Heather Bingham

Recently, World Mental Health Week came and went. While I usually write a short piece to mark our workplace progress in supporting mental health, this year is all about neurodevelopmental conditions - not mental health per se - and my goal is to help to move the conversation away from endless online debate and toward practical workplace change. I’m a specialist in organisational behaviour. The overarching focus of my work is to enable SME leaders and their teams to grow in ways that keep the...

Scaling a business is tough for SME leaders. You think everything is gearing up nicely and then, thwack, it can feel like reward is stretching further away. Up to 50 people in the team, recruitment is a joy. Every hire feels like an addition to a carefully curated collection. Potential and cultural fit are far more important to you than anything else. When you find the right person and they accept, the gratitude is mutual. But all this time, your organisation is assuming shape and structure....

Workplace accommodations for neurodiversity should not mean the complete avoidance of difficult tasks. Because neurodiversity exists on a spectrum, our support systems must be equally nuanced. I am writing this because, right now, online advice is split between genuine experts giving away their incredibly valuable insights for free, and bandwagon influencers who miss the critical subtleties entirely. This article addresses some misconceptions about masking, the difference between a healthy...