With the rise of adult women (finally) getting an ADHD diagnosis comes a fresh conversation about how we can better work with neurodiversity. One key area of focus: the world of work.

How can ADHD impact your career? What adjustments can you ask for that will make things easier? What should managers be doing to help neurodivergent talent? These questions all swirl around and can seem overwhelming, but there are simple steps we can take in the right direction.

Leanne Maskell is an ADHD Coach, the director of coach training company ADHD Works, and author of ADHD: An A To Z, so she knows her stuff when it comes to living with ADHD instead of fighting against it.

“If you’ve got ADHD, learning how to work with it, instead of against it, can be the secret to a wildly successful career,” Maskell tells Stylist. “Without this understanding, we may feel powerless against a brain determined to steamroll into jobs and careers with lots of new ideas, before steamrolling out again a few months (or weeks) later!”

How to make your job work for you when you have ADHD