Neurodiversity in the Workplace

About this event

Cybill Watkins explores how embracing neurodiversity in the workplace boosts inclusivity, innovation, and team productivity.

At this event, the guest speaker, Cybill Watkins, will deliver a keynote on the topic of Neurodiversity in the Workplace. Cybill, an advocate for inclusivity, will focus on the importance of understanding and embracing neurodiversity, highlighting how organisations can create a supportive environment for neurodivergent employees.  

 

The talk will cover practical strategies for fostering an inclusive culture, addressing common challenges faced by neurodiverse individuals, and providing insights into the benefits of neurodiversity for innovation and productivity in the workplace. 

 

The session aims to inspire leaders and HR professionals to rethink traditional workplace practices, ensuring they accommodate and celebrate neurodivergent talent. This event offers an opportunity for attendees to gain valuable knowledge on promoting diversity and inclusion in their teams and fostering a more empathetic and understanding work culture. 

 

The session will be from 12:00 to 13:00 with a 40 minute presentation and 20 minute Q&A. Please note we will start promptly at 12:00, therefore if you want to log into the meeting before 12:00 you may do so from 11:50 onwards. 

Guest speaker's profile: Cybill Watkins

Having spent over 25 years in mainstream payroll in a variety of roles from administration and consulting to payroll management and senior leader roles, Cybill moved to Zellis to pursue her love of all thing’s legislation.

Being a self-confessed payroll geek with an obsession for all things payroll and HR legislation, she hid her struggles with the way she saw the world, how her brain worked and her inability to fit in. Cybill was eventually diagnosed as Autistic (Asperger’s) and combined ADHD at 45 years old. Before the mention of Asperger’s Cybill hadn’t heard of it and had a limited view on ADHD, but with many hours of research and the diagnosis process itself, things started to fall into place. Cybill says, ‘my neurodivergent story is a life story of struggles, failures, masking, inability to stay in a job and severe mental health issues.’

Life started to finally make sense and Cybill has then found a love to talk about Neurodiversity and help managers and business change their views and approach to make the working world more accessible. Cybill is a big advocate for neurodivergent people to join the payroll & HR profession and through her own experiences is now sharing her life, strengths and struggles, what has and hasn’t helped her, and what a manager can do to support their team. She also wants to help those who may have traits, be on the diagnosis journey, or who just need ideas to start to be able to settle in a career.

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