20-22 May 2025
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Jane
Livesey
Director & Founder at Dynamic Waves
"The Masking Paradox – How Authenticity and Strengths Drive Neuroinclusive Leadership in Tech"
"The Masking Paradox – How Authenticity and Strengths Drive Neuroinclusive Leadership in Tech"
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Session: The Masking Paradox – How Authenticity and Strengths Drive Neuroinclusive Leadership in Tech
Many women in tech, feel the pressure to blend in rather than stand out. Whether it’s adjusting communication styles, overcompensating to meet expectations, or adapting to rigid workplace norms, this invisible effort takes its toll—draining energy, stifling innovation, and limiting leadership potential.The irony? The very things women feel they need to suppress their natural strengths, their unique ways of thinking, are the key to thriving as leaders.
This session explores the masking paradox - how the act of fitting in holds people back and introduces strengths-based leadership as a way to reclaim energy, build confidence, and create genuinely inclusive workplaces.
What We’ll Cover
The Hidden Cost of Masking – What it really takes to ‘fit in’ and why it’s holding back individual careers and team performance.
The Strengths Paradox – How unrecognised strengths, when misunderstood, can lead to conflict, misalignment, and burnout.
Neuroinclusion as a Leadership Advantage – Why leaders who embrace difference—not just accommodate it—build the strongest, most adaptable teams.
Key Takeaways
- Understand the Hidden Cost of Masking in Leadership - Gain insight into how masking affects energy levels, confidence, and leadership potential, particularly for neurodivergent women in tech.
- Recognise the Strengths Paradox - Learn how strengths, when misunderstood or unbalanced, can create friction within teams.
- Shift from Fitting In to Leading Authentically - Challenge outdated ideas of what leadership looks like and consider ways to lead in alignment with your natural strengths.
- Leave with Thought-Provoking Questions to Take Forward - This session won’t give all the answers, but it will equip you with questions to reflect on, take back to your teams, and apply in your leadership journey.
Bio
Jane is an ADHD empowerment and leadership coach, facilitator, and trainer who helps organisations move beyond inclusion as a checkbox, embedding neuroinclusive practices that unlock real collaboration. With over 25 years of experience in legal, tech, and purpose-driven spaces, she partners with leadership, delivery, and cross-functional teams to strengthen relationships, optimise ways of working, and create environments where diverse minds thrive.Blending coaching, product centricity, design thinking, systems thinking, and immersive training, Jane takes a strengths-based and systemic approach to driving meaningful, lasting change.
