A bad meeting with your CEO costs upwards of $7,000. Not to mention the intangibles which include low energy, wasted time and lack of action. 

CEOs are quitting and dying faster than ever, and the culprit is too much work. That means as a Chief of Staff or Executive Assistant in the Office of the CEO, you have to be the ultimate master of work.

Dear Office of the CEO: you are the team with the highest risk for burnout. Let’s face it: you work long hours with insane workloads under intense pressure. How do you protect yourself from flaming out?

Office of the CEO professionals - if you want to gain CEO trust fast, do this:

1 vital question we ask CEOs who are looking to hire their next Chief of Staff, Executive Assistant or Comms Director: Do you want to hire internally or externally for the next member of your Office of the CEO? Here are the arguments for each.

CEOs: you’re stepping on a million dollar landmine if you don’t spell out Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant roles and responsibilities in the Office of the CEO. 

Winning CEOs grow huge networks across 14 types of external stakeholders, enabled by the Office of the CEO. Who are these external stakeholders? In our research, we found 14 personas grouped into 4 relationship types:

Who works in the Office of the CEO? After months of research, we’ve spoken to multiple hundreds of CEO Office professionals about who is on their team.

Are you avoiding Office of the CEO succession planning? Caution, it's a huge risk to your business. 

CEOs, Chiefs of Staff and Executive Assistants, if you don't budget for your Office of the CEO, your executive office will become second-class.

Chiefs of Staff and Executive Assistants, you are failing at your job if you don't quantify your impact for your CEO and your company. Office of the CEO KPIs are vital to make sure you are delivering the desired impact across your leadership team and the entire organization. 

Here are the top 5 challenges we've found facing Offices of the CEO, based on the 100s of primary research interviews: 24/7 Workload, Too Much Tech, Risky Business, Volatile Markets and Restless Teams-

CEOs, Executive Assistants and Chiefs of Staff: Use our 60-factor Office of the CEO maturity model to assess and benchmark your executive office.

CEOs, Chiefs of Staff and Executive Assistants you're leaving millions of dollars on the table by neglecting your Office of the CEO.

CEOs: what’s 1 big secret to exceeding your goals beyond your wildest dreams? Create a vision and mission statement for your Office of the CEO. 

We’ve covered the 6 triggers to build the Office of the CEO. Here are 8 warnings signs that you need to build the Office of the CEO ASAP:

CEOs, here are 6 triggers that should compel you to build a proper Office of the CEO:

Dear CEOs: Are you feeling sluggish? Are you trapped in meetings? Do you have a never ending workload? Are your best leaders quitting? Are you missing your growth targets? 

The Office of the CEO is the team of people working toward a common goal: to maximize the impact of the CEO. Foundational team members include the CEO, their Chief of Staff, and their Executive Assistant.

A dead Greek philosopher can help you find a Chief of Staff job. Just ask yourself 3 questions: Who are you? What do you do? Why does it matter?