After you’ve identified hard skills for your future Chief of Staff, it’s time to get to the squishier side of the equation. I’d argue that it’s the soft skills that make the Chief of Staff reach their maximum potential.

Use this playbook when you are coming on as an Interim Chief of Staff.

If you’re a CEO with 99 problems, focus is one. Can you filter out distractions from opportunities?

Want to ace your Chief of Staff interview? Reverse engineer the interview scorecard. Check out Chapter 2 of the Chief of Staff Playbook here to understand what the typical Chief of Staff Interview Scorecard looks like.

What hard skills does your future Chief of Staff need? What will enable them to deliver massive value to their CEO, the board, the investors, the senior leadership team and the company?

The Chief of Staff to CXOs will become 5x more common than the Chief of Staff to the CEO in large companies. Bold statement, we know.

CEOs, what’s the secret to achieving maximum impact with your Chief of Staff? A leadership org chart with clear Chief of Staff reporting structures.

Chiefs of Staff, get out your power drills and put on your hard hats. To be successful, you need to be the systems engineer for your C-suite.

As a CEO, you might object to hiring a Chief of Staff. "Why would I want to hire a Chief of Staff when I can just do everything myself?" you say.

If the CoS benefits and CoS triggers aren’t enough to convince you that you need a Chief of Staff, watch out for these 8 CEO Warnings Signs.

Here are 8 strategies to onboard successfully as a Chief of Staff.

So what’s next? This is a common coaching question that we get from Chiefs of Staff that are nearing the 2-3 year mark in their position. What exit opportunities exist for you as a senior Chief of Staff? The answer is many.

Chiefs of Staff, I have 2 words to help you succeed at your job: just dance.

Now that you understand what’s the typical background of a Chief of Staff, how do you fill in the smaller details? As a CEO, how do you know which type of Chief of Staff might be right for you?

We regularly help CEOs use Loom to reduce their task list by 20% in just 30 minutes. Can you beat our record? Here’s the step-by-step process you can use with your CEO to delegate important but not urgent CEO tasks.

At Cedar, we look for the following types of work experience when finding our next generation of Chief of Staff talent: consulting, operations, tech, + healthy dose of EQ.

I met a CEO/founder who fired her Chief of Staff after 2 weeks... Ouch! Ultimately, there wasn’t a fit in chemistry and capability. How can you avoid her mistake? Follow these 10 steps to hire the right Chief of Staff for you:

Become a better leader by discovering your Zone of Genius.

Afterwards, your Chief of Staff can encourage you to do 2x more of the things you love and 5x less of the things that drain your energy.