The Chief of Staff
A quarterly peer-reviewed journal

President-Elect Joe Biden appoints COS

The Chief of Staff Association congratulates Ron Klain on his recent appointment as the chief of staff to President-Elect Joe Biden.

How to be a great chief of staff?

While there may not be one secret ingredient to being a great chief of staff , it is worth distilling some of the wisdom that chief of staff’s have offered across the years.

Who is the joint chief of staff?

The JCS Committee is a top-level board of chiefs of staff of military branches who coordinate their strategic objectives with immediate tactical decisions.

Governor COS being named to Biden Transition Team

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s chief of staff John Bingaman to co-chair president-elect Joe Biden’s transition team.

Win the Fight, Win the Future

We cannot predict the future.
But we can seek to understand what the future might hold.

A Lot will Change – So Must Leadership

Leaders must rethink the art of the possible, they must move from managing to enabling, they must harness the full power of technology, and they must translate purpose into action

Redrawing the Map of Global Trade

The pandemic is adding greater urgency as companies seek to make their manufacturing and procurement networks more resilient to shock.

How to Lead in the New Reality (Fractal Strategy)

The crisis illustrates how business-related timescales can rapidly change or converge.

Competing on Imagination

Companies must increasingly compete on imagination, but we don’t have a clear idea of how imagination works or how to systematically improve it.