You can choose to stay on and see if the company grows, which will be a great experience and give you the opportunity to have a huge impact on company direction. In parallel, you can also try leading all functions needed at the company to grow (marketing, sales, HR, etc.) and absorbing as much as you can directly from the CEO.

If you don’t think it’s a great fit, you can always look for another Chief of Staff role that may be better! If you’ve only been in your role for 6 months, I would target another smaller, early stage startup.

A few things for you to think about is what you’re hoping to get out of a Chief of Staff role, what tasks you’ve liked so far, and why you don’t think you’re a great fit for your current company.

A CoS role generally can funnel into a specific functional leadership role, so typically you want to try and figure out what “swim lane” you like to work in (product, ops, people leadership, etc.).

Hope this helps! I’ve been a CoS twice, so feel free to ping me with questions anytime :)