Mandate
What should the role own?
Define the balance between strategic projects, leadership-team coordination, decision support and operational follow-through.
Senior leadership recruitment
Chief of Staff recruitment, built around your leadership team.
A Chief of Staff role can mean different things in different organisations. Place Recruitment helps define the remit before starting a search, aligning the appointment to the CEO or founder’s needs, the organisation’s priorities and the decision-making environment.
Discuss a Chief of Staff searchPartnership
Who will they work alongside?
Clarify the working relationship with the CEO, founder, board and senior team, including trust, pace and communication style.
Impact
How will success be understood?
Agree near-term priorities and the judgement, influence and delivery skills the organisation needs.
Planning a Chief of Staff appointment?
Talk through the scope and leadership context before opening the search.
Discuss the role confidentially