chief operating officers

Top operations executives

Chief operating officers is the plural of chief operating officer, a senior executive responsible for a company's day-to-day operations.

The COO typically reports directly to the chief executive officer and handles internal business functions while the CEO focuses on external strategy and vision.

The chief operating officers of both firms met to discuss the merger.

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running the show · strategy · vice president · leadership · implementation · second-in-command · right hand man · number two · oversight · CFO · managing director · corporate ladder · board meetings · resource allocation · coordination · supply chain management · boots on the ground · process improvement

Opposites
organizational hierarchy

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Workers gaining supervised experience

hourly workers · subordinates · trainees · junior staff · assistants

executive function

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Highest corporate authorities

CEOs · visionaries · founders · chief financial officers · CFOs

organizational role type

chief operating officerslaborers

Workers doing physical tasks

workers · blue-collar workers · doers · executors · rank and file

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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