Wednesday 19 March 2014

Tips to Help People with ADHD to Succeed in Their Career

People dealing with the challenges of ADHD can benefit from an ADHD coach. A comprehensive ADHD coaching program is tailored to each individual, taking into account their unique strengths and challenges , and providing them much needed support, education on the ADHD brain, skills development, and encouragement to ultimately improve their satisfaction and fulfillment in their lives.

The Client is the Expert

Many coaches who do not have specific training and experience with ADHD do not know exactly how to approach helping people with ADHD. They use the same cookie cutter approach as they might with any other coaching client. Wayne Kessler, Boston MA Business Coach founder, despite his specific training and experience with ADHD, believes that the client is the expert when it comes to their life. This is because they are the ones who experience the symptoms, every day. And they are the ones who have to learn to adapt in order to manage them. What the coaching program offers is outside support, education, skills training and options for managing symptoms in order to help clients better understand how ADHD affects them and how to improve their behavior and overall quality of life. You do not need an expert to tell you that you have ADHD, but you do need one to help you manage it.

How can an ADHD coach help?

By co-creating a program to manage their ADHD, clients will not only be able to understand ADHD more, but they will also learn how to manage the symptoms better in order to reduce the negative effects they might have upon their lives.

The ADHD coaching program will also provide people suffering from ADHD with the necessary structure and organization in order to help them with activities of everyday life such as managing time better and also helping them plan ahead and structure their daily activities more efficiently.

The coaching program is also meant to help you learn to accept yourself as you are, and to stop the non-constructive self-criticism. In addition, the program will teach you to create positive and less reactive thinking habits, that will improve your self-esteem and productivity while also reducing impulsive behavior.

With the help of an ADHD coach, you will be provided with support throughout the entire coaching program, after which you will have the proper tools to manage your life better, improve relationships with family, friends, and ultimately succeed in your career.