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").
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]
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
^"Office setup and construction". Office Quotes. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
^"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.
^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.
^Slater, Dan (2008-04-28). "Associate Advice from the Corner Office: Part I". Wall Street Journal. ISSNĀ 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
^"Corner Office from Marketplace - Business Leadership Podcast". Marketplace. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
^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>.
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Young, Valerie. The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women pg. 141. Crown Business, 2011.