EP96: Transforming Learning Disability Into Workplace Capability with ADHD Coach Alexandra Gilbert

<p dir="ltr">In today’s episode, your host Kimberly is joined by Alexandra Gilbert, CEO of consulting and coaching business Cape-Able Consulting LLC, a consulting agency created to help people with ADHD or learning disabilities struggling in their careers to reach their highest potential in the workplace. </p> <p dir="ltr">Alexandra talks about the indicators of ADHD, navigating diagnoses and treatments for learning disabilities, whether or not to self-disclose your disability in the workplace, and best practices in the workplace to support individuals with learning disabilities. She also shares her ADHD and Dyslexia Diagnoses early on as a child and how those experiences have shifted and evolved as she moved into adulthood and into the workplace. </p> <p dir="ltr">Join in on this unique conversation with Kimberly & Alexandra and find out how you can create a thriving and equitable workplace for yourself and those around you. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>KEY POINTS:</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">- What are the indicators of ADHD? </p> <p dir="ltr">- Types of ADHD: Inattentive, Hyperactive, and Combined</p> <p dir="ltr">- Alexandra’s Dyslexia & ADHD story </p> <p dir="ltr">- Should you self-disclose your learning disability in the workplace?</p> <p dir="ltr">- Unmasking at home and in the workplace </p> <p dir="ltr">- Key identifiers of learning disability as an adult </p> <p dir="ltr">- How to effectively identify your strengths </p> <p dir="ltr">- Best principles vs best practices for ADHD in the workplace</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>QUOTABLES:</strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>“I described how people with learning disabilities or ADHD — when they are looking at their jobs, the job should be challenging, not hard.”</em> – Alexandra Gilbert</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>“Inattentive ADHD is someone who's a little spacey and looks like they're paying attention, but not mentally there. Someone who has hyperactive ADHD, in women, tends to be those who are very talkativ