<aside> <img src="/icons/arrow-right_orange.svg" alt="/icons/arrow-right_orange.svg" width="40px" /> From the Guide to the Chief of Staff role
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In 2020, I was building multiple companies and had just acquired a new one that required me to be CEO.
I was drowning in details. I spent over half of each day on operational plans, managing follow-ups, and checking off items from what felt like an endless to-do list.
I was pounding a liter of black cold brew coffee a day.
I was in so many back-to-back meetings that I didn’t have any of the mental space to dig into the creative problems that I loved and my company needed me to solve.
I couldn’t keep going like this. I knew I needed help.
I had studied the Chief of Staff role as it transitioned from politics to start-ups and was intrigued.
I finally committed to hiring one and it was game-changing. My work-life quality drastically improved.
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My schedule had more structure and was more focused on high-leverage activities that gave me energy like creative problem-solving, strategic networking and partnerships.
I was able to 10x revenue for the company - an outcome that would have been impossible without my Chief of Staff.
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At the past few The Inflection retreats, many of the founders were experiencing exponential growth.
They noted that they were feeling frustrated, stuck in details, approaching burnout, and unable to grow.
I kept seeing these same three signs that I had seen in myself: