To put it bluntly, my assistant isn't very good. I have to walk her through most things and it feels like I keep having to ask her to make the same corrections on the same things over and over. I don't necessarily view all of this as her fault. She has no formal training (never went to paralegal school) and we haven't had any real coaching here in the office. Everything has been trial by fire. On the other hand, she has been with the firm for a little over two years and like I said previously, something just doesn't seem to be clicking. I feel like sometimes I am kind of short with her because I have to walk her through simple things such as a Response to a Request for production which I am 100% sure she has done before. We plan on hiring me an additional assistant in October and now I am worried that I'll constantly be walking two people through the same things over and over.

I am actively looking for recommendations. How can I be a better leader? I don't want to be the bossy asshole with a short temper, but I genuinely don't understand what I can do to make things better. We have very limited time for training and I am feeling super stressed right now because I'm behind on work.