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Neuroinclusion is more than a program.
It's a leadership skill.
If you lead HR, People & Culture, Learning & Development, DEI, or you’re an executive where these decisions eventually arrive, you already believe neurodiversity matters.
However…
What you need is for your leaders to know what to do about it, in a one-on-one, in a hiring decision, at the moment an employee chooses to disclose.
And right now, most of them don't.
The usual next step is to book a training session. A lunch and learn. A neurodiversity workshop.
For a moment, it feels like progress. Something's on the calendar. People showed up. The box is ticked.
HERE’S THE PROBLEM
A workshop hands your leaders information. It doesn't hand them a new way of demonstrating neuroinclusion.
Three weeks later, they're leading exactly the way they did before, not because they're resistant, but because no one gave them anything they could actually use on Monday morning.
Awareness was never the problem.
The problem is the gap between knowing neurodiversity matters and knowing what to do when someone is sitting across the table from you.
And how do we do this?
Neuroinclusive leadership isn't a program a group of leaders complete.
It's a capability that’s built, through practice, feedback, and time.
In my 11+ years as an HR leader with both work and lived experience in equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, I have seen the impacts of neurodiversity being disregarded in the workplace.
At 42, I experienced two strokes and was diagnosed with Fibromuscular Dysplasia. This affected the language centre of my brain and completely changed my relationship with work. I'd been a high-achiever my whole career: 80-hour weeks, constant momentum, always chasing the next promotion. When I returned to work, I no longer recognized myself in the systems I'd spent years operating in.
That cracked something open. I started paying attention, in a way I never had before, to how profoundly the structure of a workplace can support or undermine a person depending on how their brain works.
I bring over a decade of HR and DEI leadership across public, private, and non-profit organizations to my work. I know what it's like to be the person in the room balancing the organization's needs with an employee's; to have the budget conversation, to write the policy, to feel the limits of good intentions. I also know what it's like to be the employee whose needs don't fit the mould. That experience, on both sides of the table, is what makes this different from most neuroinclusion consulting you will find.
This is supported by my education and training. I hold a Certificate in Organizational Coaching from UBC (ICF Level 2), a Coaching Neurodiversity at Work certification through PersonaGrata Consulting, a Post-Degree Diploma in HR Management and Leadership. I’ve held my CPHR designation since 2020, I'm a member of the ICF BC Charter Chapter and am pursuing accreditation through the EMCC.
Past Organizational Clients
TESTIMONIAL
“Jackie is skilled at connecting
with teams to understand their needs.”
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Jackie for several years. Most recently, she has provided consultant services to my team and organization related to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Jackie brings with her a deep intentionality and purpose to all she does. She is skilled at connecting with individuals and teams to understand their needs and priorities and supporting groups to achieve those goals. Jackie drives for results, is detailed and ensures thorough follow-through. Working with Jackie, I trust she will deliver consulting services on time and to the highest quality, with feedback mechanisms built to ensure she has captured everything needed. I highly recommend working with Jackie and welcome the opportunity to collaborate with her again in the future!
— Rachel Nolte-laird, PhD
Director, Indigenous Specific Anti-Racism and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Doctors of bc
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My approach to coaching is focused on you, the client. My role is to coach you, rather than coaching your issue, situation or problem you're bringing to our conversation. My coaching style includes a somatic approach, recognizing the value in both mind and body, emotional and physical.
This allows us to co-create a conversation that gives you the agency to make the change you're seeking. Based on your level of readiness, we will explore your social identities that make up your lived experiences and how you view yourself within those experiences. I will invite you to identify any assumptions or judgements you may be bringing and together, we will explore what it would feel like to let those go in service of you and the destination you're seeking.
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Formal Education:
Certificate in Organizational Coaching (ICF, Level 2) University of British Columbia
Human Resources Management & Leadership, Camosun College
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Major, University of British Columbia
Ongoing Learning & Development:
Coaching Neurodiversity in the Workplace, PersonaGrata Consulting
Autism and Neurodiversity in the Workplace, University of British Columbia
Mental Health First Aid, Opening Minds Mental Health Commission of Canada
Strategic Talent Acquisition Certificate, Human Capital Institute
Introduction to Project Management, Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, Executive Programs
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I am grateful to lean on my 11+ years of HR, leadership, mentoring and coaching experience with focuses in organizational development, employee engagement and recognition, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Having been an employee and leader, I understand:
Common roadblocks employees face
Difficulties in determining next steps in your career path
The intersection of life and work, and a desire to find a balance
How limiting beliefs can impact how you show up
The path of exploring what leadership means to you
How different leadership approaches impact engagement and trust
How companies approach organizational business decisions, and how those resonate with employees
Work and Lived Experiences in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility:
I have supported two organizations (500-1100 employees) to launch and implement their EDI journeys
I have coached employees and leaders through difficult EDI conversations
Recognizing new elements of my acquired, neurodivergent brain and my invisible disability
I recognize my privilege and am on my own learning journey to raise voices of marginalized folks around me through my work, volunteering and mentorship
See my LinkedIn Profile for more details.
Accreditation + memberships
Member and Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR)
Member - International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Prosci Certified Change Practitioner
Member - EMCC Global
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Neurodiversity Foundations
For organizations beginning the conversation on neurodiversity
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The Neuroinclusive Leader ©
For organizations wanting to build neuroinclusive leadership through practice, feedback, and time
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1:1 Coaching
For neurodivergent professionals seeking career support
Neurodiversity Foundations
For organizations beginning the conversation on neurodiversity
Virtual. 90 minutes to 2 hours.
This introductory session is designed to bring your leaders together to build a shared understanding of what neuroinclusion at work actually means.
And, it isn’t designed to solve everything in one sitting; it can’t.
Its job is to invite consideration where the gaps could be in your organization and open the path toward the deeper development work, creating what’s possible when leaders share that common base.
Built to be delivered to leadership, ERGs or entire organizations.
Sets the stage for a common language: core data, stats we know, and definitions.
Practical tools that can be woven into anyone’s day-to-day work tomorrow.
Resources to explore afterwards.
Designed with difference in mind: allowances for pacing, processing, and accessibility around sensory needs to prevent cognitive overload.
After this session, organizations who choose to deepen their commitment can progress into The Neuroinclusive Leader ©.
Download my services guide to find more details.
The Neuroinclusive Leader ©
For organizations wanting to build neuroinclusive leadership through practice, feedback and time.
Virtual/In-Person/Combination. Eight sessions over eight months.
Neuroinclusion at work is more than a program leaders attend, and The Neuroinclusive Leader © is designed to reflect that. Organizations can progress here after completing the Neurodiversity Foundations session, or start here if this aligns with where your organization is at.
Built for leaders and people managers of all levels to go through together, because neuroinclusive leadership doesn’t exist in a silo, and definitely not just with HR.
Meeting monthly over 8 months, your leaders learn, share and practice as a cohort with practical tools to take away and real time for application between sessions.
The arc moves through three phases: from leading self (examining your own defaults and assumptions), leading others (the practical, day-to-day skills), to leading the system (decisions that either reinforce neuroinclusion or quietly undermine it).
All of these sessions are designed with difference in mind with allowances for pacing, processing, and accessibility around sensory needs to prevent cognitive overload.
Download my services guide to find more details.
1:1 Coaching
For both leaders and independent contributors seeking individual support in a workplace context
Virtual, confidential sessions.
If you’re feeling stuck in your career, being asked to show up in ways that don’t work for your brain, and making a big change feels overwhelming while staying where you are feels diminishing, this is for you.
You may be one of the most capable people on your team and quietly running on empty. You don’t complain, you figure things out on your own because asking for what you need has never felt safe enough to try.
Underneath all of it, you’re doing a second job alongside the actual one: managing sensory input, translating communication that doesn’t land the way it was meant to, holding it together well enough that nobody notices.
Our work together is about putting that energy somewhere better. We’ll get clear on how your brain actually works, what you need to show up as your best self, and how to navigate the world of work with more confidence and less cost.
These sessions are designed with difference in mind with allowances for pacing, processing, and accessibility around sensory needs to prevent cognitive overload.
Download my services guide to find more details.
TESTIMONIAL
“Jackie has been an
invaluable growth partner.”
Jackie was referred to by a good friend in the coaching world who I trust implicitly. They told me that Jackie was an excellent coach, had great energy, and sounded like a great fit for my organization. It was all true. Jackie has been an invaluable growth partner to members of our leadership team who needed a professional sounding board. As the client I found Jackie to be incredibly personable, professional, prompt, and fun. All good qualities. Thank you, Jackie!
— conrad elander
hr manager, jerico tennis club
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Step 1: VIRTUAL CONSULTATION
When you’re ready, we will hop on a 30-min call to evaluate whether we are a good fit for one another. I will send you a contract and payment procedures to confirm our work together. When payment is received, you will choose your coaching dates/times that work best for your schedule.
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Step 2: VIRTUAL COACHING SESSIONS BEGIN
In each session, I will ask curious questions to help you arrive at your own personal conclusion that align with your values. Bring your whole self, including tears, frustration, confusion, and more. You are in a safe space.
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Step 3: PERSONAL ALIGNMENT MAP
During this journey, we will identify what I call your Personal Alignment Map. This includes clarity on your values, vision, and goals and will serve as our North Star during our discussions and later, a guide you can refer back to when our sessions are concluded.
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Step 1: VIRTUAL CONSULTATION
VIRTUAL CONSULTATION
When you’re ready, we will hop on a 30-min call to evaluate whether we are a good fit for one another. I will send you a contract and payment procedures to confirm our work together. When payment is received, you will choose your coaching dates/times that work best for your schedule.
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Step 2: VIRTUAL COACHING SESSIONS BEGIN
VIRTUAL COACHING SESSIONS BEGIN
In each session, I will ask curious questions to help you arrive at your own personal conclusion that align with your values. Bring your whole self, including tears, frustration, confusion, and more. You are in a safe space.
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Step 3: PERSONAL ALIGNMENT MAP
PERSONAL ALIGNMENT MAP
During this journey, we will identify what I call your Personal Alignment Map. This includes clarity on your values, vision, and goals and will serve as our North Star during our discussions and later, a guide you can refer back to when our sessions are concluded.
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Neurodiveristy Foundations and The Neuroinclusive Leader © make up a structured, multi-tier leadership development program that moves your leaders from awareness to lasting behaviour change.
It's built for small to medium Canadian organizations who know the neurodiversity gap exists and are ready to close it.
It's sustained, applied development designed for Canadian organizations ready to move beyond the one-off workshop.
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Neurodiversity training focuses on awareness: what neurodivergence is, how it shows up, why it matters. That's where most programs stop.
This program starts there and goes further. It's built around behaviour change: the specific habits, conversations, and decisions that make neuroinclusion something your leaders actually practice, not just something they know about.
Research is consistent that awareness alone doesn't shift how people lead. This does. Eight months, applied practice, with real time for practice in between sessions.
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This program is designed to work alongside what you already have in place, not to replace it. Neuroinclusive leadership deepens the skills your leaders are building elsewhere: psychological safety, equity-centred management, inclusive communication, and others. It doesn't compete with those programs, rather it makes applying them more concrete.
If you're unsure how it fits with your current learning landscape, that's exactly what the discovery call is for.
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The 10–15 range is intentional — it's the size that allows for real conversation, where leaders can learn from each other's experience without anyone getting lost in the room.
If your group is smaller, reach out. There's often a way to make it work.
If you have more leaders than the cap, we can explore running a second cohort, sequentially or simultaneously.
The goal is that every leader who goes through this gets the depth the program is designed to deliver.
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The Neuroinclusive Leader © is one session per month over eight months, each 90 minutes long. That's the core ask — roughly an hour and a half a month.
There's is voluntary reading offered between sessions. The real work happens in the choices your leaders make with their teams in between sessions. The monthly cadence is intentional: it gives leaders time to practice what they’ve learned before the next session, rather than just taking information in and heading back to their desk.
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We define that together before the program begins. What "working" looks like will vary by organization. It might be leader confidence, specific behaviour shifts, fewer accommodation escalations landing on HR's desk, or something else that matters to your context.
We will track progress across the program so by the end, you'll have a clear picture of where your leaders started, what changed, and where progress sits.
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My work with organizations can be offered virtually, in person or a mix.
For individual coaching sessions, I work in a virtual space over Zoom.
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My individual coaching caters to those who wish to delve deeper into themselves to discover solutions aligned with their personal values and strengths. My coaching style is suited for anyone seeking to address underlying frustrations, resistance, and apprehensions about significant decisions, or those simply looking to proactively shape their path with purposeful intent.
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My approach to coaching is rooted in specific coach training and customized to honor your brain, your pace, and your process. Design for neurodiversity and Your path, your pace are two values Coaching That Belongs carries. Differences aren’t accommodated here, they are part of the foundation. I meet you where you are, not where a program says you should be.
I’m also able to offer you my own lived experience as someone who had a neurotypical brain until age 42, when I experienced two strokes that impacted the language portion of my brain. From that experience, I acquired my neurodivergence, which makes up part of my identity today.
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If you are looking to book a speaker on neuroinclusion at work for your upcoming event or team gathering, please visit my speaking page here: https://www.coachingthatbelongs.com/speaking
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Executive teams who want neuroinclusion built into how their leaders lead, not bolted on as an afterthought.
If this resonates and you would like to learn more, don’t hesitate to get in touch. It will be an honour to support you.
TESTIMONIAL
“Jackie has a gift
for helping others uncover deeper insights about themselves”
Through her guidance, I’ve learned to think differently, embrace new strategies, and step into a better version of myself. She has a unique ability to ask the right questions, challenge perspectives, and create a space that feels both safe and empowering.
What sets Jackie apart is not just her expertise but her genuine care and kindness. She approaches every interaction with such thoughtfulness and wisdom, making it clear that she truly believes in the potential of the people she works with. The tools and insights she’s shared have given me a solid foundation that I can draw upon throughout my journey, not just professionally but personally as well.
If you’re looking for someone who will inspire, support, and challenge you to grow, I cannot recommend Jackie enough. She’s a rare combination of brilliance and humanity, and anyone fortunate enough to work with her will undoubtedly walk away better for it.