At a Glance
Champion of Neurodiversity and Inclusive Leadership
Bontle Senne is an AuDHD transformation leader, author of The ADHD Boss and coach for neurodivergent leaders.
Business Transformation Expert
Senne has led billion-pound megamergers and transformations at companies including McKinsey and Company, Deutsche Bank and Virgin Media O2.
Disruptive Thinker and Keynote Speaker
Senne advises Fortune 500 companies and regularly speaks at global events.
Author & Speaker
Bontle Senne is a transformation leader, keynote speaker, author, publisher and coach, with a unique lens as an AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD) professional. Her global career spans high-impact work across multiple sectors, from leading billion-pound megamergers in the UK to rebuilding a West African national education system for 1.2 million pupils and working with startups and SMEs on frugal innovation.
She has driven large-scale digital and organisational transformation across more that 20 global programs on three continents, including leadership roles at McKinsey and Company, Deutsche Bank, Virgin Media O2, Tyme Global and Teach First. She helps companies drive innovation, banish change fatigue, make change stick and deliver synergy wins pre- and post-merger integration.
Her latest book, The ADHD Boss, draws from her work coaching neurodivergent leaders in corporate and nonprofit sectors. It’s packed with advice to empower ambitious ADHD professionals to reach the top of their game. Bontle is also a regular media commentator for publications including Forbes and HuffPost.
Bontle regularly speaks at major international events such as the Frankfurt Book Fair, Salon du Livre, London Tech Leaders and Open Book Festival. She is also co-founder of Built to Diverge, a creative partnership on a mission to elevate neurodivergent voices in publishing and the media. She is vice-chair of the Board of akt, a UK charity supporting LGBTQ+ youth facing homelessness.
Whether mapping digital transformation or helping neurodiverse leaders thrive, Bontle’s work sits at the intersection of disruption and empathy, pushing forward change that empowers everyone.
Author of The ADHD Boss: A Productivity and Promotion Handbook for ADHD Employees
If you’re an ADHD professional with leadership ambitions, you’ve probably noticed that most career advice doesn’t quite fit. You’re told to “lean in” and “bring your authentic self to work,” but when you actually do that you’re suddenly “too much,” “difficult,” or “not leadership material.”
Even if you got the manager job, you’re still trying to prove you’re not a liability. The feedback you get assumes you can just turn your ADHD on/off or that ADHD is mostly just poor discipline and no time management. Spoiler alert: it isn’t.
This book addresses the everyday problems for ADHD employees who want to be leaders:
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Feeling like you have to mask your unusual thinking to be ‘professional’?
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Burning out from trying to prove that you are reliable and smart?
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Struggling to understand why you keep getting passed over for praise or promotions?
In The ADHD Boss, you’ll discover:
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How to turn ADHD traits into genuine leadership skills without ‘leaning in’
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Practical strategies for building credibility, finding senior supporters, and navigating offer politics
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The stuff no one tells you about managing teams and projects without overwhelming yourself
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Ways to ditch imposter syndrome for good
This isn’t another productivity guide or collection of life hacks. Whether you’re targeting your first management role or plotting your route to the boardroom, this book gives you the insider knowledge that training at work won’t teach and stuff ADHD coaching doesn’t cover.
Success doesn’t have an expiry date and your time is now
Keynote Topics
Bontle is an experienced and engaging speaker and is available for keynotes, interviews or expert comment on topics including:
Nothing to Fix: Fast-Tracking Next Gen Neurodivergent Talent
Let’s skip past the theory of reasonable adjustments and talk about the practical implementation of turning neurodivergent talent into neurodivergent leadership. Rather than principles or policy, this talk focuses on embedding a fresh organisational strategy and practices at every level to fast-track the next generation of ND talent.
Change that Sticks: Why Your Last Transformation Failed (And How to Ensure the Next One Doesn't
Challenging the traditional consulting model by exposing why most transformation efforts fail and presenting a practical, no-nonsense approach to achieve sustainable change. Thinking about rapid implementation, leadership accountability and real-time upskilling, Bontle will share actionable tactics to drive measurable results and change.
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