Chief of Staff Services
At Apodaca Consulting, we provide Fractional Chief of Staff services to founders, CEOs, and executive teams to help turn priorities into clear ownership, accountability, and execution.
Whether it's aligning the leadership team around what matters most, creating the operating rhythm to keep priorities moving, or taking ownership of an important initiative that doesn't have
Spend More Time Working on the Business - and Less Time Working in It.
a natural home, our role is to help create the clarity and follow-through needed to move the business forward.
Where a Chief of Staff Can Help
Every CEO has priorities that require more attention than they have time to give them. Sometimes the leadership team needs greater alignment. Sometimes the strategy is clear, but execution isn't. And sometimes there's an important initiative that simply needs someone trusted to take ownership and move it forward.
The goal is simple: important work shouldn't depend on the CEO personally driving every detail.
That's where I come in.
01 - Executive & Strategic Support
Create clarity around what matters most.
We work alongside the CEO and executive team to align priorities, surface important decisions, and turn strategic direction into clear organizational focus - so leadership leaves with a shared understanding of what matters, what happens next, and where attention is needed.
Areas of support: Leadership Alignment • Executive Decision Support • Quarterly Planning • Priority Setting • Strategic Facilitation
02 - Business Operations & Execution
Turn priorities into ownership, accountability, and momentum.
Create the operating rhythm needed to keep priorities moving by establishing clear ownership, accountability, and visibility across the organization—so leadership knows what's moving, what's at risk, and where attention or decisions are needed.
Areas of support: Operating Cadence • Ownership & Accountability • Executive Visibility • Cross-Functional Coordination • Priority Tracking
03 - Special Projects & Strategic Initiatives
Give important work an owner.
Take ownership of important initiatives that don't have a natural home or enough leadership bandwidth - bringing structure to ambiguity, coordinating people and decisions, removing roadblocks, and moving the work from idea through execution.
Areas of support: Strategic Initiatives • Special Projects • Technology Implementations • Process Improvement • Cross-Functional Programs
What This Looks Like in Practice
“We know what we need to do. It's just not getting done.”
The strategy is clear, but competing priorities, unclear ownership, or limited leadership bandwidth are slowing execution.
“I'm getting plenty of information. I still don't have visibility.”
There are reports, meetings, dashboards, and updates - but leadership still can't clearly see what's happening, what's at risk, who owns it, or where a decision is needed.
“We all agree this is important. I'm not sure we're actually aligned.”
The leadership team agrees on the priority but may have very different assumptions about what it means, what happens next, or what success looks like.
An Operator Alongside the CEO
I've spent more than 20 years working at the intersection of strategy, operations, technology, program leadership, and execution - from leading enterprise initiatives to working directly alongside CEOs and executive teams.
That experience has shaped a principle I bring into every engagement:
Understand the system before attempting to change it.
I don't come in with a predetermined framework and tell your organization how it should operate. I start by
understanding how the business works today — the people, priorities, decisions, dependencies, and operating rhythms — and then help create the clarity, ownership, and structure needed to move forward.
The goal isn't more process. It's a business that can execute with greater clarity, confidence, and less dependence on the CEO.
What could you hand off if you had someone you trusted to own the outcome?