A Day In The Life Of A Chief Of Staff At Kevin's Natural Foods
A Chief of Staff's day is highly unpredictable, a "firefighter hat" role where planned activities are constantly disrupted. The position involves collaborating with executive leadership on initiatives, supporting multiple HR business partners across various sites to resolve conflicts and implement strategies for open enrollment, benefits, performance management, and talent development.
Project Management, Problem-Solving, Communication, HR, Leadership
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Kaylie Layman
Chief of Staff
Kevin's Natural Foods
California State University, Stanislaus
Business Management & Admin
Food, Beverages & Alcohol
Human Resources (HR)
Worked 20+ Hours in School, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Kaylie's day-to-day work is unpredictable and requires adaptability, highlighting the need for problem-solving skills.
2. She collaborates extensively with executive leadership and HR teams, showcasing the importance of teamwork and communication in this role.
3. Her responsibilities encompass various HR initiatives such as open enrollment, benefits renewals, and performance management, emphasizing the diverse skillset required for the Chief of Staff position.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of a chief of staff look like?
You never know. We wear our firefighter hats every single day. I constantly joke that if I have a pre-planned day of things I'm going to accomplish, I might as well wipe those out the window because it's going to change by 11 o'clock.
Typically, what we'll do is meet with our executive leadership team. We make sure that we are moving forward on all things and all initiatives that we have in the pipeline. We ensure the projects and initiatives are well underway and we are tracking accordingly.
On the HR side, we have multiple different worksites. We have HR business partners headed up at each site. So I'll check in with each one of them and support them however they need during that day. If any conflicts arise, I take the lead and work through them with our site HR representatives. We either resolve them or figure out how to get a plan in place to get them resolved.
Otherwise, throughout the year, there are HR initiatives and strategies that we have to work towards. Things like open enrollment, benefits renewals, performance management reviews, and year-end talent development. Quarterly, there are things we have to work on, and initiatives that daily affect those quarterly impacts.