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How strong is your Office of the CEO?

Last week, I wrote about how to assess the maturity of your Office of the CEO.

But many newsletter audience members have approached me and asked for an even more rigorous methodology to look at the current state of their executive office. So I decided to add evaluative statements for each variable that we believe drives the performance of a world-class Office of the CEO.

I’m pleased to report that my 60-factor Cedar Office of the CEO Maturity Model v2.0 is ready for your review.

Introducing the Office of the CEO Maturity Model Evaluative Statements

Whether you are a CEO, Executive Assistant or Chief of Staff, you can use the newly added evaluative statements to better assess your executive office. You can take the assessment with your Office of the CEO colleagues and start the conversation on bright spots and polish opportunities for your executive office.

Here is a sample of the 15 evaluative statements, in no particular order:

1. We have a clear interaction model for all team members in our Office of the CEO.

2. We have clear industry benchmarks for our Office of the CEO.

3. We provide market competitive base compensation for all team members in our Office of the CEO.

4. We have a robust hiring practice for all team members in our Office of the CEO.

5. We regularly follow a clear and effective protocol to help our CEO manage their calendar.

6. We regularly complete succession planning for all team members in our Office of the CEO.

7. We provide market competitive bonus compensation for all team members in our Office of the CEO.

8. We have robust skill and competency models for all team members in our Office of the CEO.

9. We have clear roles and responsibilities for all team members in our Office of the CEO.

10. We regularly use a development roadmap to improve our Office of the CEO.

11. We have a clear vision for our Office of the CEO.

12. We regularly revisit the organizational design for our Office of the CEO.

13. We regularly follow a clear and effective protocol to help our CEO manage their workload.

14. We regularly run recognition programs that showcase the achievements of all team members in our Office of the CEO.

15. We regularly conduct historical ROI analysis that calculates the value our Office of the CEO delivers to our C-suite and our company.

Head over to the model to check out the full list.

PS I also will be running a research project that measures the answers to select statements above with the goal of benchmarking Offices of the CEO by entity type, company size and industry. If you participate in my survey, you’ll get exclusive access to the final report and a personalized readout of your results. Vote in my poll below if you’re interested.

Chief of Staff Jobs

Welcome to our Chief of Staff job board. If you have a Chief of Staff job you’d like shared to 2,000+ readers of this newsletter or need hands-on recruiting help to hire your Chief of Staff, reply to this email.

Chief of Staff Global Commercial Services, American Express, New York, NY, Financial Services, Corporate

Chief of Staff, TriWest Healthcare Alliance, Phoenix, AZ, Insurance, Corporate

Director of Finance & Chief of Staff, Mind & Life Institute, Charlottesville, VA, Health Care, Non-Profit

Chief of Staff - Mercedes-Benz High Power Charging, Mercedes Benz, New York, NY, Finance, Profit

Chief of Staff to CCMO, Freshworks, Bellvue, WA, Tech, Corporate

Chief of Staff to the CTO, WorldQuant, Austin, TX, Finance, Corporate

Chief of Staff, Rex, Austin, TX, Tech, Startup

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Until next week,

Mackenzie

Mackenzie Lee | Founder & CEO
M: 650.283.4152 | E: [email protected]
New York City, NY
www.CedarChief.com

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