Study results released May 2008 revealed the effect of ADHD on workers. The lack of ability to concentrate costs the average worker 22.1 days of “role performance” per year, including 8.7 extra days absent according to researchers at the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction. The United States specifically was estimated to be 28.3 days. The research suggests that it might be cost effective to screen workers for ADHD and provide treatment. Dr. Ron Kessler of Harvard University worked with workers suffering from depression and found that treatment costing $1,000 could help prevent $4,000 in lost productivity. Dr. Kessler says, “It sure looks like the effect would be as big, if not bigger, for ADHD.”

How many more workers are not accounted for in this study that have been fired due to poor performance issues related to ADHD? The implications of this research points to the need for worker accommodations. Your success is linked with your employer’s bottom line as it is with any worker, but even more so for you, the ADDer. Remember, where there is a deficit there is an outsized ability waiting to be revealed. Coaching will provide the support to positively impact your employer's bottom line that puts them in the black! How would it feel to know your work delivered that kind of value? You can do it YOUR way! 
 


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