Neuroinclusive Leadership
Transform Your Workforce with Neuroinclusive Practices. Embrace diverse talents to drive innovation, enhance performance, and create lasting impact. Let us unlock your team’s full potential.
Making A Difference, by doing things differently
After several years raising awareness and designing neurodiversity strategies in the Australian Public Service, I faced overwhelming demand for my unique approach to improving workplaces for neurodivergent people.
EFL has been meticulously crafted from my extensive professional experience in leadership, human-centred design, organisational change, design thinking, and communications. Deeply interwoven with my lived experiences as a neurodivergent person and enriched by the countless conversations I’ve had through my successful podcast and as a keynote speaker.
EFL’s mission is to empower organisations to build inclusive, high-performing environments where neurodivergent individuals can thrive.
Through expert leadership coaching, tailored organisational change strategies, and comprehensive education, we help organisations unlock the full potential of diverse teams. We are committed to driving lasting cultural transformation by fostering neurodiversity awareness, enhancing leadership effectiveness, and creating workplaces that celebrate everyone’s unique strengths.
By combining professional expertise with lived experience, we strive to create a world where neurodivergent people are valued, supported, and empowered to lead with confidence and success.
I look forward to connecting with you and exploring how we can collaborate to make a meaningful impact.
Callie Elward-Barrett
What we do
We offer a range of services to all types of workplaces, either in-person or online.
Organisational Change
Working with key stakeholders to develop organisational change strategies. Driving positive workplace culture and delivering a competitive edge in a tight talent market.
Leadership Development
Tailored support for individual leaders, or leadership groups, to create neuro-inclusive workplaces.
Keynote Speaking
Highly sought after, incredibly engaging, and guaranteed to be spoken about long after the microphones are switched off. Check out the testimonials for why you should engage Callie to speak at your event.
Podcast/Thought Leadership
Host of F Them Fish! AuDHD for Grownups. Sharing authentic lived experience and professional insights to challenge the status quo and reinvent the neurodiversity narrative.
Awareness and Education
Sessions for all sized groups, from small teams to whole organisations, tailored to all levels of the organisation.
Neuroinclusion for Major Events and Venues
True inclusion goes beyond wheelchair ramps. We partner with stadiums, festivals, and corporate venues to create environments where all attendees feel safe, welcome and ready to engage
Neuroinclusion Strategies
Tailored Inclusion strategies that account for your organisation's unique context, strengths, and challenges.
Executive Coaching
Tailored one-on-one support to help neurodivergent employees to thrive in modern workplaces.
Where is Callie speaking next?
- 18 October 2026
- Castle Hill RSL, NSW
Better Environments, Brighter Futures: Supporting Neurodivergent Kids
Callie is bringing her popular, high-energy session for parents, carers, educators, and ND kids’ supporters to NSW.
Using the 5Cs Model for Neuroinclusion©, Cluster Duck and Overthinktopus, she’ll explore how to look beyond behaviour to the systems, environment, and conditions, that drive it.
This session is practical and grounded in real life, with ideas you can use at home, at school, and all spaces for young people.
Callie is speaking at 2pm, and is around all day to answer questions, share resources, and merch!
EFL community discount: use code CALLIE10 for 10% off your ticket
That time Callie spoke at the same event as...
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
Closing keynote, following Secretary Clinton's opening keynote
The Hon. Julia Gillard and The Rt. Hon. Helen Clark
Not one, but two incredible previous Prime Ministers... obviously selfies are mandatory
Journalist Leigh Sales AM
Phenomenal presenter, inspirational to everyone in the room
The Rt Hon. Dame Jacinda Ardern
I was so enthralled, I forgot to take any photos...
Meet Callie
Neurodiversity Advocate & Leadership Coach
Callie (She/Her) has been a senior leader in the public service, non-profit, and private sectors. She started her professional life as a Police Officer in England and then in South Australia.
She actively promotes and models inclusive work practices for neurodivergent staff. She educates on the role of leaders in creating practices that enable NDers to succeed, and harnessing the incredible strengths diverse approaches bring to delivering better Government policy and programs.
She established and Chaired the Department of Health and Aged Care Neurodiversity Network, was a founding member of the APS-wide Neurodiversity of Practice, and was an SES signatory on the inclusion of a Neurodiversity question in the APS Census. She is a firm believer that the APS should lead the way in inclusive work places.
Callie identifies as having lived experience with disability, and as the parent of a child with disability
Let's explore how I can help you
Executive Functioning Leadership can transform your workplace, making it more neuro-inclusive and delivering real outcomes for ND employees and the teams around them. With 10-20% of the workforce identifying as neurodivergent, don’t overlook the opportunity to lead the change.
