The Chief of Staff Operating Model
Source-grounded pack with Chief of Staff Charter, Chief of Staff Operating Audit, and Cross-Functional Handback, plus 2 more.
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Choose this pack when the work touches The Chief of Staff Operating Model and you need a bounded workflow with explicit inputs, a defined output, and human review gates.
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5 source-grounded skills. Load one workflow at a time.
Chief of Staff Charter
Use this workflow when defining why a Chief of Staff role exists, what it owns, where its authority stops, and how temporary ambiguity returns to durable owners.
Output specification
Return a chief_of_staff_charter with operating_need, theory_of_value, owns, drives_temporarily, supports, does_not_own, decision_rights, communication_modes, trust_rules, handoff_rules, success_measures, and review_date.
Chief of Staff Operating Audit
Use this workflow when testing whether a Chief of Staff increases executive-system capability and durable ownership rather than merely becoming busier and more necessary.
Output specification
Return a chief_of_staff_operating_audit with executive_capacity, context_and_decisions, cadence, boundary_and_handback, ai_leverage, trust_evidence, stopped_owning, ceo_dependencies, priority_changes, revised_charter, and review_date.
Cross-Functional Handback
Use this workflow when a Chief of Staff must temporarily clarify and move cross-functional work without becoming its permanent owner or bypassing functional leaders.
Output specification
Return a cross_functional_handback with work_object, cos_mode, authority_boundary, owner_map, dependency_map, bounded_brief, escalation_path, permanent_home, transfer_package, transfer_date, and systemic_pattern.
Executive Attention Architecture
Use this workflow when aligning an executive calendar, meeting portfolio, escalation threshold, and briefing system with work only that executive can do.
Output specification
Return an executive_attention_architecture with attention_baseline, strategy_misalignment, executive_only_work, delegation_and_redirects, meeting_changes, escalation_threshold, pre_read_contract, attention_budget, and review_metrics.
Executive Context and Decision System
Use this workflow when building governed operating memory that compresses context, prepares decisions, records ownership, and detects drift without making the Chief of Staff the only memory layer.
Output specification
Return an executive_context_decision_system with context_flow, brief_contract, decision_record, commitment_linkage, drift_signals, operating_memory, ai_review_boundary, privacy_access_rules, and system_metrics.
Keep consequential decisions explicit.
These workflows structure analysis and artifacts; they do not authorize autonomous external, personnel, financial, legal, security, or other high-impact action.