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A Neurodivergent Leadership Guide: How to Run a Business When You Have ADHD
Diann Wingert’s executive assistant is a boss whisperer, a person who has the unique ability to understand their supervisor’s psychology, nature, and behavior — and respond calmly and effectively to off-topic tangents, memory hiccups, and other challenges. And Wingert says every boss with ADHD needs one.When Wingert’s ADHD brain bursts with ideas that simply must be shared with her employees right now, even during a meeting about something entirely different, her trusted assistant gently nudges her back on track and to the subject at hand.“When I have a new idea and fall madly in love with it, well, it’s as if we don’t have other initiatives” to attend to, says Wingert, a licensed psychotherapist, coach, consultant, and serial entrepreneur.