Just got asked to interview for a chief of staff role and I have less than 24 hours to prepare. Would love advice from anyone in this role on what their day to day looks like.

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Every chief of staff role is different so this is a very difficult question to answer. I’m CoS at an early stage biotech (post-seed, <20 employees) and I would say my role is split about evenly between strategy (indication strategy, scientific strategy, board meeting prep) and ops (IT, invoicing, infrastructure, payroll, HR, compliance) because this company does not have a COO. CoS tends to be a very catchall role—do whatever the company needs, when the company needs it. It also depends a lot on your principal—do they want you to work more for them or the company? Oftentimes you have to put your principal’s needs over the company’s needs, but it’s important to find the balance that works well for your principal. I’ve found this article to be a very helpful framework: https://medium.com/@robdickins/ive-logged-10-000-hours-as-a-chief-of-staff-in-a-large-tech-company-here-s-my-pov-on-the-role-7c4aa095f5e8

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Hey is it funny? I am just asking for some inputs. Obv I have a basic understanding.

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