Before You Hire a Chief of Staff, Take This Assessment

Are you ready for a Chief of Staff?

Assess Your Strategic Operating System

In just 7 minutes, this assessment will help you determine whether your leadership team needs the clarity, structure, and discipline a Chief of Staff provides—or if another solution might be a better fit.

Take this assessment if you're:

1. A senior leader looking to boost operational clarity and effectiveness
2. An advisor or HR partner supporting that leader
3. A Chief of Staff aiming to strengthen team alignment and execution

You’ll discover:

Gaps in decision-making, execution, and accountability
Hidden misalignment, bottlenecks, or inefficiencies slowing progress
Whether a Chief of Staff is the right solution to help the organization scale

Are you running your organization—or is it running you?

Answer 20 questions and receive a personalized scorecard report on your leadership team's effectiveness.

As organizations grow, decision-making gets harder, priorities compete, and execution slows. Without strong operating structures, leaders end up firefighting instead of focusing on strategy.

This quick assessment evaluates your Strategic Operating System—the framework that keeps your leadership team aligned, accountable, and executing effectively.

Take this assessment if:

You’re considering a Chief of Staff but are unsure how to define the role
Leadership meetings, planning, or execution feels inconsistent
Teams struggle with alignment, priorities, or decision-making

Whether you’re leading the team, advising the leader, or trying to make this role work from within, this scorecard will help you clarify what’s working—and what’s missing.

Your Strategic Operating System will be scored across 5 key dimensions.

This scorecard is backed by over a decade of firsthand experience—as a Chief of Staff, leadership team member, and executive coach—helping organizations build effective leadership structures and scale with clarity.

Leadership Alignment
Priorities are clear and jointly shared across your leaders, teams, and departments.

Decision & Execution Discipline
Decisions are made efficiently and executed with accountability.

Operational Clarity & Planning
You have structured planning and execution cycles.

Communication & Collaboration
The team is informed, aligned, and works together effectively.