Gentle Leading and Neurodivergence

Inclusive Leadership Strategies for Embracing Neurodiversity and Driving Workplace Innovation

Alexandra Robuste

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040753453
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management
• Index: Business

Moving beyond awareness campaigns, this book redefines leadership through emotional regulation, neuroscience, and radical inclusion, and offers a blueprint for creating psychologically safe environments where neurodivergent talent can thrive.

With growing calls for leadership that goes beyond inclusive to transformative, leaders are often expected to build psychological safety, support cognitive diversity, and regulate their own emotions—often without a roadmap. Now that roadmap is here, filled with practical tools to replace micromanagement with trust, build emotionally regulated communication systems, and leverage neurodivergent strengths in teams. The book includes real-world case studies, self-assessments, printable toolkits, the GENTLE™ Framework, and more, all designed to transform leadership from control to empowerment and burnout to resilience.

Suitable for corporate and startup leaders, Human Resources and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion professionals, executive coaches, and neurodivergent entrepreneurs, this book is equally valuable for educators, organizational psychologists, and parents of neurodivergent adults entering the workforce.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of tables
• Acknowledgments and Intentions
• Introduction
• Part I Rethinking Leadership through a Neurodivergent Lens: Foundations for Understanding Divergence, Identity, and Structural Load
• Part II Neurodivergent Profiles in Leadership Contexts
• Part III Systemic Integration: Leading Neurodiverse Teams and Self
• Conclusion
• Index