Making ADD Work: On-the-Job Strategies for Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder [Paperback]

Blythe Grossberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2005

Career consultant and psychologist Blythe Grossberg offers advice on managing A.D.D. symptoms that arise during daily work routines-and provides insights from well-known entrepreneurs, CEOs, professional athletes, and others afflicted with the condition who paved their way to success.

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About the Author

Blythe Grossberg, Psy.D., is a career consultant with a doctoral degree in Organizational Psychology who specializes in adult attention deficit disorders. She has written for Boston Magazine, Radcliffe Quarterly, and Travel & Leisure, and has worked for The New Yorker. She is a member of the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) and has conducted a two-year study on A.D.D. adults in the workplace.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (September 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399531998
• ISBN-13: 978-0399531996
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #999,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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48 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Much ado about nothing, September 14, 2006

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This review is from: Making ADD Work: On-the-Job Strategies for Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)

There is very little of substance to this book with regard to concrete suggestions on strategies a person can use to work with ADD as an adult - especially in the work place; lots of "stories." There is great emphasis about enlisting the help of family, friends, coworkers. People with ADD just want to work with it; they don't want their world to be involved in it. A very disappointing missive.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Title doesn't match contents, May 10, 2008

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Martin Hughes (Grand Rapids, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Making ADD Work: On-the-Job Strategies for Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)

I was hoping for some practical tips on how to manage ADD at my current job. Most of those tips--and there are only a few basic ones--can be found in the first 1/3 of the book. The second 2/3 focus instead on getting a different job and getting help from third party professionals. I notice that most of the positive reviews come from some of the kinds of professionals recommended in the last part of the book. Not that there's anything wrong with that, or with them per se, but there's just not a lot in this slim volume for people who love their jobs and who are interested in staying there and striving toward greater success where they're at already.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I had hoped, February 24, 2008

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This review is from: Making ADD Work: On-the-Job Strategies for Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)

I had such high hopes for this book guiding me through some very challenging times at work. While I gained some valuable tips from Making ADD Work:... All in all it has not been as helpful as some of the other books I am consulting. It comes off as more of a discussion group than a true problem solving solution.