Frankie Berkoben, MSc
Speaker & ADHD Coach for Professionals in Tech
I help brilliant tech professionals work WITH their powerful brains not against them.
Coaching with Frankie
I help brilliant tech professionals work WITH their powerful brains not against them.Current and former clients include directors, managers and senior ICs across product, design and engineering at leading companies including Google, AirBNB and Slack.It’s a radical act to unapologetically design for strengths in a world that focuses on remedying deficits. It’s also what creates authentic and engaging leaders. 🏆Clients work with me to grow in exactly this way: unique to them. We solve for the knotty dilemma of how to stand out (and shine!) at the same time as fit in (and belong!), through a blend of design thinking and the good ol’ scientific method.Together, we design a life and future that works WITH everything you bring to the table:🧠 Powerful, always-on brain🌪 All the ideas all the time🎢 Intense feels🚫 Consistently inconsistent😣 Overwhelm + burnoutThrough our work, you will grow to:🏋🏽 identify and celebrate your strengths🙋 articulate and self-advocate for your needs🧰 curate a toolkit of habits, resources and sustainable systems🎨 design menus of options for getting unstuck🔥 live a shame-free life based on strengths (not regrets!)You can also book me to speak at your organization or event!
Meet Frankie
Based in the SF Bay Area, originally from 🇮🇪/🇬🇧, I am a:
🎓 PhD + MBA dropout
🎤 public speaker + storyteller
🚀 product + program manager
🚴 endurance cyclist
🌵 succulent hoarder
🎼 classical pianist/singer and
👷🏻 former EPA geologist.Before I became aware of my own neurodivergence, I hated my high potential because I couldn't reliably follow through. I couldn't trust my own brain.My strengths felt like unpredictable liabilities. I was thwarted by simple tasks yet capable of hugely complex ones. I either excelled, or failed catastrophically, with no rhyme or reason as to why.An ADHD diagnosis comes with an rollercoaster of grief, relief, regret, anger and hope. I navigated this identity shift in my late 30s through working with a coach who truly got me and immersing myself in communities who accept me wholeheartedly, derpy emojis and all.My work as a coach, speaker and advocate is to pave an easier path for high-empathy systems thinkers (with or without ADHD diagnoses) to circumvent shame and overwhelm, and build foundations taking them from good to GREAT.You'll find me leading ADDA's biweekly HighIQ ADHD virtual peer support group and volunteering with coaching organizations ACO and ICF Bay Area chapter, as well as podcasts, conferences and corporate wellness talks.
Volunteering
ADD Association
Facilitator
High IQ + ADHD Virtual Support Group
2nd, 4th, 5th Thursdays 8pm ET
ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO)
Programs Committee
Case Collaborations
SF Storytellers Toastmasters
(former) VP Membership
Mondays 12pm PT
projects in flight
Building your Authentic ADHD Life
Workshop series
*Twice-yearly cohorts *
ADHD Coach Collective
An algorithm-matched ADHD Professional Directory (like Tinder, but for finding good-fit coaches!)
currently in beta
Inquiries
Think your team, organization or event would benefit from hearing about ADHD, authenticity & designing for what actually works?
Corporate wellness
Keynotes
Workshops
Summits
Podcasts
Virtual or in person (SF, US & UK)
Past talks
Executive functions & bandwidth
ADDA "TADD talk" 2022 - listen here Recorded 3wks postpartum 🤯2022 Int'l Conference on ADHD
Solopreneurship is B.S. Alternatives for ADHD coaches2022 ADDA Webinar
🍋 Zest, Sass & Spark: Seligman's Positive Psychology2021 Int'l Conference on ADHD
🚀 Your ADHD Dream Team
💡Applying Agile to ADHD
Speaking Affiliations
ADD Association
Facilitator, High IQ + ADHD SupportADHD Coaches Organization (ACO)
Presenter, Programs CommitteeSF Storytellers Toastmasters
(former) VP Membership
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free pdf resource:
types of bandwidth
Set yourself up for success by identifying & managing different types of bandwidth. This accompanies a 10min TADD talk.
This 10min talk explains the PDF resource in more detail!Expect to receive an email containing the types of bandwidth worksheet in your inbox shortly.In the meantime, check out the links below 👇