# What ADHD looks like in the workplace

- **Episode:** [173](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/173.md) (2025-02-20)
- **Type:** interview
- **Tags:** adhd, workplace, symptoms
- **Time:** 5:11–6:07 (start 311s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/173?t=311](https://truthliesandwork.com/173?t=311)

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[5:11] Leanne Elliott: So what might that look like in, in the workplace, either to help people maybe identify these behaviors in themselves or leaders recognize them in others?
[5:18] Skye Waterson: Yeah, well, I think in the workplace, this is where the persistent and pervasive comes in. It needs to be something that you've seen pretty much from the beginning, the moment they walked in the door, to now. It's not something that is happening just over the holidays or at another time, you know, where there might be other reasons for it. It's something you're seeing a lot, um, and it's essentially particularly consistent struggles. I would say if you're looking at a spiky profile, that might be, um, a really good indicator that somebody's struggling with ADHD. So if they're like, man, they're doing amazing in this area, but it feels like they don't care because they never send their email responses with, you know, enough time, that kind of thing that really like, well, they're doing amazing here, but not here. Usually that's indicative, indicative that there might be something going on