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The number of employees with attention deficit trait is rising exponentially, requiring HR professionals to be "radically retrained" to mitigate this, a leadership advisor says.

Attention deficit trait (ADT) is "a characteristic of our behaviour and our existence at work; it's not a medical deficiency", says psychotherapist Katharine McLennan.

Unlike the better-known ADHD, it is not a disorder for which people would seek treatment from a psychiatrist or a pharmacologist, rather a trait that springs entirely from environment, she says...