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THE ROLE OF CHIEF OF STAFF STARTED IN THE

MILITARY, SPREAD INTO GOVERNMENT, AND IS

NOW TAKING OVER THE CORPORATE WORLD.

WORDS • DAVID WALKER

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he chief of staff’s time has come. Once a role serving

generals, it is now seen as a foundation of leadership

success, in government or in business. Washington DC

is watching to see whether Donald Trump’s new chief of staff,

General John Kelly, can revive a troubled presidency. As chief

of staff to former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, the

fierce gatekeeper Peta Credlin became a lightning rod for

concerns about her boss. And all over Silicon Valley, chiefs of

staff are suddenly managing the flows of information to and

from their megastar bosses – Tesla boss Elon Musk, Facebook

COO Sheryl Sandberg, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, and

more. A LinkedIn search for ‘chief of staff’ now returns more

than 81,000 results, the bulk of them corporate roles.

Chiefs of staff even feature in hit TV shows – professorial

Leo McGarry of The West Wing, straight-shooting Amy

Brookheimer in Veep, and Doug Stamper, the unemotional fixer

in House of Cards.

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