Empower neurodiverse talent! Kirsty Heap helps businesses break barriers, embrace diversity, and build inclusive, high-performing teams.
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Your openness is invaluable and makes it really easy to relate to challenges you have gone through, and I imagine is comforting to those who may have experienced similar.
Shell
Unlock potential, drive inclusion! Kirsty Heap, a dynamic keynote speaker and neurodiversity advocate, helps businesses break barriers, create inclusive cultures, and empower neurodiverse talent. With decades of experience, she provides actionable strategies to boost innovation, retention, and performance.
Kirsty, a senior-level HR professional with dyslexia, advocates passionately for workplace inclusion. Despite facing negative comments and delayed opportunities, she persevered and rose to senior leadership. Witnessing colleagues suffer in silence fuelled her dedication to creating supportive work environments. In her talk, Kirsty candidly shares her personal journey, including the pivotal moment when she “put her big girl pants on” to lead by example. She discusses the power of open communication and supportive environments, recounting how a simple addition of two words in her email signature sparked positive change across her organisation. Kirsty outlines practical strategies for supporting neurodivergent employees and highlights the profound benefits of reasonable adjustments for both employee well-being and business success. Kirsty will explain how embracing neurodiversity can positively transform your workplace culture and drive mutual success.
Discover Kirsty’s compelling insights into parenting as a dyslexic raising both dyslexic and neurotypical children. In this enlightening talk, Kirsty reveals how she used her dyslexic strengths to adapt her parental style, fostering self-confidence, positive mindset, and empowering self-talk crucial for her children’s development. She shares her journey of transforming negative perceptions of dyslexia into a positive force, ensuring her dyslexic (undiagnosed ADHD) son, thrives without the stigma she faced. Kirsty offers practical tools and ideas for navigating parenthood, equipping parents to support their children with essential life skills often overlooked in schools. Kirsty will empower you with strategies for fostering resilience and celebrating neurodiversity in family life.
Explore Kirsty’s compelling journey of transforming a negative mindset into a powerful force that empowers. As a dyslexic individual, Kirsty shares her inspiring story of overcoming stigma and self-doubt to embrace her dyslexic strengths. Through her motivational speech, Kirsty equips audiences with practical tools and insights to shift their mindset, which she used to achieve remarkable feats that she once believed impossible. Kirsty will take you on an inspirational journey of resilience and self-discovery, where you will discover the transformative freedom that comes from embracing a positive mindset.
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Your openness is invaluable and makes it really easy to relate to challenges you have gone through, and I imagine is comforting to those who may have experienced similar.
Shell
Kirsty Heap
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Kirsty has a wonderful, relatable approach to her delivery and we found it engaging and insightful to listen to her. It has prompted many of the team to reflect on themselves and those they work with about the idea of acceptance of our differences and unique qualities.
Leeds City College
Kirsty Heap
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Realistic, inspiring and engaging! One of the best speakers I have heard in many years.
RNIB
Kirsty Heap
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Kirsty’s ability to engage, inform and inspire her audience is unparalleled. She is a natural communicator and an asset to any event.
Neurobox
Kirsty Heap
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Delivery and impact were significant, powerful messages.
Peabody
Kirsty Heap
Keynote Speaker Kirsty Heap is a recognized advocate for neurodiversity and workplace inclusion, helping organizations create environments where all employees can thrive. With a background in HR and operations, she combines real-world business experience with a deep passion for empowering neurodiverse talent. As a dyslexic life coach and corporate trainer, Kirsty understands the challenges individuals face and the untapped potential that neurodiversity brings to the workforce.
Through her engaging and insightful keynotes, Kirsty helps businesses break down barriers, foster open conversations, and implement practical strategies that drive innovation, productivity, and retention. She works with forward-thinking companies to build inclusive cultures that not only support neurodiverse employees but also attract top talent and enhance overall team performance.
By sharing actionable insights, real-life experiences, and proven strategies, Kirsty equips leaders and teams with the tools they need to embrace neurodiversity as a strength. Her talks challenge outdated perspectives, inspire meaningful change, and provide a clear roadmap for organizations to create a more inclusive and successful future.
Companies looking to stay ahead in today’s diverse workplace book Kirsty Heap for their events to gain expert guidance on building a culture that fosters inclusion, engagement, and long-term business success.
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