Becoming a Chief of Staff, with Emily Good, Libby Dangoor and Simon Rodrigues

In this week’s bite-sized 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re looking at a role which has gained increasing popularity within the Startup and Scaleup world over the last 12 months - the Chief of Staff role. To help us explore more of the day to day and the skills any aspiring CoS needs, we’re joined by: 📌 Emily Good, Chief of Staff at Lantum. 📌 Libby Dangoor, Chief of Staff at Multiverse. 📌 Simon Rodrigues, former Chief of Staff at Curio, now Founder & CEO at Saber Works. They share tons of advice in this episode, including: ➡️ How Libby, Emily and Simon became a Chief of Staff [01:25] ➡️ How varied the day to day as a CoS is [07:02] ➡️ The skills any aspiring Chief of Staff should work on [12:48] ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ Check out our Chief of Staff Secrets series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Z5v0dwtFJAVcQRHc3mW2I5db-g84xxc ➡️ Download the Chief of Staff Guide: https://mailchi.mp/jbmc/the-chief-of-staff-role-uncovered ➡️ More about Emily Good: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-good1/ ➡️ More about Libby Dangoor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/libby-dangoor-73b042a/ ➡️ More about Simon Rodrigues: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simondejesusrodrigues/ 💙 A big thank you to our Sponsors: Alchemist - an industry leading learning and development company, whose learning journeys and experiences help organisations who want to grow, change or transform by putting the learner first to optimise organisational performance. To learn more about Alchemist and see how they work with some of the most innovative companies in the world, head over to https://thisisalchemist.com/40minutementor/ to find out more. 🏆 Want to partner with us? Do you want to get your brand in front of leading Startup Founders, Investors and C-Suite decision-makers, and attract some of the sharpest talent in the Startup/Scaleup scene? Get in touch with our Head of Marketing and Producer, Hannah to find out more about how we can co-produce content that will help you stand out and engage with over 40,000 loyal monthly listeners. You can reach her on hannah@jbmc.co.uk 🤝 Explore Hidden Pages: For this year’s Black History Month, we’ve had the great pleasure of partnering with Samuel Tholley and Hidden Pages - a zine discovering hidden Melanated history & lists of sources exploring the Melanated/"Black" experience. We talked about his motivation behind Hidden Pages, why it's so important to normalise black history and he shares some amazing historic figures we can all learn from. This is only the beginning of this partnership, so make sure you check out our initial conversation with Samuel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF_-blY_kUQ ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices