The ADHD Skills Lab ADHD, Leadership, and the Identity Shift That Changes Everything
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Feb 23, 2026 Adam Tasker, COO of High Performance Father and father of three diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, talks leadership, parenting, and practical routines. He explores late diagnosis, shifting from doer to leader, delegation, emotional regulation, and building systems that actually stick. Short, candid, and focused on responsibility and sustainable change.
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Late Diagnosis Reframes A Lifetime Of Patterns
- Adam Tasker discovered his ADHD after researching his sons' diagnoses and had an immediate, clear confirmatory psychiatry consult a year before the interview.
- That late diagnosis recontextualized lifelong patterns like teenage decline in school, anxiety, and depression rather than being a prompt to “fix” himself.
Realising Stagnation Triggered Career Change
- Adam realised he had been stagnating: at 32 he was the same person he was at 28, doing the minimum to get by rather than growing.
- That feeling of 'going through the motions' sparked his move from IT deployment into founding and committing to High Performance Father.
Treat Your Calendar As A Decision Anchor
- Make your calendar your Bible: precommit priorities so your future distracted self follows decisions made when you're clearer.
- Adam uses Asana plus a daily half-hour review to decide what must be done, delegated, or deferred.