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The Chief of Staff Podcast

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The Chief of Staff Podcast is hosted by Scott Amenta, Founder of the Chief of Staff Network — a global community of CoS with local chapters across 25+ cities. Every week, Scott sits down with Chiefs of Staff and senior operators to unpack the frameworks, hard lessons, and unwritten rules of one of the most consequential roles in business. This isn't an outsider's take on the role. It's the convers... more

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Most Chiefs of Staff leave for a bigger title or more money. Lissa Sorgenfrei left to open a pottery studio. After eight years at German construction tech startup Capmo, where she moved from customer success to product management to Chief of Staff to... more

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Guest: Marlen Heske, Chief of Staff at Enpal

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At fast-moving companies, the problem is rarely a lack of ideas or urgency. It's that everyone is chasing too many things at once. Marlen Heske, Chief of Staff at Enpal, has made... more

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How do you switch contexts between skincare operations, luxury recruiting, and B2B financial modeling all in the same day?

Zoe Jakubowich joins Chief of Staff Network Fellow, Tristan Lim, to break down the systems behind her fractional Chief of ... more

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Stephania Greco takes us inside the Chief of Staff role at Bicycle Capital, a growth-stage VC fund, and reveals how it differs from startup CoS work. Instead of managing product roadmaps and cross-functional teams, VC Chiefs of Staff focus on fundrai... more

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Recent Guests

Lissa Sorgenfrei
Founder of Munich Clay Collective
Munich Clay Collective
Episode: Why This CoS Left Strategy for Clay: A Case Study in Career Pivots
Marlen Heske
Chief of Staff at Enpal
Enpal
Episode: The CoS Who Won't Just Say Yes: Marlen Heske on Clarity Before Harmony
Zoe Jakubowich
Fractional Chief of Staff and early stage consumer investor
VHS Ventures
Episode: Managing 5 Clients at Once: A Fractional Chief of Staff's Playbook
Stefania Greco
Chief of Staff at Bicycle Capital
Bicycle Capital
Episode: The VC Chief of Staff: Building in Ambiguity with Stephania Greco
Priyanka Peeramsetty
Engineering Operations Director at Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll (Sony Group)
Episode: The Integrity Pyramid: What Actually Makes a Great Chief of Staff
Sarah Kislak
Senior professional who moved from Chief of Staff to Product Management
Box
Episode: From Chief of Staff to Product Manager: Sarah Kislak on Following Your Talent
Nick Greif
Chief of Staff at Instride; former LA City Council member Chief of Staff
Instride; City of Los Angeles (former)
Episode: Navigating the Intersection of Public and Private Leadership
Bryan Silverman
COO at Suzy, with a diverse background in various roles including sales and product management.
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Episode: The Career Accelerant: Lessons from a Chief of Staff Turned COO
Dhyan Valle
Former Chief of Staff and registered associate marriage and family therapist
Center for Mindful Psychotherapy
Episode: From Boardroom to Therapy Room: What Chiefs of Staff Need to Know About Emotional Support

Hosts

Scott Amenta
Founder/Host associated with Chief of Staff Network; longtime operator and facilitator of CoS community discussions
Tom Guthrie
President of Chief of Staff Network; co-hosting and session introductions

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Why This CoS Left Strategy for Clay: A Case Study in Career Pivots
Q: Who is on the pod with us today?
Lissa Sorgenfrei, a former Chief of Staff who transitioned into entrepreneurship, sharing her background, the journey, and what life looked like after leaving a long tenure at Capmo to found Munich Clay Collective.
Managing 5 Clients at Once: A Fractional Chief of Staff's Playbook
Q: How do you balance multiple client engagements and learning activities with investments?
She describes time-boxing and forward-looking planning, preparing for each client meeting in advance, and using structured blocks for learning and deal flow, all while maintaining clear boundaries to prevent burnout.
Managing 5 Clients at Once: A Fractional Chief of Staff's Playbook
Q: What is some early context that will help listeners understand who you are today?
Zoe explains her villain origin story as a decade of being a forever generalist, accumulating experiences from EY to Nordstrom Trunk Club, Walmart, Tula Skincare, Angie's List, and ultimately moving into fractional CoS and early-stage investing, using each role to learn how to connect dots across organizations.
From Chief of Staff to Product Manager: Sarah Kislak on Following Your Talent
Q: What changes the most when you move from Chief of Staff to Product Manager in terms of scope and influence?
The altitude of influence drops from broad organizational access to more grounded, team-facing execution, requiring you to earn your ideas through storytelling and conviction rather than relying on authority. You must persuade stakeholders, secure resources, and demonstrate impact through measurable outcomes.
From Chief of Staff to Product Manager: Sarah Kislak on Following Your Talent
Q: Do you see cases where a Chief of Staff has to kind of put on that PM hat to say, hey, look, we built the system this way, and I'm recognizing all the inefficiencies in the system?
Yes. The CoS can, and often does, assume PM-like thinking by identifying inefficiencies, advocating for improvements from the ground up, and leveraging close access to leadership to drive changes that align with business goals. The shift is about moving from inside-the-system optimization to designing solutions that improve the system as a whole.

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The collection centers on Chiefs of Staff who operate at the intersection of strategy, operations, and people leadership within fast-moving organizations. Across episodes, listeners get practical frameworks for building operating rhythms, prioritizing amid ambiguity, and aligning executives with measurable outcomes. Guests range from CoS leaders in venture capital, tech, and public-sector transitions to operators focused on integrity, emotional intelligence, and AI-enabled transformation. The show stands out for its hands-on tactics—90-day plans, OKRs, back-channel influence, and “stunt double”-style anticipation—that help CoS practitioners and aspiring operators scale impact while maintaining a human-centered approach to leadership.

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