Helena Territt featured on TextHelp blog “12 tips for supporting colleagues with ADHD”
texthelp believes that everyone has the right to understand and be understood. They want to help everyone to understand and be understood. By 2030, they want to have advanced the literacy and understanding of 1 billion people around the world.
texthelp asked Helena Territt for her top tip on supporting colleagues with ADHD.
12 tips for supporting colleagues with ADHD
Individuals with ADHD often have energetic drive, and are able to hyperfocus on tasks that are driven by their interests. They're often creative, able to think holistically, and make great leaders because of their resilience. With these strengths, people with ADHD make a great addition to any workforce. They thrive best in environments that play to their strengths, and support any challenges they may have. Such challenges can include difficulty maintaining focus, impulse and concentration.
To help you support a colleague or employee with ADHD, we asked ADHD coaches, business leaders, and people with lived experience of ADHD for their insights. Here's 12 tips to help you support employees with ADHD to accomplish their tasks and feel accepted in the work environment.
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Help them get things done their way
Focus on the outcome not the method and allow us to get there our way. Rewards and consequences rarely work for ADHDers, but we can achieve incredible things when engaged with our interests and values. ADHD paralysis tends to be worse when under pressure, feeling confined/ restrained, or in a negative mindset. Allow autonomy as much as possible and keep things focused on success.
Encourage people to stand up and move around in meetings or use fidget toys if it helps them to pay attention and have somebody summarize and check action points at the end. Be patient with occasional interruptions, it means we are enthused and excited about the topic.
Helena Territt, Executive ADHD Coach at Hatched Coaching
