Becca Burke

Speaker

Empowering Neurodiversity in the workplace

Hi, I am Becca!

I'm Becca, a passionate advocate for neurodiversity and understanding ADHD in the workplace. Living with ADHD (combined presentation) myself, I bring a unique blend of professional experiences and personal insights to the conversation about creating inclusive, productive work environments. Equity in the workplace is especially important for us as neurodiverse folk; if given the adjustments and support we need, we can not only survive, but thrive at work.

My professional journey

My career path has been varied, in true ADHD style! From my early days in customer relations to roles in sales and account management, I've always excelled in building relationships and understanding people's needs. My time at a FTSE 100 bank gave me a solid foundation for navigating large organisations and the politics of the office environment, and I then had to adapt quickly to the drastic changes of the Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown. It was during this time, recognising the disruption to my routine, hyperfocusing on work outside of my core hours, and my inability to finish any tasks to completion, that I realised something wasn’t working for my brain.

Throughout my career, I’ve recognised that I was struggling, but never quite understood why. I saw so much of my own journey in the struggles I heard from other neurodiverse people, and I wanted to find a way that I could tangibly make a difference. After my own diagnosis in early 2024, I was inspired to become an ADHD Coach with Leanne Maskell's ADHD Works, and led to me being headhunted for Inclusive Change Ltd as Support Specialist.

My Areas of Expertise

- ADHD awareness and management strategies

- Education and training around ADHD for businesses

- Job coaching neurodivergent clients at work

- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria awareness/training

- Business process improvement for neurodiverse workforce support

- Working with clients as a neurodiversity educated Virtual Assistant

- Neurodivergent talent recruitment and retention

- ADHD Works Level 1 Coach

Living with ADHD

- Physiological difference in the brain

- ADHD facts and figures

- Common misconceptions

- Lived experience

- Interactive Q&A

ADHD in the Workplace

- Common challenges and strategies

- Strengths ADHDers bring to the workplace

- Challenges for us in the workplace

- Helpful strategies

- Reasonable Adjustments

- Equality Act 2010 protection

My Speaking Style

I pride myself on being engaging, insightful, and empathetic. My presentations blend personal anecdotes, research-based strategies, and interactive elements that leave audiences both informed and inspired. I like making complex topics accessible, and providing concrete, implementable solutions to common workplace challenges.

Why Choose Me?

At Inclusive Change, we understand your ‘Why,’ and meet you where you are on your journey as a business. Whether you're looking to educate your HR or leadership teams, or provide valuable insights to your entire organisation, I can help. I don’t believe that we as neurodivergent people need to change who we are to succeed; with the right support, education and awareness, we can be ourselves without compromise.

Work with me

Ready to transform your understanding of ADHD in the workplace?

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Read my blog here: https://inclusivechange.co.uk/blog/b/adhd-and-me

The blog

Can You See Me?

Work| Autism

February 08, 2024•2 min read

I’m feeling very overwhelmed right now, the Stress Bucket model springing to mind… Looking after my children, having to work, cleaning my house, exercising, cooking, eating, buying, driving, grabbing this, grabbing that, remembering this, completing that, and so on! Throw in Tasmanian Devil ADHD and an ASD panic attack, us parents of neurodivergent children worry and ride the Change Curve.

The GP suggested reading The 4 Pillar Plan: How to Relax, Eat, Move and Sleep Your Way to a Longer, Healthier Life by Dr. Ranjan Chatterjee (https://amzn.to/3UoNuNA - Amazon), and now I’m consciously trying to take time to empty my bucket and make small achievable adjustments to my four pillars: relaxation, food, movement, and sleep.

Since moving into our new office at The Brightwell at the beginning of the year, I’ve been managing the food and movement pillars better (if you ignore me eating all the Cherry Bakewells after the daily ASD panic attacks from my child).

Considering I can barely think straight at the moment, the relaxation pillar is my focus, which I hope will support the sleep pillar. I don’t have lots of free time which limits what I can do, but I do enjoy reading. I can get through a couple pages while waiting to collect the children from school, while they’re at their various clubs, or while winding down before bed.

The current book I’m reading is Can You See Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott (https://amzn.to/3w11CCs - Amazon). It’s a lovely story through the diary entries of an eleven-year-old girl as she navigates through secondary school and life.

"Tally is autistic, but she hides it as much as she can. She knows how uncomfortable people feel around her - they don't understand autism. They don't understand her. By masking her autism, Tally is hiding her real self. But when your real self is fierce and wonderful, it can't stay hidden forever.” - The Publisher.

If Tally’s top tips were applied to real life, I’m positive that the world would be a much better place. The third one is what sticks with me most right now: ‘When everything is going wrong, go small’. On page 253, the children in Tally’s class debate what this might mean. What do you think it means? To me, it means not stressing and trying to make progress in little, easy steps.

Can You See Me? Is an enlightening read from an autistic perspective, which makes me consider the impact my own actions and words can have.

I’m taking the third tip into February with me whilst adjusting my pillars. Wish me luck!