You delegated the work to agents and ended up with a new job: reading their updates. My guide to a Chief of Staff that brings you decisions with the evidence.
What to tell the agents you already run so the work you hand off comes back finished and your attention goes where you decided it should.
TL;DR
- Close out threads that provide finished results without new side projects.
- Make decisions based on recommendations and evidence presented by your Chief of Staff.
- Implement watches that only alert you when changes occur.
- Verify that recurring work schedules and their alerts have stopped.
- Utilize a prompt to identify tasks to finish and tasks to stop.
- Address persistent attention-demanding threads first.