Hi :) I’d (also also also) love to think about this role more proactively—here are some questions I had in mind that would really provide helpful context!
Bolded are the 3 most pressing questions I have:
If an individual hasn’t formally held a Chief of Staff role before, what other skills or experiences could do you see as qualifying them for this position?
What are the current challenges in the projects Claire is handling that a Chief of Staff would take ownership of?
What signals do you look for in a candidate to determine their conscientiousness?
What are some underrated skills that would make for an ideal Chief of Staff (specifically for this team, and for OP)?
What tools are currently being utilized to support this role? Is there a particular suite of technology being considered to lead the work more effectively?
I promise this is the last one! Thank you in advance for your thoughts + time :)
Check out “what kinds of qualities are you looking for in a hire” here. My sense is we index less on previous experience than many other organizations (though it’s still important). Experience juggling many tasks, prioritize, and syncing up with stakeholders jumps to mind. I have a hypothesis that consultant experience would be helpful for this role, but that’s a bit conjectural.
This is a bit TBD — happy to chat more further down the pipeline with any interested candidates.
We look for this in work tests and in previous experience.
Thanks for the questions! Given the quantity of questions you’ve shared across the different roles, I think our teams might struggle to get to all of them in satisfactory detail, especially since we’re past the initial answering window. Would you be able to highlight your highest priority question(s) under each top-level comment, as we’d like to make sure that we’re addressing the ones that are most important for your decision-making?
Questions for the 7.2 Chief of Staff role
Hi :) I’d (also also also) love to think about this role more proactively—here are some questions I had in mind that would really provide helpful context!
Bolded are the 3 most pressing questions I have:
If an individual hasn’t formally held a Chief of Staff role before, what other skills or experiences could do you see as qualifying them for this position?
What are the current challenges in the projects Claire is handling that a Chief of Staff would take ownership of?
What signals do you look for in a candidate to determine their conscientiousness?
What are some underrated skills that would make for an ideal Chief of Staff (specifically for this team, and for OP)?
What tools are currently being utilized to support this role? Is there a particular suite of technology being considered to lead the work more effectively?
I promise this is the last one! Thank you in advance for your thoughts + time :)
Check out “what kinds of qualities are you looking for in a hire” here. My sense is we index less on previous experience than many other organizations (though it’s still important). Experience juggling many tasks, prioritize, and syncing up with stakeholders jumps to mind. I have a hypothesis that consultant experience would be helpful for this role, but that’s a bit conjectural.
This is a bit TBD — happy to chat more further down the pipeline with any interested candidates.
We look for this in work tests and in previous experience.
Thanks for the questions! Given the quantity of questions you’ve shared across the different roles, I think our teams might struggle to get to all of them in satisfactory detail, especially since we’re past the initial answering window. Would you be able to highlight your highest priority question(s) under each top-level comment, as we’d like to make sure that we’re addressing the ones that are most important for your decision-making?
Hi! Yes I’ve gone ahead and selected the priority questions by bolding them—thank you for your help :)