Hire Nova Chief of Staff

Nova offers tailored solutions for businesses looking to grow with expert Chief of Staff support.  Through expert recruiting, fractional consulting, and our acclaimed certification course, we help leaders drive clarity, focus, and execution at the highest level.

Chief of Staff Recruiting

At Nova Chief of Staff, we specialize in connecting business leaders with the perfect Chief of Staff to elevate their impact. With an unmatched global network and deep expertise, we deliver candidates who are ready to bring clarity, focus, and execution to your vision—all with speed and precision.

Fractional Chief of Staff Consulting

Interested in Chief of Staff support for your business, but not ready to hire full-time? Nova’s Fractional Chief of Staff consulting services bring the expertise of a seasoned Chief of Staff to the table, allowing executives to maximize their time and remain focused on their bigger vision. From project work to repeating deliverables, fractional support may be just what you need.

Chief of Staff Training for your Company

Nova’s Chief of Staff Certification course has leveled up nearly 1,000 senior executive assistants and Chiefs of Staff to offer strategic, project management, and execution-focused support to business leaders across the globe. With self-paced, group, and in-person training options, Nova is your answer for strategic leadership support.

How a Chief of Staff can support your business:

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    Business Planning

    • Operating mechanisms to drive organizational efficiency.
    • Organizing the Rhythm of Business: staff meetings, strategic reviews, off-sites, and all-hands meetings.

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    Strategy & Prioritization

    • Generating transparency to the leadership team.
    • Strategic planning, prioritization, and tactical tracking of CEO/Founder objectives and action items.

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    Business Process

    • Bringing organizational clarity to act on key items.
    • Eliminating friction/bottlenecks, removing roadblocks, identifying resource needs, and enabling speed and clarity to action.

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    Comms & Engagement

    • Producing comms in support of business activities like event talk-tracks or email correspondence.
    • Preparing leadership for meetings and engagements and supporting networking.

Think of a Chief of Staff as your strategic thought partner, who is focused on the execution of your most important initiatives.

Chief of Staff Recruiting

Nova finds top Chiefs of Staff for Business Leaders.

What We Offer:

  • Custom Fit Hiring: We take the time to understand your leadership style, business goals, and challenges to identify a Chief of Staff who seamlessly aligns with your needs and priorities.

  • Global Network Access: Our extensive, industry-spanning network connects you to extraordinary talent from around the world.

  • Rigorous Candidate Vetting: Every candidate undergoes a comprehensive evaluation to ensure they bring the skills, mindset, and experience to thrive in your unique environment.

  • Streamlined Process: From defining the role to onboarding, we manage every detail with speed and efficiency, minimizing disruptions and delivering an exceptional hiring experience.

  • Strategic Expertise: With years of experience in the Chief of Staff space, we know what makes this role transformative and position your new hire for immediate impact.

Fractional Chief of Staff Consulting

Interested in Chief of Staff services, but not ready to hire full-time? Nova offers flexible Chief of Staff consulting solutions.

What We Offer:

  • Flexible Engagements: Access the expertise of a seasoned Chief of Staff on a part-time or project basis, tailored to your specific needs.

  • Strategic Focus: Gain high-level support to streamline priorities, manage key initiatives, and drive meaningful progress.

  • Enhanced Efficiency: Free up your time by delegating complex projects and operational tasks to a fractional Chief of Staff.

  • Expert Guidance: Benefit from an experienced professional skilled in navigating organizational challenges and aligning teams.

  • Cost-Effective Solution: Achieve the impact of a full-time Chief of Staff without the long-term commitment.

Chief of Staff Training

Nova acclaimed Chief of Staff training adapted for companies.

What We Offer:

  • Acclaimed Training Program: Nova’s Chief of Staff training is trusted by thousands of business leaders and their teams to enhance strategic support, executive project management, and critical execution-focused skills.

  • Flexible Training Options: Choose from self-paced, group, or in-person training to fit your team’s schedule, budget, and learning preferences.

  • Invest in your People: Equip your Chiefs of Staff, C-Suite ops teams, and Senior Executive Assistants with hands-on learning built to instill confidence, motivation, and competence in their roles.

  • Industry-Specific Relevance: While the Chief of Staff role and Nova’s training are industry-agnostic, with our company partnerships we tailor language and examples to reflect the unique dynamics of your industry.

Testimonials

  • “Maggie has the incredible ability to walk into an unfamiliar business and quickly learn and assess how to support the leaders of the organization and their priorities in the most meaningful ways. In less than a year, Maggie built our organization’s Chief of Staff team from the ground up, supporting our President and leadership team with responsibilities including strategic planning, business preparation, communications, employee programs, and events.

    A fabulous communicator and problem solver, Maggie was a huge asset to our team. I cannot recommend her enough, especially to businesses that need an infusion of structure and organization at their most senior level; you will love working with her!”

    — James Kirby, Senior Vice President of Sales, T-Mobile Business Group

  • “Maggie did a great job keeping myself and my leadership team organized and on track, enabling us to drive important business initiatives forward far more efficiently. She immediately brought a level of professionalism, visibility, prioritization, and rhythm to our team using tools and processes that she created just for us based on her assessment of our needs and communication with our leaders.

    Strategic and proactive, Maggie consistently shared recommendations with me for new concepts, roles, and programs to drive the leadership team and the organization’s employee culture forward. Her team had me better prepared for business meetings and events than ever before, which helped me maximize my time and focus on what is most important. I am confident that the addition of Maggie will elevate you and your leadership team.”

    — Mike Katz, President, T-Mobile Business Group

  • “Maggie works with amazing speed, and is able to take in and process a lot of information to help guide where she spends her time and energy. Her collaborative approach and contagious energy make people want to work with her, which allows her to drive change and constant improvement.

    She is genuine and sincere, which when combined with her undeniable intelligence, make her an ideal modern leader. When you work with Maggie, you honestly never know if or when something goes wrong because she always keeps things moving forward. You can trust that no matter what adversity comes along, Maggie will succeed and make sure to bring those around her along for the ride.”

    — Tanner Moxcey, Director, Nordstrom

  • “In the several years I worked with Maggie, she demonstrated a versatility and orientation for action that is rare and valued in any role, but particularly so in her capacity leading business planning for senior executives at T-Mobile. She built her function and team from the ground up, quickly developing sound but flexible processes and systems that enabled one of T-Mobile’s fastest growing organizations to scale quickly and efficiently.

    From communications to org. design, event planning to employee engagement, Maggie can throw herself at nearly any challenge and emerge victorious. But her real superpower is her ability to connect with people in a way that fosters collaboration and inspires action – she brings an infectious positivity and energy to the table, and it amplifies everything she touches!”

    — Alice Williams, Chief of Staff to CEO, T-Mobile

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FAQ

  • Fractional Chief of Staff services are a collaborative process where Nova founder Maggie Olson partners with your organization to enhance strategic planning, improve operational efficiency, support scaling efforts, develop tailored strategies, and implement solutions to achieve your goals. Additionally, Maggie can assist with sourcing and interviewing candidates for a full-time Chief of Staff role. This service typically includes in-depth analysis, actionable recommendations, and customized support to drive measurable results.

  • Absolutely. Organizations across all industries can benefit from a Chief of Staff. Whether in startups, corporate environments, nonprofits, or government, a CoS helps align leadership priorities, streamline operations, and drive strategic initiatives, ensuring the organization achieves its goals efficiently.

  • A Chief of Staff is a CEO or Founder’s right hand, their strategic thought partner, who is focused on the leader’s priorities. A CoS can manage large scale projects, create and implement strategic plans, and facilitate high-level meetings and engagements. Chiefs of Staff are masters of follow through and are highly organized, and depending on the size and needs of the business, they may also oversee functions like employee culture, operations, or HR.

    A Chief of Staff allows a CEO or Founder to stay focused on their vision— the “what,” while the CoS steps in to focus on the execution—the “how.” Chiefs of Staff drive organizational clarity by helping lead an effective Rhythm of Business, removing friction & roadblocks, driving process & efficiency, strategic planning, resourcing, and many other capabilities, all dependent on what the business needs.

  • CEOs or Founders often turn to hiring a CoS when they realize that they are spending too much time on tactical, executionary items like planning, tracking, and follow up tasks, and not enough time on the strategic, visionary items necessary to guide their business. Additionally, CEOs or Founders often feel they are missing the organizational rigor in their operating rhythm, business planning, and preparedness.

    A CoS can step in and take executional and operational items off your plate, drive priorities and transparency, ensure your leadership team is focused in the same direction, and create and lead operating cadence/rhythm of business, all leading to greater organizational clarity and focus.

  • Executive Assistants and CoS both support CEOs or Founders, and at first glance it may be hard to understand the difference: both drive organization and focus, and keeping the CEO / Founder prepared is of utmost importance. However, an EA is focused on highly detailed tasks including expenses, travel, meeting and scheduling logistics, and often personal errands and support for their leader. The CoS is a senior level leader, who is a strategic thought partner to the business leader, and may act as their proxy in certain situations. A CoS can manage complex company wide initiatives, lead large teams, oversee operational aspects of the business, and drive strategic planning at a high level.

    COOs and CoS are both strategic, senior leadership roles focused on major company initiatives, but the key difference between the two is that the COO is focused on the overall health of the total business, where the CoS is a role truly designed to support the CEO or Founder and their specific priorities. This includes CEO communications support, priorities alignment and driving, and more. The CoS role is more behind the scenes than the COO, which is more of an outward facing role.