Perhaps it’s good he is in a field where the might be secretaries / assistants to mitigate his organization challenges. Still a coach could be good to teach him some good habits and set up online tools.
I think the ideal coach for this person might be someone with both a JD and a coaching certification or two, and perhaps a graduate degree in education or psychology. An effective coach would also have the ability to tailor specific time management and organizational techniques to the needs of each individual client. I am sure this can get quite tricky.
Gifted/ASD adults sometimes rely on phenomenal memory skills to get around organizational challenges, and I wonder if such an adult could be taught mental mapping as a way to keep track of physical documents to be pulled up as needed in a situation where this could not be done online… Perhaps this young lawyer could be taught to make mental maps of the placement of documents, no matter his diagnosis.
If the young man is already working with a psychiatrist and will buy into the need for a coach, he might try approaching the psychiatrist for a recommendation.
Yes! Exactly! Someone needs to start this business.
For those who referenced secretaries and legal assistants, part of the role of the coach would be to help train him to use support staff more effectively. He has a secretary that he shares with 3 others, buy he underutilizes her.
Dunno–the attorneys I know practice law until they can retire or move on to some other field. Don’t know many who would make good coaches or even what type of training they should get to be good coaches.
Notelling (op & comment #22)
Interim Suggestion: Can someone on-staff with good interpersonal skills shadow him in order to evaluate and develop recommendations. This shadow could also gently intervene by offering to help or simply put things in order while shadowing. He could learn from the modeling.
Sounds as if his behavior is “entrenched” – He under-utilizes support staff because his habit is to rely on himself.
Positive Indicator: That you want to keep him suggests that he has personal qualities that others connect with. With that in mind, he might work well with someone. Another positive indicator would be if he has a sense of humor.
Typically, people with this kind of executive function lack don’t learn from modeling.
This is not going to be an easy or quick problem for this guy to solve.