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Nova Fractional Chief of Staff Consulting

Get the high-level support of a seasoned Chief of Staff—without the full-time commitment. Free up your time, execute on your vision, and finally operate like the strategic leader you are.

Availability for this service is limited, so join the waitlist to secure your spot now!

A Strategic Ally in Keeping Your Operations on Track

When you have a great Chief of Staff in your corner, you move differently. Operations are more efficient, processes are speedier, and you have more capacity to be the leader you want to be. But not every organization needs–or is ready–to hire one full-time. That’s where Nova has your back.

We plug in as your partner to support you in whatever needs doing. Whether that’s aiding a critical initiative, providing clarity on what a CoS can do for your business, or hands-on help structuring the back office, Nova provides you with the bespoke expertise to help you maximize your team’s potential.

The benefits of having a Chief of Staff on your team:

  • Improved Business Planning

    • New operational mechanisms
    • Enhanced organizational efficiency
    • Better rhythm of business: more effective staff meetings, strategic reviews, all-hands, etc.

  • Efficient Strategy & Prioritization

    • Stronger planning & prioritization
    • Increased leadership transparency
    • Tactical tracking of CEO/Founder goals & action items

  • Strengthened Business Processes

    • Clearer organization
    • Better task delegation
    • Reduced friction & bottlenecks
    • Identification of resource needs
    • Faster, more effective action

  • Robust Communications & Engagement

    • Support for leader communications (emails, event talks)
    • Better prep for meetings & engagements
    • Stronger networking support

Think of a Chief of Staff as your strategic thought partner, who is focused on the execution of your most important initiatives.

Consulting Tailored to Your Organization, Designed For Measurable Impact

Nova Chief of Staff’s consulting services include:

  • Hands-on execution of key initiatives and executive operations from a part-time embedded CoS.

  • Guidance on scoping, hiring, and integrating CoS/EA/operations roles into your organization.

  • Short-term expertise for strategic planning, rhythm of business, OKRs, or critical deliverables.

  • Coaching and strategic support to protect your time, boost team alignment, and delegate with confidence.

We offer flexible project structuring to help drive the best results for you and your team.

When you hire a Nova consultant, we tailor engagements to your specific organization, timeline, and goals.

Some common options include:

Ongoing fractional CoS support (5-20 hours/week)

30-60-90 consulting sprints

Strategic planning consults & offsite facilitation

Rhythm of business & operating model creation

Customized advising blocks (weekly, biweekly, or monthly)

How do you know when you need Chief of Staff consulting?

  • You find yourself stretched too thin across priorities and need a trusted, strategic partner to execute critical functions.

  • You’re considering hiring a CoS, but need clarity on the role or to test it out before committing to a hire.

  • You need to evaluate your EA or executive support structure, but aren’t sure how to do so effectively.

  • You’re navigating growth, fundraising hurdles, or reorganizations, and need better operational glue.

  • You may not be ready to hire a full-time CoS, but you are ready to level-up your operations.

Real, Experienced Chiefs of Staff At Your Service

Maggie Olson launched Nova to demystify the Chief of Staff role and help leaders harness its strategic power. With a track record of building/scaling CoS functions from the ground up and training 1,000+ operators through our pioneering CoS Certification course, we deliver customized, strategy-driven support designed to help leaders scale smarter.

This isn’t off-the-shelf advice—it’s a focused partnership that accelerates growth and transforms your leadership impact.

Achieve More with Trusted Guidance

Whether you’re considering bringing on a Chief of Staff for the first time, seeking a partner in a high-stakes project, or aiming to elevate your executive team, Nova is dedicated to guiding you to new levels of success. Get in touch below—let’s discuss how we can help you reach (and surpass) your goals today!

Testimonials

  • “Maggie has the incredible ability to walk into an unfamiliar business and quickly learn and assess how to support the leaders of the organization and their priorities in the most meaningful ways. In less than a year, Maggie built our organization’s Chief of Staff team from the ground up, supporting our President and leadership team with responsibilities including strategic planning, business preparation, communications, employee programs, and events.

    A fabulous communicator and problem solver, Maggie was a huge asset to our team. I cannot recommend her enough, especially to businesses that need an infusion of structure and organization at their most senior level; you will love working with her!”

    — James Kirby, Senior Vice President of Sales, T-Mobile Business Group

  • “Maggie did a great job keeping myself and my leadership team organized and on track, enabling us to drive important business initiatives forward far more efficiently. She immediately brought a level of professionalism, visibility, prioritization, and rhythm to our team using tools and processes that she created just for us based on her assessment of our needs and communication with our leaders.

    Strategic and proactive, Maggie consistently shared recommendations with me for new concepts, roles, and programs to drive the leadership team and the organization’s employee culture forward. Her team had me better prepared for business meetings and events than ever before, which helped me maximize my time and focus on what is most important. I am confident that the addition of Maggie will elevate you and your leadership team.”

    — Mike Katz, President, T-Mobile Business Group

  • “Maggie works with amazing speed, and is able to take in and process a lot of information to help guide where she spends her time and energy. Her collaborative approach and contagious energy make people want to work with her, which allows her to drive change and constant improvement.

    She is genuine and sincere, which when combined with her undeniable intelligence, make her an ideal modern leader. When you work with Maggie, you honestly never know if or when something goes wrong because she always keeps things moving forward. You can trust that no matter what adversity comes along, Maggie will succeed and make sure to bring those around her along for the ride.”

    — Tanner Moxcey, Director, Nordstrom

  • “In the several years I worked with Maggie, she demonstrated a versatility and orientation for action that is rare and valued in any role, but particularly so in her capacity leading business planning for senior executives at T-Mobile. She built her function and team from the ground up, quickly developing sound but flexible processes and systems that enabled one of T-Mobile’s fastest growing organizations to scale quickly and efficiently.

    From communications to org. design, event planning to employee engagement, Maggie can throw herself at nearly any challenge and emerge victorious. But her real superpower is her ability to connect with people in a way that fosters collaboration and inspires action – she brings an infectious positivity and energy to the table, and it amplifies everything she touches!”

    — Alice Williams, Chief of Staff to CEO, T-Mobile

FAQ

  • Fractional Chief of Staff services are a collaborative process where Nova founder Maggie Olson partners with your organization to enhance strategic planning, improve operational efficiency, support scaling efforts, develop tailored strategies, and implement solutions to achieve your goals. Additionally, Maggie can assist with sourcing and interviewing candidates for a full-time Chief of Staff role. This service typically includes in-depth analysis, actionable recommendations, and customized support to drive measurable results.

  • Absolutely. Organizations across all industries can benefit from a Chief of Staff. Whether in startups, corporate environments, nonprofits, or government, a CoS helps align leadership priorities, streamline operations, and drive strategic initiatives, ensuring the organization achieves its goals efficiently.

  • A Chief of Staff is a CEO or Founder’s right hand, their strategic thought partner, who is focused on the leader’s priorities. A CoS can manage large scale projects, create and implement strategic plans, and facilitate high-level meetings and engagements. Chiefs of Staff are masters of follow through and are highly organized, and depending on the size and needs of the business, they may also oversee functions like employee culture, operations, or HR.

    A Chief of Staff allows a CEO or Founder to stay focused on their vision— the “what,” while the CoS steps in to focus on the execution—the “how.” Chiefs of Staff drive organizational clarity by helping lead an effective Rhythm of Business, removing friction & roadblocks, driving process & efficiency, strategic planning, resourcing, and many other capabilities, all dependent on what the business needs.

  • CEOs or Founders often turn to hiring a CoS when they realize that they are spending too much time on tactical, executionary items like planning, tracking, and follow up tasks, and not enough time on the strategic, visionary items necessary to guide their business. Additionally, CEOs or Founders often feel they are missing the organizational rigor in their operating rhythm, business planning, and preparedness.

    A CoS can step in and take executional and operational items off your plate, drive priorities and transparency, ensure your leadership team is focused in the same direction, and create and lead operating cadence/rhythm of business, all leading to greater organizational clarity and focus.

  • Executive Assistants and CoS both support CEOs or Founders, and at first glance it may be hard to understand the difference: both drive organization and focus, and keeping the CEO / Founder prepared is of utmost importance. However, an EA is focused on highly detailed tasks including expenses, travel, meeting and scheduling logistics, and often personal errands and support for their leader. The CoS is a senior level leader, who is a strategic thought partner to the business leader, and may act as their proxy in certain situations. A CoS can manage complex company wide initiatives, lead large teams, oversee operational aspects of the business, and drive strategic planning at a high level.

    COOs and CoS are both strategic, senior leadership roles focused on major company initiatives, but the key difference between the two is that the COO is focused on the overall health of the total business, where the CoS is a role truly designed to support the CEO or Founder and their specific priorities. This includes CEO communications support, priorities alignment and driving, and more. The CoS role is more behind the scenes than the COO, which is more of an outward facing role.