decision makers
Those who choose
Decision makers are people with authority to make choices, especially in organizations, governments, or businesses.
The term emphasizes their power to determine outcomes: We need to get this proposal in front of the decision makers.
Often used when distinguishing those who have final say from advisors or implementers.
Also spelled as one word: decisionmakers.
- authoritiesThose holding official control
- executivesSenior corporate officers
- corner officePremium workplace for leadership
- directorsThose who lead organizations
- top brassSenior leadership collectively
supervisors · regulators · board members · inner circle · leaders · policymakers · managers · cabinet members · department heads · chiefs · shot callers · presidents · strategists · governors · judges · final say · legislators · commanders
- cold callingsales pitch, rejection, gatekeepers, voicemail, callbacks
- war roomcommand post, headquarters, operations center, ops center, crisis center
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- authoritiesrulers, ruler, leaders, leader, officials
- leadersleader, boss, leaders, bosses, chiefs
decision makerssubordinates
Those ranked below
followers · rank and file · subjects · underlings · pawns
decision makersexecutors
Will fulfillment appointees
implementers · bystanders · recipients · beneficiaries · victims
decision makersstaff
Organization's workers collectively
foot soldiers · functionaries · grunts · advisors · implementers
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