C-suite Job titles 高管职位变化

hail to向…致敬

C-suite
UK [siː swiːt]
US [siː swiːt]
高管；最高管理层

C-suite, or C-level, is widely-used vernacular describing a cluster of a corporation's most important senior executives. C-suite gets its name from the titles of top senior executives, which tend to start with the letter C, for "chief," as in chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), chief operating officer (COO), and chief information officer (CIO）

farcical
UK [ˈfɑːsɪkl]
US [ˈfɑːrsɪkl]
adj.
荒唐的；荒谬的；可笑的

proliferation
UK [prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃn]
US [prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃn]
n.
激增；涌现；增殖；大量的事
proli 后代，子孙 + fer 带来 + ation 行为 → 繁殖；激增

catch on
UK [kætʃ ɒn]
US [kætʃ ɑːn]
明白；懂得；认识到；时兴；流行

That new song will catch on quickly.
那首新歌很快就会流行起来。

侧重点不同。

1.help do侧重点：侧重于帮忙的人去做。

2.help to do侧重点：侧重于帮忙的人和被帮的人一起做

helps channel

newfangled
UK [ˌnjuːˈfæŋɡld]
US [ˌnuːˈfæŋɡld]
adj.
新奇怪异的；时髦复杂的

self-respecting
UK [ˌself rɪˈspektɪŋ]
US [ˌself rɪˈspektɪŋ]
adj.
有自尊心的 sustainability
UK [səsˌteɪnəˈbɪlɪti]
US [səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti]
n.
耐久性

prominence
UK [ˈprɒmɪnəns]
US [ˈprɑːmɪnəns]
n.
重要；突出；卓越；出名
pro 向前 + min 伸出，突出 + ence 状态，行为 → 向前突出 → 杰出

tumultuous
UK [tjuːˈmʌltʃuəs]
US [tuːˈmʌltʃuəs]
adj.
嘈杂的；喧嚣的；热烈的；欢腾的；动荡的；动乱的；狂暴的

abiding
UK [əˈbaɪdɪŋ]
US [əˈbaɪdɪŋ]
adj.
持久的；长久的；始终不渝的
v.
(十分厌恶而)不能容忍，无法容忍；逗留；停留；居留；居住
abide的现在分词

abiding concern

supremos
[sju:ˈpri:məuz]
n.
(企业或活动的)最高领导人，总管，总指挥
supremo的复数

sick leave 病假

red tape 繁文缛节

tangled
UK [ˈtæŋɡld]
US [ˈtæŋɡld]
adj.
缠结的；混乱的；紊乱的；复杂的；纠缠不清的
v.
使缠结；纠结；乱作一团
tangle的过去分词和过去式

more tangled

outlive
UK [ˌaʊtˈlɪv]
US [ˌaʊtˈlɪv]
v.
比…活得长；(在…结束或消失后)继续存在
out 超过，胜过 + live 活 → 比…活得长
第三人称单数：outlives现在进行时：outliving过去式：outlived过去分词：outlived

plague
UK [pleɪɡ]
US [pleɪɡ]
n.
死亡率高的传染病；(老鼠或昆虫等肆虐造成的)灾害，祸患
v.
给…造成长时间的痛苦(或麻烦)；困扰；折磨；使受煎熬；纠缠；缠磨；缠扰
CET6 · 考研 · TOEFL · TEM8 · GMAT · GRE
复数：plagues第三人称单数：plagues现在进行时：plaguing过去式：plagued

disseminating
UK [dɪˈsemɪneɪtɪŋ]
US [dɪˈsemɪneɪtɪŋ]
v.
散布，传播(信息、知识等)
disseminate的现在分词

dispersed
UK [dɪˈspɜːst]
US [dɪˈspɜːrst]
adj.
分散的;散布的
v.
(使)分散，散开；疏散；驱散；散布；散发；传播
disperse的过去分词和过去式

home-working 在家办工

hang around
UK [hæŋ əˈraʊnd]
US [hæŋ əˈraʊnd]
（在某处）等待，闲呆着；经常和…在一起；经常泡在

gusto
UK [ˈɡʌstəʊ]
US [ˈɡʌstoʊ]
n.
(做某事的)热情，兴致，精力

honchos
US [ˈhɔntʃoʊz]
n.
主管；老板；头儿
honcho的复数

bread and butter

preoccupy
UK [priˈɒkjupaɪ]
US [priˈɑːkjupaɪ]
v.
使日夜思考；使忧心忡忡
第三人称单数：preoccupies现在进行时：preoccupying过去式：preoccupied过去分词：preoccupied

racial injustice

enlist
UK [ɪnˈlɪst]
US [ɪnˈlɪst]
v.
争取，谋取(帮助、支持或参与)；(使)入伍；征募；从军
记忆
en 进入…之中；包围 + list 名单 → 进入〔军队〕名单 → 入伍从军
IELTS · TEM8 · GMAT · GRE
第三人称单数：enlists现在进行时：enlisting过去式：enlisted过去分词：enlisted派生词：enlistment n.

a ceremonial role 仪式性角色

modish
UK [ˈməʊdɪʃ]
US [ˈmoʊdɪʃ]
adj.
时髦的；流行的
mode 时髦 + ish 像…一样，有…性质的，稍…的 → 时髦的

Hail to the “chiefs”
The pandemic is ushering in new C-suite roles
Not all corporate titles will stick

WHEN MEETING big new challenges, chief executive officers often resort to a convenient tool: creating fresh executive roles. This helps channel resources to pressing problems and attract talent. It signals to staff and the wider world that bosses understand what really matters (and care about it).

Sometimes, it ends up looking farcical—remember the proliferation of “chief listening officers” a decade ago, as companies sought to react to social-media chatter? But certain newfangled C-suite roles do catch on; no self-respecting corporation can do without a chief sustainability officer these days. A few corporate positions that have gained prominence during a particularly tumultuous 2020 are almost certainly here to stay.

The most obvious example is “chief medical officer”. Long common in industries where safety is an abiding concern (mining, say), health supremos are now being recruited more widely, says Tony Lee of the Society for Human Resource Management, a trade association. The pandemic is far from over, red tape around sick leave is becoming more tangled as a result of it, and mental-health problems among employees are likely to outlive the plague.

Another emerging role is that of “chief remote officer”, responsible for designing policies and disseminating best practices for home-working. Succeeding could therefore mean making oneself redundant. Mr Lee thinks this role will eventually disappear, especially at smaller companies (though it may hang around at bigger ones with more complicated and dispersed workforces). As Bhushan Sethi of PwC, a consultancy, points out, something similar happened to chief digital officers, whom firms have recruited with gusto over the past decades. Digital honchos’ ranks are beginning to thin now that digital technology has become part of most companies’ bread and butter.

Indeed, recruitment trends show that it is bread and butter that continues to preoccupy bosses. Hiring of “chief revenue officers” and “chief growth officers”, charged with co-ordinating firms’ sales-generating activities, has accelerated as pandemic lockdowns simultaneously restrict economies’ supply and demand sides, according to a survey by LinkedIn, a professional social network (see chart). Their share of C-suite hires is now, respectively, twice and nearly three times what it was in 2017.

However, last year’s hottest executive recruits had nothing to do with covid-19. As protests against racial injustice rocked America last summer, companies rushed to enlist chief diversity officers, who ensure their workforce is representative of society at large.

One risk to diversity chiefs’ future job security is that most of them have not been invited to sit at the corporate top table. Most lack a direct line to the CEO. At worst, the post becomes “a ceremonial role”, with no authority, resources or structure, warns Michael Hyter of Korn Ferry, a consultancy. At best, like other modish corporate roles, it may eventually become redundant.

This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline "Hail to the “chiefs”" (Jan 30th 2021)