Accelerate Your Business:

Empower Your Team with the Skills They Need

Backed by a network of alumni from top-tier companies across diverse industries, Nova equips existing or incoming Chiefs of Staffs and Executive Assistants with the tools they need to strategically support your company’s leadership.

Our expert-level training provides your teams with the knowledge to improve executive operations at every level of your organization–saving you time, money, and headaches down the road.

Strategic support shouldn’t be a bottleneck.

Senior leaders should be focused on vision, strategy, leadership, and growth–not buried in execution and follow-ups. But without strong, competent support, even the best leaders can get stuck in the weeds of day-to-day operations. That’s where Nova’s tried-and-tested expertise comes in to help.

We train your organization’s Executive Assistants and Chiefs of Staff to deliver impact, so your company can move faster, more efficiently, and with the confidence you need to gain real leverage in your industry.

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Innovative companies around the world trust Nova Chief of Staff to elevate their teams with our acclaimed CoS Certification course.

With over 1,000 students across 30 countries, we designed our Certification course to replicate the daily functions of a Chief of Staff so students have real experience in the many responsibilities of this dynamic role.

Endorsed by seasoned Chiefs of Staff, Nova’s curriculum ensures that students are engaged, challenged, and equipped to deliver immediate, quantifiable value to their organizations.

Hands-On, High-Impact Training at Your Teams’ Fingertips

We designed Nova Chief of Staff Certification to give students practice in the things Chiefs of Staff do every day. We guarantee that every graduate of our course walks away with the tools, clarity, and confidence to lead across a variety of industries.

Nova’s course contents include:

  • 50+ hours of training in execution, operations, & strategy

  • 30+ templates & frameworks used by high-performing teams

  • 10+ AI applications & relevant exercises

  • On-camera touchpoints with Nova coaches

  • Access to Nova’s active alumni network

  • Custom language & examples adapted for your industry

  • Immediate real-world applications of content (no fluff or busy work!)

Training Tailored For Your Team

We offer flexibility to ensure the course is the right fit for your team’s size, schedules, and location. Available course formats include:

  • Have your team enhance their skills through our online Chief of Staff Certification course, considered to be the top CoS learning platform in the industry. The self-paced course includes relevant modules, discussion opportunities, and multiple instructor touchpoints.

  • In this option, your team will enroll in the course that includes the same content as above, but in a simple, accessible 12-week cohort with bi-weekly programming specific to your team.

  • Perfect for teams to move through the content quickly and affordably, we’ve taken the CoS course and formatted it into three jam-packed days of virtual learning! In this intensive, students learn from live Nova course instructors and through various formats, including solo work, group work, discussion, Q&A, and more.

  • Want your team to learn in-person from Nova instructors? Our three-day in-person intensive hosts Nova instructors onsite in a collaborative learning environment. Offering solo work, group work, discussion, Q&A, and more, we always receive rave reviews from students after these in-person sessions.

*We offer generous corporate discounts to train your team, ranging from 10% to 45% depending on course format and number of students from your company. Reach out to us to discuss pricing for your organization!

Experience with Large Groups

From our In-Person CoS Certification events (50-150 students) and beyond, it's safe to say that working with teams and large groups is a happy place for Nova!

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  • "I like Maggie's coaching style as it was encouraging and sharp, as she challenged us to be strategic thinkers, operators, and servant-leaders all at once."

    - Curtis, Nova In-Person Student

  • "Collaborative table work offered valuable insights into how peers in similar roles approach assignments, allowing me to learn diverse techniques and perspectives. Maggie's passion for teaching was evident and truly inspiring."

    - Kayla, Nova In-Person Student

  • "It was powerful to learn from Maggie, whose insight, authenticity, and encouragement brought the material to life and helped me see my strengths in a new light."

    Tali, Nova In-Person Student

  • "The combination of connection and actionable tools made the experience both enriching and immediately useful."

    - Micah, Nova In-Person Student

  • "This experience has exceeded anything I could have imagined. I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity."

    - Kayla, Nova In-Person Student

Join the Chief of Staff revolution:

800+ companies (and counting!) choose Nova as their go-to CoS training resource.

Some of the biggest companies in the world are using Nova’s unparalleled learning platform to upskill their teams. While our CoS Certification course originally offered individual enrollment only, organization-wide momentum grew–with dozens of students from the same companies signed up through word-of-mouth referrals. Now, your organization can join the momentum through our course formats designed for team training and certification.

Nova Chief of Staff training promises

  • Measurable outcomes for your business: promotions, expanded scopes/capacity, increased confidence

  • Elevated back-office teams: improved structure, preparation, & processes

  • Positive experiences of your team, including EAs, CoSs, & their leaders

  • Flexible pricing & format options tailored to your needs

Our students enroll from some of the most influential companies in the world, across all industries.

Let’s explore what’s possible, together.

We would love to know more about your team and how we can support their growth within your organization. We offer custom packages, corporate discounts, and training aligned to your company’s specific challenges and goals.

Chat with us to learn more about how you can level-up your team today!

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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

We’re proud to receive stories of our students using their newfound knowledge & skills to thrive in their roles every day. To read some of these inspirational stories, click here.

FAQ

  • 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.