ADHD at Work Part 2: Psychosocial Risk, Work Design & What Leaders Must Do Next | myosh webinar

About this episode

This episode discusses the intersection of ADHD with psychosocial risk and work design, emphasizing the responsibilities of leaders in creating supportive workplace conditions.

Following the overwhelming response to Part 1, this session moves beyond awareness and into what organisations must do next. In this conversation, we explore how ADHD intersects with psychosocial risk, work design, and WHS responsibilities, and why treating ADHD as an individual issue may be missing the bigger picture. Because when you map ADHD against workplace conditions, you don’t just see a performance challenge… You see: Role ambiguity Cognitive overload Constant interruption Poorly managed change All of which are named psychosocial hazards. In this session, we cover: What Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) looks like in the workplace Why role clarity and structure are critical for performance The impact of cognitive load and fragmented work environments How poor work design creates invisible strain Why this is a WHS and leadership responsibility What good work design actually looks like in practice The part most organisations don’t see: What happens when someone performs all day…but has nothing left when they get home. As discussed in this session, the cost of poor work design often doesn’t show up in: Performance reviews Absenteeism Dashboards But it is real, and it…

People in this episode

Host: Kristina Shields

Guest: Dr Natalie Flatt

Topics covered

• ADHD
• psychosocial risk
• work design
• leadership responsibilities
• cognitive load
• role clarity
• workplace wellbeing

Keywords

• ADHD at work
• psychosocial hazards
• Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
• cognitive overload
• workplace performance
• WHS responsibilities
• work design
• team wellbeing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: myosh, Connect Psych Services

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