How Partnering Up with Chiefly Consultants Helps Level-Up Your Side Hustle

Are you too busy to bring your side project to its full potential? Learn how a Chief of Staff can help.

Key takeaways:

• Business leaders are often dealing with passion projects and side hustles while trying to manage a full-time job
• Chiefs of Staff help founders free up time and establish documented policies so they can start growing their side business
• A Chief of Ctaff from Chiefly Consultants recently helped one CEO go from side hustle to all-in by implementing the right technology and improving operations

Some entrepreneurs don’t ever stop creating and founding. It’s common for CEOs to be working another job while pursuing a side hustle, whether new business ventures or passion projects. While this is great for innovation and industry, it can quickly lead to burnout and exhaustion, especially when they don’t seek help growing their endeavors. One form of help that many business leaders turn to is the Chief of Staff. These experts can help CEOs establish better processes and set the business up for growth. Learn how Chiefs of Staff help business leaders focus more on their passion projects and how Chiefly Consultants helped a client move from side hustle to all-in.

Why more business leaders are taking on side projects

There are a few reasons that business leaders tend to have side hustles and projects. First, they still have that entrepreneurial spirit and drive, even after they’ve been working at a full-time job for a while. They still want to help people and may be constantly identifying new gaps in the industry or marketplace that they want to fill. Side hustles also allow people to stay creative. They provide a supplemental focus that enriches the work day. They can even provide an escape that helps them improve their work-life balance. Many CEOs may want their side hustle to eventually become something much more, like a retail startup or tech company. The problem is that they don’t have the time to bring their passion to fruition if they’re already working full-time and trying to juggle everything simultaneously. Many entrepreneurs try to do this and end up with loads of stress, and neither endeavor is getting the attention it deserves to succeed. This is precisely where Chiefly Consultants comes in. Working with a Chief of Staff allows CEOs and business leaders to free up time to focus more on those side projects. 

How chiefs of staff help CEOs develop their side hustle

One of the most common reasons a business leader hires a Chief of Staff is to free up time so they can focus on what they really want to spend their time doing. They may be dealing with challenges like these that they just can’t seem to overcome:

• They do too many daily, time-consuming tasks, like financial or operational.
• They don’t have enough time to think about or work on their side hustle.
• They have trouble letting go of business responsibilities, and think that no one else can do it as well as them.
• They aren’t using the right technologies to make processes more efficient.
• They spend too much time going back and forth on big decisions and lack a sounding board.

Chiefs of Staff are experienced professionals who can come in and help CEOs with everything from finance to sales and marketing to technology to administration. Their expertise allows them to identify why process problems are happening and implement better solutions for efficiency. They often act as the right hand to the business leader, providing strategic advice and liaising between the CEO and other stakeholders. With all this additional help, business leaders can put more time and attention into what really matters to them. And that is usually their side project.

How Chiefly helped a client shift their focus

Chiefly Consultants often works with driven business leaders who are trying to balance too many projects. They support the CEO with a range of tasks for daily operations, but they also take on bigger-picture responsibilities like strategic planning.  One of our fractional Chiefs of Staff started working with a busy CEO who was continually stressed, trying to manage a full-time position while developing a side hustle. She lacked the tools to develop effective processes and didn’t have the bandwidth to develop strategies properly. She needed additional assistance to put more energy into her side project. Our Chief of Staff came in and identified challenges, helped the CEO strategize, and introduced new technologies for success. Here are the key solutions that were implemented:

• Administrative updates, including:
  • A new CRM system
  • Email account monitoring 
  • Automated message filtering
• A new customer service platform that integrates automation and a chat function
• Financial metrics tracking and research for a new business pitch deck
• Marketing improvements, like social media growth across platforms
• Sales and customer service improvements, including:
  • Making the chief of staff the direct customer service contact
  • Potential partnership sourcing
• Documented policies and procedures

After the CEO started working with the Chief of Staff and implementing these solutions, her desired outcomes began to be attained, and she could finally start growing the company. Allowing the Chief of Staff to take on customer service tasks was particularly impactful, and she could rest assured that her clients would be in great hands.

Grow your side hustle with a Chief of Staff

To focus on your passion project, you may need additional expert help to get things off the ground. Don’t try to handle it all yourself, especially when juggling a full-time position like our CEO client.  Chiefly Consultants provides fractional Chiefs of Staff to help you develop a better strategy, create more efficient processes, free up your valuable time, and manage day-to-day operations you don’t have time for. Many of our Chiefs of Staff have worked in startups or have been founders themselves. We pair you with experienced professionals who are exceptional problem-solvers and creative thinkers you need to move forward. Book a call with Chiefly Consultants today to get started.