8 steps to develop your Office of the CEO roadmap

CEOs, Chiefs of Staff and Executive Assistants you're leaving millions of dollars on the table by neglecting your Office of the CEO. If you don't invest in your CEO Office, you'll never catch up to your competitors and become #1 in your market. And if you already are top dog, your position might be in jeopardy. Instead, you'll be stuck with the same workload, the same decision fatigue and the same risk of burnout. 

So what's the solution? A development roadmap for your Office of the CEO. This roadmap gives you hope to escape the abyss of CEO busywork, blockers and escalations while moving towards strategic growth and unlocking new markets. 

Here are 8 steps to improve your roadmap:

1. Assess your current state Office of the CEO

2. Define your future state Office of the CEO

3. Define commonsense quarterly milestones to achieve your future state

4. Quantify the impact that each milestone will have on your CEO and company

5. Commit investment to developing your Office of the CEO

6. Assign an owner to the Office of the CEO roadmap

7. Execute workstreams to achieve each milestone

8. Report back your progress to the entire company every 6 months

Here are 8 examples of Office of the CEO roadmap milestones: 

1. Meeting protocol

2. Decision protocol

3. Escalation protocol

4. Office of the CEO KPIs

5. CEO-led customer success

6. CEO-led sales

7. Board prep optimization

8. Project tracking

and so on...

Remember, your Office of the CEO is a continuous improvement project that is never quite finished. So it's easier to leverage a roadmap to give you a structured path towards success by putting time, attention and dollars behind your efforts. 

Once you have your milestones (i.e. objectives and key results) laid out in front of you, it's time to execute. And ultimately, you'll cash in. 

Your new-and-improved Office of the CEO will power your executive team to reach new heights, stay competitive in the market, and capture new growth. 

Our estimates show that millions of dollars are at stake if you invest in your Office of the CEO. This includes increased executive productivity, new deals originated by your CEO’s network and improved CEO close rates with strategic customers. What are you waiting for?

Follow Mackenzie Lee, Cedar CEO, on LinkedIn here to learn how investing in your Office of the CEO and creating a strategic roadmap can unlock millions in potential revenue and keep you ahead of the competition.