Sometimes you have a wonderful, creative person that is disorganized and needs reminders, which it sounds like you don't want to deal with. If your organization is big enough, might she be transferred to a different department which utilizes her skills better? Also, at my old job, we worked closely with a "Welfare to Work" program where participants would still receive their benefits but would work at an organization for about no more than 20 hours a week to gain confidence, job skills and experience on their resume. Maybe you could get someone from a similar program to assist her. Or offer an internship to a budding college student interested in your industry. In most cases, it wouldn't really cost your organization anything.

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Well, given that we have a staff of 4 total, no, moving her not an option. :-) I'm more just trying to figure out ways that I can work with her. Whether she has ADHD or not, I really have no idea. But I just notice things that need following up on, which I already have a hard time doing for myself.

We have a large volunteer base. That might be a place to pull from. Don't know about working with another non-profit or doing an internship. That sounds like one more thing to keep up with, but maybe not.

Maybe I just need to have a conversation with her about this, and see if we can figure out how to help each other. Any thoughts on that would be appreciated.

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Have you considered asking your admin to take a DISC profile (Google Marston + DISC)?

If s/he has a High D, High I, Low S and Low C, and the job requires patience and attion to detail, s/he may be in the wrong job.

On the other hand, s/he will have a Hunters Profile and should be able to generate revenues 50 - 100 times her salary, more when trained.

People with High D's and I's represent only about 4% of the general population!

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