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Who Has Your Back?: A Leader's Guide to Getting the Support You Need from the Chief of Staff You Deserve

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Amplify Your Impact with an Effective Chief of Staff

As a senior leader, are you constantly dealing with competing demands and escalations that prevent you from focusing on your top priorities? Are you putting out fires more often than making a lasting impact? Do most days seem like you barely have time to think? If this sounds familiar, a Chief of Staff should be your next hire. But do you know how to find the perfect match?

Inside these pages, author and leadership coach Laurie Arron shares her insider expertise to help you design a game plan to acquire and cultivate an effective Chief of Staff. With her powerful guidance and straightforward tools, you’ll be able to find the right support in a trusted advisor to help you navigate your way to success, driving the highest levels of impact toward your leadership and company mission.

With an effective Chief of Staff in your corner, you will be empowered

Take command of your time and energyNavigate complex board relationships and internal politics with efficiencyRely on a strategic thought partner for big decisions and a broader perspectiveTrust in a proxy who will think with you and for you and manage your blind spotsCreate a healthy and productive culture of engaged employeesDive in. This book will help you hire and optimize your relationship with your Chief of Staff and set you both up for success!

141 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 20, 2023

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October 25, 2023
Powerful advice

Laurie draws on her on-the-ground experience and expertise to help senior leaders learn about the power of a strong chief of staff and how to deploy them to make them
more productive overall. Everyone needs a trusted advisor they can depend on to help them be the best leader they can be, and a chief of staff can and should serve that purpose. Recommend this read!
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November 14, 2025
Practical and Engaging Roadmap for Working with a Chief of Staff

Laurie has done a great job providing the practical and actionable road map for selecting and working effectively with your CoS - Excellent read!
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