Gavin Barwell - What does a Chief of Staff do?

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

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Technology, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This is the first in a new type of episode for Jimmy's Jobs of the Future - instead of exploring an entrepreneur or a business, we're looking at specific jobs and asking leading people in that field just exactly what it entails.There is an increasing trend in entrepreneurship and business of the title "Chief of Staff". It's even been mentioned a few times on this show, with Salima Vellani from KBox Global starting off her career as one and Alex Stephany from Beam currently hiring for one.Today's guest is Gavin Barwell who has been the highest-profile chief of staff in the country - first introduced by Tony Blair in 1996, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff has become a big feature of British politics and Gavin was one of the longest-serving in recent memory under the premiership of Theresa May. We hear about just how he landed that job, why you need a swiss army knife skillset and what business could learn from the role. Since leaving Number 10, Gavin has written a book called Chief of Staff, which we discuss in the episode. It's available in many places but we'd like to point you towards bookshop.org to support local bookshops near you. You can find out more on our website or get in touch via [email protected] You can follow us on social media: Instagram: @Jimmysjobs Twitter: @Jimmysjobs And most importantly on LinkedIn Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Jimmy's Jobs of the Future, presented by me, Jimmy McLaughlin, a former Down
0:11.2	Extreme Advisor on Business and Entrepreneurship.
0:14.5	Now, who hasn't, at some point, thought, if only there were two of me, only I had an
0:20.6	extension of me that could pick up all the things that I keep missing.
0:24.6	And that's what today's episode focuses on.
0:28.1	There is an increasing trend in entrepreneurship and business, in the rise of the job title,
0:34.2	Chief of Staff.
0:36.3	In recent episodes of this podcast, we had Salima from K-Bots Global, who started her
0:41.7	career as a Chief of Staff, and Alex Stepanith from Veep, was also looking to hire one.
0:47.4	It is one of the questions I regularly get from entrepreneurs that I work with when we
0:51.7	are talking about how we can grow businesses quicker.
0:55.6	They often ask me, explain how the role of Chief of Staff works when you were in Down
0:59.9	Extreme.
1:01.4	After all, it's the highest profile Chief of Staff in the country.
1:05.1	The job title originally comes from the military, but has been adopted more and more in politics
1:10.4	in government over recent decades.
1:13.2	The first example of its use in politics was when Roosevelt created the position of Chief
1:18.2	of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief for his principal military advisor, Fleet Admiral William
1:24.0	Lee.
1:25.0	For his politics, it was first introduced by Tony Blair in 1997.
1:31.1	This is going to be the first in a new type of episode we'll be exploring, where it's
1:35.3	not just companies that we talk about, but we explore and tackle specific jobs, and asking
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