Sentences with phrase «corner offices»

There are only a limited number of corner offices; how can you demonstrate you're the person to occupy one?

There is a certain simple logic to the suggestion that as the economy tanks, the ranks of criminals swells but I would caution all my Bay Street M&A brethren not to willingly abandon their corner offices in search of a shingle down the street from the local provincial courthouse just yet.

Firms are implementing remote working policies and choose - your - own technology programs, and they are dramatically overhauling their workspaces to de-emphasize corner offices and install open areas.

They concluded that «casual collisions» were to be encouraged, not an obsession with corner offices.

In addition, the cushy corner offices which are quintessential elements of large corporations have been turned into meeting rooms.

We don't have corner offices with killer views.

The particulars of Apple's iPad update plans are unknown outside of a few corner offices in Cupertino, so there's no definitive answer to the buy - or - wait dilemma.

There are no corner offices or opportunities to pull rank.

He networks with C - suite executives in the corner offices of some of the largest science - based companies in the world.

In an effort to comply, banking officials elevated risk analysts to corner offices to show they were serious about tackling risk.

The prevailing attitude in corner offices seems to be «grab all the money you can while you can, and don't worry about little things like ethics, morals or the law.»

Not big - shot guys with corner offices who get a pat on the back for everything they

Not big - shot guys with corner offices who get a pat on the back for everything they omit from the public.

As such, the quality of leadership in the corner offices and boardrooms can not be overstated.

So the women in their lighter clothes are directly in the blast of the cold air squirting out of the vents, on its way to the warmer corner offices.

They found them all right — in dealers» corner offices.

And it turns out that when you distribute the work of leadership to a cohort of engaged and empowered peers, you create a rich social fabric that is infinitely more resilient than a rigid hierarchy with reinforced corner offices.

They've eliminated luxurious corner offices and imposed open - plan workspaces on middle managers and executive teams alike.

Unlike elsewhere in corporate America, where top executives vie for corner offices and country club memberships, perks here do not come with rank.

Government officials are orchestrating a reversal of fortune for workers as they target low - level employees of major financial institutions, leaving the big fish in their corner offices.

But more importantly, such stories suggest that America's biggest corner offices are a haven for gender equity — which does not appear to be the case.

Not that you'll hear frank talk like that from most investment bankers, business consultants or in corner offices in the West.

The jaunty outlook is recharging animal spirits in corner offices: In its January survey of small companies, the National Federation of Independent Business found that 32 % of the enterprises rated the present climate «a good time to expand»; that was a record high and a threefold increase from late 2016.

When we imagine a powerful CEO, we typically picture a secluded corner office large enough to fly a kite in, with thick wood paneling, plush pile carpets, and a gatekeeping assistant — all designed to dampen the intrusion of any exterior stimuli.

It's one of the trickiest parts of interviewing, and one Adam Bryant, author of the New York Times» «Corner Office» feature, recently delved into on LinkedIn.

Downe (March 2007 — October 2017) was preceded out of the corner office by TD Bank's Ed Clark (December 2002 — October 2014), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) boss Gerry McCaughey (August 2005 — September 2014), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) CEO Gord Nixon (August 2001 — July 2014), and Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) supremo Rick Waugh (December 2003 — November 2013).

As the man behind the New York Times» long - running Corner Office column, Bryant has interviewed 585 CEOs over the last decade.

In his 14 years at one of the country's largest shopping center operators, Flynn has rocketed through the ranks, holding both the COO and CIO jobs before landing in the corner office last January.

«In that situation, where you know you don't have all the answers, the tendency is to go squirrel yourself away in the corner office.

«We won't be sitting ducks,» the 59 - year - old Dutchman tells me in an interview in his corner office at The Hague.

But he's apparently not a fan of life sequestered in a corner office; he regularly eats lunch with new hires, and reportedly does not even have his own office.

Most people who build a career in sales simply love selling, and often lack a desire to move into management tracks that could lead to the corner office.

Hortons chairman Paul House, who was Schroeder predecessor as chief executive, returned to the corner office on an interim basis.

Narodick's friends and colleagues watched in horror as she leapt from her 31st - floor executive suite in Seattle's largest bank, finally landing in the corner office of Edmark's then - dingy headquarters, also in Seattle.

If the company takes off, some trade the spotlight for a corner office, while others find a way to shine at both.

Newman runs the show from a cluttered corner office.

Winnebago's modest, low - slung headquarters — Potts occupies a windowless corner office on the second floor — sits at the center of campus, largely obscured by warehouses and rows of motor homes in various stages of production.

But almost from the minute he landed in the corner office, the arc of his career trajectory began to flatten.

As Zack O'Malley Greenburg argues in his book Empire State of Mind: How Jay - Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office (Penguin), the key to Jay - Z's success is his «ability to build and leverage his personal brand.»

After a tour of the Alutiiq offices — a warren of cubicles distinguished principally by the state - of - the - art videoconference system in the conference room and the Kodiak art that lines the corridors — I was led to a modest corner office.

It may not be a whistle - stop tour to the corner office, but business success takes a lot of effective office politicking.

Move out of the corner office.

Bestselling books with titles like Snakes in Suits, movies such as Horrible Bosses and even academic papers trumpet the prevalence of people without empathy in the corner office.

Without fail whenever I bring up the topic of this menace to the entrepreneurial mind, far more than half of those assembled say that at one time or another they feel like someone will find them out — that they had no right to be in the corner office and any minute the house of cards will fall.

Lowe's touted the news as a succession announcement, but companies typically prefer to have a new CEO lined up, or at least have identified candidates for the role, before they announce a corner office change.

In this age of the 401 (k), when the retirement dreams of middle - class America are tied to the integrity of the stock market, crooks in the corner office are everybody's problem.

And so, Whitman took the corner office at a tumultuous time not only in the company's history but in the technology industry at large.

Six badges she carried while rising through the ranks as an agent with the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control are on display in her sunny, corner office.

Roth says that according to a survey conducted by LinkedIn, «nearly half of American workers would forgo the corner office job and a high salary to gain more flexibility in their schedules.»

Have a corner office with a view of Central Park?