Bespoke 1:1 ADHD Coaching for CEOs
A different way of thinking about leadership, load, and capacity with ADHD or AuDHD brain wiring.
Book a call with me to explore how I can help you reach the efficiency you desire.
The real problem
You're not failing at leadership. But maybe you're too close to see the entire issue
You're running a role that doesn't fit how your brain actually works.
As CEO in an organisation, or a founder / business owner, with ADHD or AuDHD traits, you've probably already noticed unhelpful patterns in your daily experience.
You can see business challenges with clarity; inefficiencies, risks, and missed opportunities that others overlook entirely.
But … too much still routes through you. Too many decisions. Too many approvals. Too many conversations that needs handling.
And the trajectory doesn't feel sustainable anymore. Something fundamental has shifted. That's why you're here.
The difficulty of separating the signal from the noise
A challenge most humans face is zooming out and being able to see what's really happening, structurally.
When you're living in the detail every day, it can be hard to see the wood for the trees.
But once you see it, you can't un-see it.
Pattern recognition
A personal example: How being too close cost me months of progress & efficiency
The bug problem
Earlier in my business, we were working on a tech product where we were fixing bugs daily — and never catching up despite our best efforts.
Everyone assumed the answer was faster reactions and better monitoring.
Eventually, after months of exhausting firefighting, it became clear the problem wasn't the bugs themselves or our response time.
It was the underlying structure creating them in the first place.
We stopped reacting to individual issues, stepped back, and redesigned entire systems from the ground up.
Within six months the bug count dropped to almost zero.
That same pattern shows up in leadership: Fixing symptoms doesn't scale. No matter how fast you work or how many hours you put in. Changing structure does.
The moment most leaders arrive here
For most people I work with, the trigger isn't a dramatic crisis or a sudden breakdown. It's a more persistent realisation that builds over time, until it can no longer be ignored.
"If I keep operating like this, I probably won't reach the future I'm aiming for."
You might recognise some of this:
1
You've become the organisational bottleneck without ever meaning to. It happened gradually, then suddenly you're the person every thread has to pass through.
2
Too many decisions, conversations, and emotional edges land on your desk daily. The volume hasn't just increased — it's fundamentally changed the nature of your role.
3
Work bleeds into evenings, weekends, and what used to be protected home life. The boundaries you once maintained have eroded without your explicit decision.
4
Rest isn't really solving this. You still feel overwhelmed, and like you're dropping the ball too often. And you're aware that others notice the chaos too.
At some point, it becomes clear: something has to change fundamentally — you just don't know what yet, or where to start. That's where I come in.
The change in perspective that reveals everything
Most CEOs eventually reach a realisation like this.
"The problem isn't that I'm bad at organisation or time management.
It's that I'm still trying to perform a version of my role that doesn't fit who I actually am.
But I don't know how to fix that, without years of experimentation."
Once that fundamental truth clicks into place the entire nature of the work transforms.
It stops being about fixing yourself and becomes about redesigning the conditions and environment you're working within.
There's more than one way to be a successful CEO. And the one you're been running? It isn't.
And the work becomes practical — not personal.
The right question to ask?
"How can I be an effective CEO, sustainably?"
"How can I" questions are a favourite of mine, since they invite new options, new ideas, and collapse black & white thinking that holds us back from real progress.
What usually doesn't work
Most ADHD CEOs who find their way to me aren't new to self-reflection. They're thoughtful, intelligent leaders who've already invested time and resources trying to solve this.
Often, they're already tried:
Traditional Exec coaching
It often assumes a neurotypical brain and working memory system
Business advice
That treats delegation as emotionally neutral and straightforward from books or peers.
Productivity systems
Books, tools, apps, and "better time management" strategies
Peer support
Talking it through with partners or peers who don't see the entire problem

The common mistake is subtle but important:
They assume the problem is solved by managing their ADHD brain better — when the real problem is carrying too much structural load that no amount of personal optimisation can fix. We can solve this problem.
Where I come in with Bespoke CEO Coaching for ADHD and AuDHD brains
No matter how intelligent or self-aware you are, it's hard to see each consequence of a structural mismatch with clarity, while you're inside it, living it, breathing it.
My brain is naturally pattern-based and systems-oriented.
I separate the signal from the noise for you, and notice where complex systems interact and influence each other in ways that aren't immediately obvious.
I work across multiple essential domains simultaneously:
Business & organisational structure
Understanding how roles, reporting lines, and decision flows impact cognitive load
Personality & attachment patterns
Recognising how your relational patterns shape how you lead and where you get stuck
Psychology & neuroscience
Applying evidence-based understanding of how ADHD and neurodivergent brains actually function
Lived experience of leadership pressure
Drawing from direct experience of what it feels like to carry too much for too long from my $20M business.
That combination lets me spot where the shape of the role itself is doing the damage — even when the person in it is highly capable, deeply committed, and doing everything "right" according to conventional wisdom.
What this leads to
Not this
  • Pushing harder or longer
  • Becoming more disciplined
  • Turning you into someone else
  • Fixing your "broken" brain
But this
  • Reducing unnecessary load systematically
  • Redesigning how decisions flow
  • Redistributing responsibility strategically
  • Leading from where your brain works best
This work is about creating the structural conditions that allow you to lead effectively without burning out in the process. It's about building a role that fits your actual brain, not forcing your brain to fit an inherited role design.
A.G.
Having a coach who truly understands ADHD has been transformative!
From our first session, Phil’s insights have led to more breakthroughs than I’ve had in years of previous Executive coaching.
For the first time, I'm seeing my unique value in a new light, allowing me to work with my brain rather than against it, which feels like a real gift. Highly recommend working with Phil.
G.M.
Working with Phil has been an illuminating experience, deepening my self-awareness as well as advancing my professional development.
Through our collaboration, I am learning to identify and leverage my unique skills and strengths, aligning them with my business objectives.
This journey has shown me how my untapped abilities can be effectively harnessed to help reach these goals.
J.H.
Before working with Phil, I was juggling too many roles and buried by long lists of unrelated tasks.
I couldn’t see more than a month or two ahead, and everything felt urgent and exhausting. With no clear priorities or focus, my business was struggling to grow.
Phil has helped me restructure how I actually work as an ADHD person. I’m operating more in "my zone of genius": holding the big-picture vision for my company and doing high-impact work.
Book a call to uncover how I can help you move past your current roadblock, and restore calm progress, without having to change or fix your brain.