Thoughts on Chief of Staff roles? Are they an actual career or just a PM position?

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Chief of staff to the president? -- yes a career booster.

Chief of staff to some ops group at a F500? -- maybe not

Chief of staff to a unicorn founder? -- maybe so.


CoS is just a title like analyst / consultant /manager etc.

Its meaningless without context. It can be the best thing that ever happens for your career or a waste of time.

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So, could be a real role or a secretary 🤷‍♂️

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I am COS of a CEO who runs a $1 Billion P&L. I do everything. Biz Ops, Finance, SRP, LRP, M&A, Sales Ops, Delivery Ops, HR decisions, post merger, cost transformation, process optimization...you name it.

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Not bad because there is no travel involved.

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I’m a cos to CEO of 4b company - thrown into everything on CEO plate. Incredible way to learn. Training ground / transition option for ex consultants for P&L roles

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Have 3 friends who did it and enjoyed it: one did it for a unicorn founder and is still at the company as VP. Another for a country manager of a large logistics company and now does business development for a crypto company. The last one of the top 10-20 people at Mck and decided to become an airline pilot.
Life is odd.

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If they’re paying $250 it’s likely not a secretary role. The biggest thing is who are you chief of staff to? You want to make sure it’s someone you admire and want to emulate.

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