, they miss out on innovation, trust, and long-term sustainability.

This workshop isn’t just about awareness—it’s about action. You’ll leave with tools to build systems, structures, and relationships that truly include.

What’s Included

  • 7 session one hour workshop series or Full-day live workshop (virtual or in-person)

  • Reflective activities, breakout discussions, and leadership tools

  • Frameworks for inclusive policies, practices, and company culture

  • Optional: add-on individual consultation or follow-up integration session

Workshop Overview

Depending on session length, this workshop includes:

  • Foundations of Neurodivergence: definitions, history, recognition of gaps

  • Key Principles of Affirming Practice: unmasking, consent-based support, accessibility and sustainability

  • Embedding Equity: internalized ableism, racism intersectionality, systemic change

  • Values-Aligned Leadership Tools: the Virtue Resonance model

  • Inclusive Practice Frameworks: policies, training, leadership, team culture

  • Stop, Start, Keep, Grow and Holding Polarization: guided strategy reflections

  • Commitments: organizational next steps and accountability

Investment & Booking

Custom quotes available. Sliding scale for nonprofits and equity-deserving organizations. Canadian organizations may qualify for wellness-related funding or use existing professional development budgets.

Let’s explore how this workshop could support your team. Schedule a Discovery Call or email Mackenzie

Meet Your Facilitator

Mackenzie Costron, BMT, MTA, RCT (she/her), is an Autistic Therapist, who specializes in supporting individuals navigating mental health challenges such as anxiety, panic attacks, autism meltdowns and burnout. Her focus is on neurodivergent adults, mothers, queer folks, and entrepreneurs/ business owners in creative, health, and wellness industries. These intersecting identities, while challenging, also foster immense resilience, creativity, and unique problem-solving. Together, you will create a supportive space to explore, heal, and regain clarity so you can feel more grounded and empowered in both personal and professional realms.