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8 Tips For People With Learning And Attention Issues To Succeed At
Work
Forbes:
5.09.2018 by Denise
Brodey
If
you ask David Flink, founder and chief empowerment officer of Eye
to Eye, how the national organization that mentors students with
learning and attention issues nabbed a spot in the Top 10 Nonprofits to Work For in 2018, he’ll
tell you without hesitation, it’s the people they hire. “They have a strong
work ethic and a huge amount of creativity, curiosity and empathy, says Flink.
“I’d say they also all have a deep understanding of our mission and why
teamwork is essential.” That’s a long list of qualifications for an ideal job
candidate anywhere, at any level. I ask him how he fills the ranks.
“It’s
simple: We hire a lot of people with learning and attention issues,” says
Flink. “It’s a point of pride at Eye to Eye that we are run by and for the 1 in
5 people who learn differently.” I can hear the smile in his voice when he says
that. Flink, who has dyslexia and ADHD, has spent years thinking about how
people think. He then built a nonprofit that serves people who learn
differently and also employs them. The organization’s vision is to create a
world in which people with learning differences and ADHD are fully accepted,
valued and respected—not just by society, but by themselves. Eye to Eye pairs
middle school students with a high school or college mentor who also has a
learning difference. It's an empowering social-emotional intervention that
helps participants become leaders and ambassadors of the brand. They learn to
live free from second thoughts or worry and are ready, able and eager to apply
their unique strengths to their chosen career.
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The
Eye to Eye team has great advice for people who want to make the most of their
strengths, work collaboratively, succeed and lead in the workplace. Here are
their top tips:
1.
Have Conversations—Lots Of Them, About How Your Team Works.
Get to know the people
around you. Give it time.
2.
When People Ask For A Change At Work, Just Say Yes.
The likelihood is it’s not
going to be that expensive to implement. Some people need to take more breaks.
Others work best when they can use apps, everything from a $1.99 app for white
noise or programs that check sentence structure and spelling.
3.
Never Underestimate The Power Of Community.
When people feel understood, they
do a better job. In some places, you may feel like an outlier; not every job is
for every person. READ
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