The phrase "a top staff" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is typically used to refer to a group of highly skilled or elite employees within an organization, but the correct expression would be "top staff members" or "top staff team."
Example: "Our company has a reputation for hiring a top staff that excels in innovation and creativity."
Alternatives: "top team" or "elite staff".
The president of the union representing doormen, superintendents and janitors in the New York area fired a top staff member who plans to run for the union's presidency.
He also claims that Mr. Drapkin abused the health care coverage he was offered in the separation agreement, encouraged a top staff member to leave MacAndrews & Forbes and left the company with documents he had promised to turn over.
In the semi-contemporaneous universe of "The West Wing," where the World Trade Center never fell but terrorism is now a top staff priority, President Josiah Bartlet is up for reëlection this November.
Excelling both in combat and as a top staff officer, he rose to the rank of major general during the Civil War but was sickened by the carnage of battle.
Ms. Schwager was a top staff member with the New York State Office of Mental Health before retiring, and though she has a penchant for bringing order to things, she could not understand cemetery policies.
The editorial board writes, "In the best possible light, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie built a top staff of lying thugs who threatened lives and safety to serve his political ends.
Mr. Turner's departure leaves a second top staff job for Mr. Pitt to fill, assuming he is confirmed by the Senate.
Depending on how long the search takes, the U.S.O.C. could be without a permanent top staff executive through the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Currently four of the 16 members of the international board are Americans, but two of them — including Paul Pacter, a former top staff official of the American board — have terms expiring this year.
"We made all the right calls," he says, including creating an "A team" of top staff to captain initiatives, a concept borrowed from GE and its ex-chief, Jack Welch a key influence on Kamath.
He also reportedly hadn't returned calls and was omitted from a discussion about top staff held by Oracle Co-President Charles Phillips, during a Wednesday investment conference.
