Corner office

A corner office in Brea, California

A corner office is an office that is located in the corner of a building. Corner offices are considered desirable because they have windows on two exterior walls, as opposed to a typical office with only one window or none at all (windowless offices occupying a corner of a building are therefore not typically considered "corner offices").

As corner offices are often given to the most senior executives, the term primarily refers to top management positions or the "C-Suite", such as the chief executive officer (CEO),^[1] chief operating officer (COO), or chief financial officer (CFO). In organizations which do not use this corporate hierarchy, such as law firms and political parties, the corner office generally refers to the most senior partners or officials who are involved with corporate governance.

Uses

• Corner Office, in Massachusetts, is a term used in the press as a metonym for the state's governor, based on the location of the governor's official office on the third floor of the state house; it corresponds to the usage of "governor's mansion" in other states or "the White House" for the federal executive branch, but Massachusetts does not provide its governor with an official residence.^{[citation needed][2][3]}
• CNBC's show Kudlow & Company had a recurring segment entitled "The Corner Office," in which various corporate executives are profiled.^{[citation needed]}
• The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog runs a series titled "Associate Advice from the Corner Office" where top executives in legal firms give tips to recent graduates.^[4]
• American Public Media's Marketplace radio program has a recurring segment, Conversations from the Corner Office, which interviews CEOs from companies in various sectors.^[5]
• Richard Conniff has written a book titled Ape in the Corner Office in which he applies theories from evolutionary biology and sociobiology to concepts of management in workplaces.^{[citation needed]}
• Corner Office Bedroom is a song by PlayRadioPlay!.^{[citation needed]}
• The law-drama Suits makes numerous references to the corner office, highlighting the prestige having one conveys.^[6]
• Corner Office is a 2022 black comedy film directed by Joachim Back and starring Jon Hamm

Notes

1. "Office setup and construction". Office Quotes. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
2. "State House 3rd Floor information, floor plan, and room listing". The 191st General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
3. Walker, Ryan. "A Brief History: Governors of Massachusetts". www.sutori.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-21. Since the Governor has no official residence, the expression "corner office," rather than "Governor's mansion," is commonly used in the press as a metonym for the office of Governor.
4. Slater, Dan (2008-04-28). "Associate Advice from the Corner Office: Part I". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
5. "Corner Office from Marketplace - Business Leadership Podcast". Marketplace. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
6. E.g. s08e13.

References

• Frankel, Dr Lois P. Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers. Business Plus, 2004.<https://www.drloisfrankel.com>
• Conniff, Richard. The Ape in the Corner Office: Understanding the Workplace Beast in All of Us. Crown Business, 2005.
• Slater, Dan. "Associate Advice from the Corner Office." The Wall Street Journal Law Blog, 28 Apr 2008. <https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/04/28/associate-advice-from-the-corner-office-part-i>
• Leonhardt, David. "Who's in the Corner Office?" The New York Times, 27 Nov 2005. <https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/business/yourmoney/27ceo.html>.
• Space Design & Layout Archived 2020-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Young, Valerie. The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women pg. 141. Crown Business, 2011.