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 help business leaders find exceptional Chiefs of Staff—trusted partners who drive alignment, clarity, and execution.

Considering a Chief of Staff?

You're leading the company, juggling stakeholders, managing follow-ups, and owning too many strategic projects yourself. You're left wondering:

  • Is now the right time for a Chief of Staff?

  • How do I even define the role?

  • Who can I trust for this important position?

  • How do I find a great one?

  • How will I ensure they’re doing it right?

That’s where we come in.

Here’s How You’ll Know if You’re Ready:

  • You’re spending too much time heads-down on follow-ups, alignment, and cascading information.

  • You have a strong EA or admin structure already in place.

  • You’re leading high-stakes projects with no clear owner.

  • You manage multiple senior stakeholders who rely on you for updates and decisions.

  • You’re prepared to invest $140–200K+ for the right person.

  • You’re ready to give a CoS real access, trust, and visibility.

Nova places world-class Chiefs of Staff with CEOs, Founders, and Executives who are scaling fast—and need leverage… yesterday.

What We Offer with Recruiting:

A Custom Fit
We take the time to understand your leadership style, business goals, and where you need the most support. Then we define what your ideal Chief of Staff looks like.

A Trusted Network
Our community includes thousands of vetted Chiefs of Staff across industries and geographies—ready to step into complex, high-trust environments.

Rigorous Vetting
Every candidate we share has been carefully assessed for EQ, execution, communication, and alignment with your unique needs.

A Thoughtful, Efficient Process
We move quickly—typically delivering final-round candidates within 4–6 weeks—while keeping quality and fit at the center of everything we do.

Deep CoS Expertise
With years of experience building, coaching, and training Chiefs of Staff, we understand what makes this role work—and how to find someone who will thrive in it.

Why Nova?

We’re operators first. Recruiters second.


Our work in the Chief of Staff space runs deep—from leading the industry’s top CoS course to coaching hundreds of leaders on building the role inside their business.

We bring that same care, clarity, and precision to every search.

Let’s Talk.

Hit the button below to connect. We’ll chat about your organization, your leadership style, and we’ll share all the details about recruiting with Nova Chief of Staff.

Let’s Get started—quickly and confidently!

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’s 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

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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.