ADHD at Work
Better Support, Better Access, Better Conversations
Work can bring out both the strengths and the challenges of an ADHD brain.
You might be brilliant at solving problems, responding under pressure or seeing possibilities other people miss, while finding apparently simple things — competing priorities, interruptions, administration, meetings or managing workload — disproportionately difficult.
ADHD coaching can provide space to understand those challenges, identify what gets in the way and develop practical approaches that work for the individual and their workplace.
The aim isn't to make neurodivergent people better at fitting into systems that don't work for them.
Sometimes the person doesn't need fixing. The barrier does.
For Employees
Understanding what you need at work
You don't need to wait until things have reached crisis point before asking for support.
Coaching can help you explore how ADHD or other neurodivergent traits affect you at work, recognise your strengths, identify barriers and develop practical strategies around the things you find difficult.
That might include workload and priorities, organisation, communication, meetings, managing interruptions, time, confidence, overwhelm or preparing for conversations with your manager.
It can also provide space to think about reasonable adjustments that could reduce unnecessary barriers at work. Reasonable adjustments aren't about gaining an advantage. They are about recognising that people may need different things in order to access the same opportunity to contribute and perform effectively.
Access to Work
You may also be eligible for support through the UK Government's Access to Work scheme.
Access to Work can provide practical and financial support to help people with a disability or health condition stay in work, including people who are self-employed. Depending on individual circumstances, support can include specialist equipment, support workers, travel assistance and other workplace support.
ADHD coaching may form part of an Access to Work award where it has been agreed as appropriate support.
I can help you think through what difficulties you're experiencing at work, what support might be useful and how you can describe those needs clearly. Formal decisions about eligibility and funding remain with Access to Work.
ADHDAndy can work with employers and organisations to support neurodivergent staff, explore practical workplace adjustments and develop greater understanding of how ADHD can affect people at work.
Coaching can also provide employees with a confidential space to better understand how they work, develop strategies and build confidence — while retaining responsibility and ownership for their own development.
Reasonable adjustments work best when they are conversations
There isn't a universal list of “ADHD adjustments”.
What helps one person may be completely irrelevant to another.
The useful question is not simply:
“What adjustments do people with ADHD need?”
It's:
“What is getting in the way for this person, in this role, in this workplace — and what could reasonably make that easier?”
That's where good conversations begin.
For Employers & Organisations
Supporting neurodivergent people to do their best work
Creating a neuroinclusive workplace doesn't require lowering expectations.
It means understanding that the route to meeting those expectations may not look the same for everybody.
Small changes can sometimes make a significant difference: clearer communication, different ways of structuring work, greater clarity around priorities, appropriate flexibility or reducing unnecessary environmental and organisational barriers.
That's where good conversations begin.
Lets Talk
Whether you're an employee trying to understand what support might help, a manager wanting to support somebody well, or an organisation looking to improve neurodivergent inclusion, we can start with a conversation.
Better support doesn't begin with assumptions.
It begins with understanding.
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