Great thread by Wes Kao on how succeeding as a generalist, detailing 11 disciplines to become a sharper operator šŖ
The 11 disciplines are hereĀ š
Great thread by Wes Kao on how succeeding as a generalist, detailing 11 disciplines to become a sharper operator šŖ
The 11 disciplines are hereĀ š
GREAT new piece by @ckeil titled: "How to find and crush a job as a startup Chief of Staff" š
On doing the role well:ā
GREAT new piece by @ckeil titled: "How to find and crush a job as a startup Chief of Staff" š
On doing the role well:ā
How to onboard yourself in 30 days
A really great onboarding overview by Regina Gerbeuax, who is CoS to Matt Mochary (who spoke at the CoS Summit).
"If I had to break it down into several steps, I'd say criteria for success looks something like this:
How to onboard yourself in 5 steps:
How to onboard yourself in 30 days
A really great onboarding overview by Regina Gerbeuax, who is CoS to Matt Mochary (who spoke at the CoS Summit).
"If I had to break it down into several steps, I'd say criteria for success looks something like this:
How to onboard yourself in 5 steps:
The 6 Steps To Being A Successful Chief Of Staff by Avery Blank in Forbes
1.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Know the substance and how to operate.
2.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Triage information to react and, at the same time, be proactive.
3.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Establish a system that keeps you organized and enables communication with key players.
4.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Develop a rapport with colleagues so you know who to go to and get things done.
5.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Make decisions, and know when to escalate issues to your manager.
6.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Seek feedback.
What would be #7 to you? Let us know! š
The 6 Steps To Being A Successful Chief Of Staff by Avery Blank in Forbes
1.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Know the substance and how to operate.
2.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Triage information to react and, at the same time, be proactive.
3.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Establish a system that keeps you organized and enables communication with key players.
4.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Develop a rapport with colleagues so you know who to go to and get things done.
5.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Make decisions, and know when to escalate issues to your manager.
6.Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Seek feedback.
What would be #7 to you? Let us know! š
Hi All. Itās week 1 for me in the group and really looking forward to it.
Iāve been tasked to write a strategy paper and I wanted to check if there was
a resource to go to or a templates to share.
Hi All. Itās week 1 for me in the group and really looking forward to it.
Iāve been tasked to write a strategy paper and I wanted to check if there was
a resource to go to or a templates to share.
Hey all - does anyone have some examples of performance goals you've seen for
a chief of staff? Thanks!
Hey all - does anyone have some examples of performance goals you've seen for
a chief of staff? Thanks!
What was an awesome All Hands you have done in the past 6 months? What was it?
Why was it aesome?
What was an awesome All Hands you have done in the past 6 months? What was it?
Why was it aesome?
YāALL can we talk about organizing slack channels? I recently put together a
comms guidelines document thatās been super well received but Iām feeling
paralyzed on making changes to our slack channel structure. generally, i know
we need to standardize our prefixes make our channels more specific b/c there
is info flying all over the place. Any best practices out there on a channel
audit or setup? Below was my first stab that didnāt get too much feedback from
the teamā¦.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Channel Clean Up
We have too many channels not enough channels depending on who youāre asking.
Either stems from a lack of purpose in the existing channels today.
ā¢ How do we generally want to organize our channels as a baseline?
ā¢ Channels dedicated for team members (daily grind/team comms)
ā¦ Pre-fix: #team _department
ā¢ āCatch Allā General channels for each team
ā¦ How do we define this channel to keep it specific to the department but
general enough?
āŖļø General updates, announcements, questions from the ## department?
ā¦ Pre-fix: #general_department
ā¢ Specific channels
ā¦ Example: By existing potential product
āŖļø anything related to it like data, suggestions, user feedback, performance,
legal implications
ā¦ issue is:_ when do these get created? is it feature or product based? _
āŖļø What do we miss doing it this way? ex what specific channels get lost in
the noise?
ā¦ Other ideas besides by product? āTopicā seems too broad in scope?
ā¦ How when would we want supplementary channels? So we can identify prefixes
āŖļø Cross functional projects?
āŖļø Shared goals / tactics for goals ?
YāALL can we talk about organizing slack channels? I recently put together a
comms guidelines document thatās been super well received but Iām feeling
paralyzed on making changes to our slack channel structure. generally, i know
we need to standardize our prefixes make our channels more specific b/c there
is info flying all over the place. Any best practices out there on a channel
audit or setup? Below was my first stab that didnāt get too much feedback from
the teamā¦.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Channel Clean Up
We have too many channels not enough channels depending on who youāre asking.
Either stems from a lack of purpose in the existing channels today.
ā¢ How do we generally want to organize our channels as a baseline?
ā¢ Channels dedicated for team members (daily grind/team comms)
ā¦ Pre-fix: #team _department
ā¢ āCatch Allā General channels for each team
ā¦ How do we define this channel to keep it specific to the department but
general enough?
āŖļø General updates, announcements, questions from the ## department?
ā¦ Pre-fix: #general_department
ā¢ Specific channels
ā¦ Example: By existing potential product
āŖļø anything related to it like data, suggestions, user feedback, performance,
legal implications
ā¦ issue is:_ when do these get created? is it feature or product based? _
āŖļø What do we miss doing it this way? ex what specific channels get lost in
the noise?
ā¦ Other ideas besides by product? āTopicā seems too broad in scope?
ā¦ How when would we want supplementary channels? So we can identify prefixes
āŖļø Cross functional projects?
āŖļø Shared goals / tactics for goals ?
Hi all. We are a fully distributed team of ~50 team members in 13+ countries. We had to cancel our IRL team retreat when Covid hit and had plans to go to Oceanside, California. Weāre beginning to think about plans for a 2022 IRL retreat.
Does anyone have any location or accommodation suggestions? Weāll likely have somewhere from 60-70 team members when the time comes. We generally want to avoid anywhere that would be too difficult to get to, but weāre open to US or non-US locations.
Hi all. We are a fully distributed team of ~50 team members in 13+ countries. We had to cancel our IRL team retreat when Covid hit and had plans to go to Oceanside, California. Weāre beginning to think about plans for a 2022 IRL retreat.
Does anyone have any location or accommodation suggestions? Weāll likely have somewhere from 60-70 team members when the time comes. We generally want to avoid anywhere that would be too difficult to get to, but weāre open to US or non-US locations.
Hi Friends! Does your org have a framework for which decisions get elevated to the CEO and what role s/he plays in them? My CEO is out of office for two weeks and I am already feeling the weight of my execs being paralyzed by not having his input on their decisions.
Hi Friends! Does your org have a framework for which decisions get elevated to the CEO and what role s/he plays in them? My CEO is out of office for two weeks and I am already feeling the weight of my execs being paralyzed by not having his input on their decisions.
Chiefs, Iām doing some research favorite OKR systems - refreshing my database of preferred systems. Would love to hear your favorite OKR system and what you mainly use it for. Building up the databaseā¦.. :slightly_smiling_face: Thanks all.
Chiefs, Iām doing some research favorite OKR systems - refreshing my database of preferred systems. Would love to hear your favorite OKR system and what you mainly use it for. Building up the databaseā¦.. :slightly_smiling_face: Thanks all.
Our team has been super productive, shipping lots of big projects so we want to thank them. Any recommendations on what to gift them (all based in the US this time)?
Our team has been super productive, shipping lots of big projects so we want to thank them. Any recommendations on what to gift them (all based in the US this time)?
Hi does anyone have a compensation consultant they would recommend?
Hi does anyone have a compensation consultant they would recommend?
Hi all - Iām going to be stepping into an interim Head of People Talent role (hybrid with CoS) as our current head of goes on maternity leave in a few weeks. If you have any recommendations on resources to read/listen to in this space or amazing People people to reach out to for insights lmk. If would be greatly appreciated!
Hi all - Iām going to be stepping into an interim Head of People Talent role (hybrid with CoS) as our current head of goes on maternity leave in a few weeks. If you have any recommendations on resources to read/listen to in this space or amazing People people to reach out to for insights lmk. If would be greatly appreciated!
Hi all! Have some of you introduced 360Ā° Feedback? What is our approach towards Non-anonymous vs. anonymous upward feedback? Thank you :slightly_smiling_face:
Hi all! Have some of you introduced 360Ā° Feedback? What is our approach towards Non-anonymous vs. anonymous upward feedback? Thank you :slightly_smiling_face:
Hey chiefs! My CEO doesn't yet have an EA, and we're considering getting one now that his travel schedule is picking back up.
The basic question we have, though, is what responsibilities an EA would have / whether it's really a full time job.
Any advice?
Hey chiefs! My CEO doesn't yet have an EA, and we're considering getting one now that his travel schedule is picking back up.
The basic question we have, though, is what responsibilities an EA would have / whether it's really a full time job.
Any advice?
Does anyone have recommendations on a format for investor updates? We're just looking to revise ours currently.
Does anyone have recommendations on a format for investor updates? We're just looking to revise ours currently.
Hello! I have two asks for help here and would love to hear from anyone who has experience with either.
Hello! I have two asks for help here and would love to hear from anyone who has experience with either.
hello, everyone - for recurring exec/senior leadership meetings, does anyone have a list of/some discussion topics that you and your execs/senior leaders find impactful and worthwhile to spend time on in live meetings? thanks so much!
hello, everyone - for recurring exec/senior leadership meetings, does anyone have a list of/some discussion topics that you and your execs/senior leaders find impactful and worthwhile to spend time on in live meetings? thanks so much!
Has anyone organized a remote way to recreate the social / āgetting to know each otherā vibe of an in person happy hour? For your exec leadership team thatās distributed across country
has anyone revamped onboarding at a fast-growth org? would love to understand how people are tackling things like task distribution + automation, scheduling, and any helpful frameworksā¦
has anyone revamped onboarding at a fast-growth org? would love to understand how people are tackling things like task distribution + automation, scheduling, and any helpful frameworksā¦
Hi everyone! This may have come up in a previous conversation (sorry if a repeat ask!) but is anyone working on their Return to Work policies? We are looking to compare with how other companies are structuring this plan and am seeking advice on whether you might be:
ā¢ mandating vs. encouraging vaccination
ā¢ asking for vaccination cards
ā¢ offering vaccination incentives (ie., monetary incentives, PTO or other ways)
ā¢ going fully remote (or offering that as a choice)
ā¢ taking a hybrid approach (3+ days in office)
ā¢ mandating returning to the office
ā¢ offering regular covid-testing if going back to the office
ā¢ changing your perks/benefits to accommodate remote and/or in-person staffing
Any best practices you have to share would be much appreciated!
Hi everyone! This may have come up in a previous conversation (sorry if a repeat ask!) but is anyone working on their Return to Work policies? We are looking to compare with how other companies are structuring this plan and am seeking advice on whether you might be:
ā¢ mandating vs. encouraging vaccination
ā¢ asking for vaccination cards
ā¢ offering vaccination incentives (ie., monetary incentives, PTO or other ways)
ā¢ going fully remote (or offering that as a choice)
ā¢ taking a hybrid approach (3+ days in office)
ā¢ mandating returning to the office
ā¢ offering regular covid-testing if going back to the office
ā¢ changing your perks/benefits to accommodate remote and/or in-person staffing
Any best practices you have to share would be much appreciated!
Hi everybody, happy Monday! Has anyone of you held a team offsite in London and has any recommendations to share? Thank you in advance! :slightly_smiling_face:
Hi everybody, happy Monday! Has anyone of you held a team offsite in London and has any recommendations to share? Thank you in advance! :slightly_smiling_face:
Does anyone have any good 'case study' questions for early business development hires? We're essentially trying to evaluate the decision-making abilities of some generalist candidates who may not have as much background in the healthcare industry.
Does anyone have any good 'case study' questions for early business development hires? We're essentially trying to evaluate the decision-making abilities of some generalist candidates who may not have as much background in the healthcare industry.
Does anyone have any good resources/courses on reviewing legal documents? Iāve had some experience, mostly industry dependent on things to look out for, but with the CoS role being so broad Iām curious how others think about their part in reviewing agreements, ndas, etc.
Does anyone have any good resources/courses on reviewing legal documents? Iāve had some experience, mostly industry dependent on things to look out for, but with the CoS role being so broad Iām curious how others think about their part in reviewing agreements, ndas, etc.
A question for those of you with fully remote teams - do you offer allowances for team members to use on co-working spaces? Why or why not? If you do offer the perk and would be open to sharing how much, that would be excellent. Thanks!
A question for those of you with fully remote teams - do you offer allowances for team members to use on co-working spaces? Why or why not? If you do offer the perk and would be open to sharing how much, that would be excellent. Thanks!
Weāre looking to survey our exec team to get a pulse on whatās working and whatās not working to help inform the agenda for an offsite / potentially some leadership training. Does anyone have a survey about team work, collaboration, communication, etc. that theyād be willing to share? Or any good resources to reference? Thanks!
Weāre looking to survey our exec team to get a pulse on whatās working and whatās not working to help inform the agenda for an offsite / potentially some leadership training. Does anyone have a survey about team work, collaboration, communication, etc. that theyād be willing to share? Or any good resources to reference? Thanks!
Weāre considering moving away from quarterly OKRs and adopting this 6 month / 6 week planning cadence made famous by Youtube instead. Does anyone have experience running this type of model? If so, any guidance / learnings would be much appreciated!
Weāre considering moving away from quarterly OKRs and adopting this 6 month / 6 week planning cadence made famous by Youtube instead. Does anyone have experience running this type of model? If so, any guidance / learnings would be much appreciated!
hi all - does anyone have a good one-liner you use when introducing yourself on a call? like hi iām chief of staff, and in my role Iā¦..?
Looking for any guidance on running monthly strategy/KPIs reviews with an exec team. We have weekly syncs where we go over progress/status updates but we want to put together a more formalized "Monthly Business Review." Any guidance/thoughts would be appreciated!
Looking for any guidance on running monthly strategy/KPIs reviews with an exec team. We have weekly syncs where we go over progress/status updates but we want to put together a more formalized "Monthly Business Review." Any guidance/thoughts would be appreciated!
Hello! Does anyone have a standard format or template they share with teams for OKR setting? I created a simple Google Slide but would love to see other examples :slightly_smiling_face: Thanks!
Hello! Does anyone have a standard format or template they share with teams for OKR setting? I created a simple Google Slide but would love to see other examples :slightly_smiling_face: Thanks!
have any of you guys put together a company wide strategy presentation - getting to a 5, 10 yr roadmap that can be socialized with the company and to get buy in from C suite? If so, any materials, or templates, structure that you could share would be helpful. Thanks
have any of you guys put together a company wide strategy presentation - getting to a 5, 10 yr roadmap that can be socialized with the company and to get buy in from C suite? If so, any materials, or templates, structure that you could share would be helpful. Thanks
Has anyone built any case study prompts used to interview Senior EAs?
Has anyone built any case study prompts used to interview Senior EAs?
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