Main Responsibilities of a Chief of Staff at Mesh
Caldwell's Chief of Staff role at Mesh, a smaller company of 10-20 people, involved "executive management things," participating in strategic conversations directly under the CEO, and also operational responsibilities; they even "functioned almost like a product manager" for a significant portion of their time, managing product and engineering organizations.
Executive Management, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Operational Management, Product Management
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Caldwell Clarke
Chief of Staff
Mesh
University of Maryland
UCLA Anderson School of Management - MBA
Engineering - Mechanical
Gaming, Technology
Product / Service / Software Development and Management
None Applicable
Video Highlights
1. "Chief of Staff roles involve a mix of executive management and operational tasks."
2. "In smaller companies, the Chief of Staff may have responsibilities spanning strategy discussions to running specific projects or organizations, like product and engineering."
3. "The role offers exposure to high-level strategic conversations and operational execution, providing a broad perspective on company functioning."
Transcript
What are your main responsibilities within your role?
The chief of staff role is a bit unusual. For reference, the company I worked for had between 10 and 20 people, so it wasn't particularly large.
On one hand, you're involved in executive management. As chief of staff, I participated in many strategic conversations, sitting right under the CEO.
This involved discussions about hiring and the broader direction of the company. On the other hand, you're often responsible for specific projects or parts of the organization.
If you help set the strategy, you then take ownership of a portion and become more operational. I ran the product and engineering organizations, functioning almost like a product manager for 60-70% of my day.
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