All Things Chief of Staff (2025 Edition)
What actually drives impact as Chief of Staff?
Learn it in 60 minutes. Apply it forever.
Our most popular Nova Chat of 2024—drawing nearly 1,100 registrations—is back.
All Things Chief of Staff (2025 Edition) is here!
In this Nova Chat, Nova founder Maggie Olson will share her personal leadership journey, explaining how she went from an agile solo operator to building a full team beneath her as Chief of Staff to a president of a Fortune 40 company.
Maggie will guide us through:
✅ The unfiltered story of her leap into the CoS seat
✅ How she scaled her role, earned executive trust, and grew a team under her leadership
✅ The biggest career traps for aspiring CoSs (and how to avoid getting stuck)
✅ What to do when your principal isn’t ready to delegate, but you’re ready to lead
✅ Why structure, mindset, and strategy matter more than your job title
✅ What led her to create Nova and why having a background as a Chief of Staff was the best stepping stone into entrepreneurship.
This free, 60-minute webinar includes live Q&A and answers to some of the most frequently asked questions we get about the Chief of Staff role.
🎯 Whether you’re an aspiring CoS, a current one, or exploring your next move—this session will help you see the path forward with greater clarity.
🎥 Can’t make it live? Register anyway and we’ll send the recording.
Save your spot now and get ready for real talk on all things Chief of Staff in 2025.
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Maggie Olson's Bio
Maggie Olson is the Founder of Nova Chief of Staff, the premier destination for Chief of Staff education and development. As the first Chief of Staff to a president at a Fortune 40 company — who led a multibillion-dollar business with 5,000+ employees — Maggie built the president’s Chief of Staff model from the ground up. Maggie has 20 years’ experience leading large teams and has spent her career focused on both customer and employee experience at companies including T-Mobile, Nordstrom, and Starbucks.
In addition to operating the Nova Chief of Staff Certification course, Maggie is a fractional Chief of Staff focused on helping mission-driven, for-profit startup founders scale their businesses quickly. In her spare time, Maggie loves spending time outside with her husband, their dog, and their 2-year-old, Max!