A Neurodivergent Leader’s Path: Navigating ADHD in the Workplace with Dr. Karyn Mathura,...

Until recently, Dr. Karyn Mathura felt like she had to hide her ADHD from her co-workers. Now, she’ll openly disclose her diagnosis, leading with vulnerability about her challenges. In this episode, Karyn candidly shares how she navigates leading in Corporate America while having ADHD.
We explore how ADHD is both a challenge and a superpower for her. Karyn openly shares her challenges - she can be direct, interrupt colleagues, has discomfort in social situations, and gets nervous presenting to senior leadership. She also walks us through how she overcomes these situations.
Karyn also thinks of ADHD as her superpower - adapting well to change, handling multiple projects at a time, and being an empathetic leader. She’s become an asset to her company and the many people she works with.
This conversation underscores the hurdles neurodivergent leaders face and the importance of creating an accommodating environment. You’ll gain valuable insights into the complexities of ADHD in the workplace, offering practical advice, and fostering a deeper understanding of neurodiversity.
Think neurodivergent leaders can’t be successful? Listen to Karyn’s story to hear how she has forged her leadership path in Corporate America.
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[@joshuaramos5362]

This has been such exciting insight for me. I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD (last month at the age of 22,) and had always felt worried about how I would fit in with the Corporate Finance world. I am glad to hear from someone with so much value to give to the ADHD community, and I believe that greater awareness of this divergence can only make it easier for those who have ADHD.

[@growingthruit]

I'm so glad you found it helpful. Karyn's story was insightful for me too and I hope it also offers the corporate world an expanded view of leadership. All the best to you as you navigate your diagnosis. And don't forget it's a superpower!

[@merbst]

I remain hesitant to admit that I have both autism & adhd, after the many times when I have had opportunities denied or taken away from me due to prejudice against anyone who is different that is felt by people with the power to control who is allowed the opportunity to prove themselves worthy of succeeding.
hope that neurodivergency is beginning to be somewhat better tolerated than it was in 1990 when I was the first student at my private elementary school to be diagnosed with any disability, developmental or otherwise, in the entire 40 year history of eugenicist-doctrine-practices such as the annual student registration process which required their designated doctor to sign off that he has "performed a complete physical examination & found no defect or disability".

[@growingthruit]

Thanks for commenting. I've been through the diagnosis process in the school system with my son and it hasn't been easy. I can't imagine what you had to deal with being the first one diagnosed in your school. Here's to sharing more of these stories so we can embrace "different" instead of shaming it.