C-suite
Corporate leadership level
C-suite refers to a company's top executive positions—those whose titles begin with "Chief": CEO, CFO, COO, CTO, and others.
The C stands for chief, and suite suggests a group occupying the same rarefied level.
She's been in the C-suite for a decade.
C-suite can describe the executives themselves or their domain: a C-suite position, C-suite concerns.
Top corporate officer
- CFOTop corporate money officer
- COOTop operations executive
- CTOHead of technology, abbreviated
- CMOSenior executive title abbreviation
CIO · CPO · officer · president · vice-president · director · top-brass · management
Corporate decision venue
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- directorsThose who lead organizations
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
accountability · bylaws · proxy · quorum · resolution · compliance · audit · stakeholders
Ability to see
- planningArranging for future events
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
- growthIncrease in size
innovation · execution · priorities · forecasting · scalability · diversification · transformation · pivot
Energy transfer rate
- influencePower to affect others
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- controlAuthority to direct
clout · command · autonomy · jurisdiction · veto · approval · sign-off · delegation
Fixed periodic employment payment
Guidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- directionWay something faces
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- cultureCollective social practices
empowerment · coaching · talent · retention · motivation · alignment · communication · all-hands
CEO
Top corporate officer
CMO · CIO · CPO · officer · president · vice-president · director · top-brass · management · C-level
boardroom
Corporate decision venue
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- directorsThose who lead organizations
oversight · accountability · bylaws · proxy · quorum · resolution · compliance · audit · stakeholders · regulatory
vision
Ability to see
- planningArranging for future events
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- objectivesIntended targets or ends
growth · innovation · execution · priorities · forecasting · scalability · diversification · transformation · pivot · acquisition
power
Energy transfer rate
- influencePower to affect others
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
control · clout · command · autonomy · jurisdiction · veto · approval · sign-off · delegation · hierarchy
salary
Fixed periodic employment payment
mentorship
Guidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- directionWay something faces
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
culture · empowerment · coaching · talent · retention · motivation · alignment · communication · all-hands
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- corporatecorporation, CEO, office, CFO, cubicle
- business leadersCEO, director, presidente, founder, owner
- executivesCEO, CFO, COO, CIO, CTO
- hierarchyrank, ranked, authority, command, tiered
- Power Centersheadquarters, head office, main office, central office, command center
C-suiterank and file
Ordinary members collectively
entry-level · shop floor · hourly workers · junior staff · blue-collar workers
C-suitesubordinates
Those ranked below
powerless · underlings · worker bees · peons · voiceless