ADHD contradictions: Hot mess and high performer in equal measure (Sabrina Caluori’s story)
About this episode
Sabrina Caluori shares her experiences as a high-achieving leader with ADHD, discussing the contradictions of her life and how they connect her to her child.
A former boss once described their first meeting this way: “She showed up late and disheveled, and I hired her anyway.” That’s Sabrina Caluori in a nutshell. Sabrina is the chief marketing officer at Chief, the largest private network for ambitious women. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, she describes herself as a contradiction: “High achieving and a hot mess in equal measure” — a leader who can hold an entire company’s strategy in her head but can’t manage her own calendar. Sabrina shares what it’s like to be gifted with ADHD — twice exceptional — and how that experience bonds her to her 2e child. She gets into ADHD burnout, self-doubt, and how the things she once considered character flaws turned out to make her exceptional at reading people and leading teams.
People in this episode
Host: Laura Key
Guest: Sabrina Caluori
Topics covered
- ADHD
- high performance
- self-doubt
- leadership
- twice exceptional
- burnout
Keywords
- ADHD
- high performer
- hot mess
- self-doubt
- leadership
- burnout
- twice exceptional
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Chief
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