Your Responses to Our Weekly Poll
Poll questions and responses from our LinkedIn community.
At Nova Chief of Staff, our purpose is to drive awareness and education to the Chief of Staff role and to ultimately be as connected to aspiring and existing Chiefs of Staff as possible. Below you will find all recent Nova poll questions and responses directed toward our LinkedIn community.
Our polls delve into the perceptions surrounding this role, articulation of the role, fun takes from the community, and general working dynamics of aspiring and existing Chiefs of Staff. Enjoy!
Each poll remains open for one week. Pop over to our Founder Maggie Olson’s LinkedIn page to participate in the next one! And check back often for our newest polls—you’ll find them at the top of this blog post.
Newest to oldest:
Do you feel confident describing the Chief of Staff role in 1-2 sentences?
Yep! I sure do - 49%
Not quite, hard to articulate - 51%
125 votes, Poll posted on May 5, 2024
Executive Assistants, have you had a conversation with your executive in the last 6 months about your career growth/goals?
Yes, definitely - 56%
Nope, not recently - 44%
181 votes, Poll posted on May 4, 2024
While I write the three letters “C-O-S” often, when I say the title out loud, it’s always “Chief of Staff.” In conversation, what do you say out loud?
I say “CoS”- 6%
I say “Chief of Staff” - 94%
386 votes, Poll posted on April 28, 2024
Can a driven, curious, and competent EA transition into a Chief of Staff role?
Heck yes - 90%
I still don’t think so - 3%
Unsure - 6%
511 votes, Poll posted on April 27, 2024
Is the Chief of Staff role a leadership or support position?
Leadership - 21%
Support - 3%
Both: Leadership & Support - 76%
758 votes, Poll posted on April 26, 2024
From some of these poll results, it's clear that Nova's mission is far from over: there is still tremendous opportunity to help people level up and land themselves a Chief of Staff role.
If you are one of these people who need to kick the Imposter Syndrome, then please come check out our course syllabus! We are proud to say that the number one thing graduates walk away with is the CONFIDENCE to advocate for themselves. What's holding you back?