EP. 266: ADHD in the C-Suite: Katy McFee's Blueprint for Women in Leadership

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Katy McFee spent the bulk of her career undiagnosed, and struggled for years until she learned how to work with her ADHD and not against it. After 18 years in the corporate world she founded her company, Insights to Action, which is on a mission to help close the gender gap in senior leadership. Katy discovered through her entrepreneurship journey and ADHD diagnosis that we can all thrive as our authentic selves once we are ready to accept ourselves for who we are. She is passionate about empowering women and helping more women break into senior leadership and thrive as leaders without burning out, a passion that shines through in everything she does. Join my insightful conversation with Katy to hear about her personal ADHD journey, how she sets herself up for success each day with an energizing morning routine, everything she’s learned about leadership in the corporate world, and all the work she’s doing to help other incredible women like herself make meaningful changes in male-dominated industries. Resources: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katy-mcfee-3880b4a/ Instagram: @katy.mcfee Website: www.insightstoactioncc.com

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0:00.0	We as in like society does a terrible job at supporting women in those childbearing years.
0:07.0	So, you know, pregnancy, maternity leave and even afterwards and too many women feel like they have to make a choice.
0:15.0	Like, am I going to be there for my family or am I going to focus on my career?
0:19.0	I'm a believer you can do both with some intention and some boundaries, but a lot of us receive messages that you can't.
0:26.4	And I mean there's just also there's biases, there's things we have to overcome.
0:31.3	So there has to be some fixing of the system, but where I Kim in is I say, okay, this is where we are today.
0:37.8	So how can we navigate what we're facing today and see success. Richard Branson, Michael Phelps, Justin Timberlake, James Carvel.
0:54.0	Wait a minute.
0:55.0	Where are the women?
0:58.0	Greta Gerwick, Lisa Ling,
1:02.0	Audrey McDonald, Simone, Greta Gerwig, Lisa Ling,
1:02.7	Audrey McDonald, Simone Biles.
1:06.3	That sounds like a list of highly successful Titans
1:09.7	in a variety of industries.
1:11.7	They all have ADHD, but you don't hear much about that now, do you?
1:16.3	You know what else you don't hear about? Are the 43% of people with ADHD who are in excellent mental health.
1:24.2	Why aren't we talking about them
1:25.7	and what they're doing right?
1:27.9	I'm your host Tracy Atsuka
1:29.6	and that's exactly what we do here. I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, and now the
1:36.4	author of my new book ADHD for smart-ass women. I'm also a certified ADHD
1:42.0	coach and the creator of your ADHD brain is A-O-K.
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