10 Steps to Hire a Chief of Staff

Follow these 10 steps to hire the right Chief of Staff for you:

1. Assign a hiring manager or use an executive search firm

2. Identify your leverage points and working style

3. Build a perfect Chief of Staff profile based on the CEO, executive team and company needs

4. Commit to attractive, market rate Chief of Staff comp

5. Define Chief of Staff employee value prop

6. Leverage multiple talent sourcing channels

7. Interview a select number of candidates

8. Give finalists a project-based take home test

9. Create an attractive offer package for your #1 candidate

10. Close your new Chief of Staff!

You’ll land a perfect Chief of Staff that you definitely won’t fire in 2 weeks.

We specialize in helping top executives find their next Chief of Staff from our Cedar Talent Network. To learn more about Cedar’s Chief of Staff recruiting services, contact us here.