Saturday, June 2, 2007

Chief Receptionist Officer? Title Inflation Hits the C-Suite

We're all familiar with titles like chief executive officer, chief financial officer and chief operating officer. We have even grown used to chief technology officer, chief marketing officer and chief diversity officer.

But what about chief talent officer, chief cultural officer, chief innovation officer, chief privacy officer, chief reputation officer, chief apology officer and chief geek, to name just some of the more contemporary titles that have cropped up in today's companies? What happened to corporate hierarchies where there were only a few chiefs and many, many subordinates reporting to them?

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Chief Receptionist Officer? Title Inflation Hits the C-Suite

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