Chief of Staff to a COO, Emotional Regulation, and CoS Superpowers with Chelsea Orcutt
Chelsea Orcutt, Chief of Staff to a COO, joins David Nebinski to talk about what the role really looks like day-to-day. They dig into emotional regulation as a core CoS skill, the "unscalable but impactful" things worth keeping human, and how to spot the green flags of a great Principal.
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Episode highlights:
0:00: Hobbies & synchronized skating
02:45: Chelsea being a student again & David’s “intellectual hobbies”
05:00: Preparedness as a discipline
07:45: AI as a safety net for solo work for David
11:45: Emotional regulation as a CoS superpower
19:45: Active listening
22:45: Human, unscalable work vs automation
26:45: What’s worth scaling
29:45: Chelsea’s role as Chief of Staff to a COO
33:30: Why this role / principal fit & pre-role green flags
34:00: Operator exposure and potential founder bootcamp
39:15: Career growth, role design & more green flags
43:45: What else to know about a CoS to a COO role
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