ADHD and the First Steps to Starting Your Own Business
At some point in our careers, we feel the urge to make a change. Maybe it’s going for a role with more leadership or taking on more responsibility. Some people are eager for a job that is meaningful and filled with purpose. And still, others find a job that encompasses both — leadership and purpose […]
Easy Workplace Management with ADHD at Home
Easy Workplace Management with ADHD at Home Traditional office workplace environments can pose quite the challenge for those of us who deal with ADHD. There’s a ton of stimuli being thrown at you at any given time, and it’s your responsibility to prioritize and maximize your workload efficiency. Of course, the same is true, perhaps […]
Career or Business Cobbling Joys of Flexibility
By now, most everyone knows that retirement from one company in which you start, work your way up, and end up retired with the Golden Parachute rarely exists. Besides, if you have ADD characteristics like me, you would not likely have the patience to stick with anything that requires taking orders, operating within a bureaucracy […]
To the Parents of ADHD Adults in Career Transition
Are you the parent of an adult son or daughter with ADHD in career transition? If so, you will find the information contained in this article quite helpful. Parents who support their adult children through this process, as often stressful as it can be, are to be commended. If this is YOU, kudos – it’s […]
ADHD Professionals in the Corporate World
Challenged to keep the fires burning? With or without ADHD, navigating your professional career can be daunting. This is particularly true if you have a great deal invested in an education, years in your field, and are now working in a corporate environment on the executive track. I knew my corporate years were numbered when […]
You Are Not the Boss of Me … or Are You?
How to Shift the ‘Attitude” and Have More Fun In Your Job In my twenties I worked for a big corporation as a legal secretary. Now imagine an off-the-chart ADDer doing this job in the first place. After being shuffled around the legal department to various attorneys who the company thought I could work with, […]
Life/Work Planning – Revisited or How the Pieces of My Life Fit Together to Create An Awesome Career
When I first trained with Richard Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute, back in 1991, I was introduced to the concept of Life/Work Planning. I put the term to rest many years ago. Now I want to pull it back out of my mind closet, and talk about the piece that has […]
Career Coaching for ADHDers v. Traditional Career Coaching
Why ADHD-Specific Career Coaching Is Vital While the value of career coaching is underestimated in our society, the need for it is vital to anyone who is not clearly focused on a direction that resonates with the heart. That would be something like 70-80% of the world’s population, according to any statistic on the working population unhappy […]