C-level

With all the pressures and responsibilities a C-level guy faces every day, didn't he deserve to have someone else be the boss once in a while?

A Matter of the Heart J. A. Johnson 2011

In July 2008, Deloitte published Made in North America, taking a C-level look at U.S. production.

Tom Silva: Made in America? Tom Silva 2011

It turns out, CEOs aren't much better at naming what motivates their "C-level" direct reports, either.

Disconnect Found Between CEOs, Top Officers Joe Light 2011

And about 9.6% of C-level executives also said their work location was important.

Disconnect Found Between CEOs, Top Officers Joe Light 2011

More than 4% of CEOs thought their reports considered their trust with the company's owner as a top reason for reports to stay, but almost no C-level executives named that as a reason.

Disconnect Found Between CEOs, Top Officers Joe Light 2011

But only 7% of CEOs think that's a central reason their C-level direct reports stick around.

Disconnect Found Between CEOs, Top Officers Joe Light 2011

According to the survey, 4.7% of C-level executives said total cash compensation was a reason to stay, while 7.1% of CEOs thought that was a top reason for their reports to stay.

Disconnect Found Between CEOs, Top Officers Joe Light 2011

Nearly 13% of chief financial officers, chief marketing officers, and other C-level executives say that having input into company decisions is their top reason to stay with a company, according to a survey by ExecuNet Inc., a professional network for executives.

Disconnect Found Between CEOs, Top Officers Joe Light 2011

While only 4.4% of CEOs thought work-life balance was important to their subordinates, about 9.6% of C-level executives said it was.

Disconnect Found Between CEOs, Top Officers Joe Light 2011

More than 14% of CEOs thought their reports stay because they like the actual work they do; whereas only 5% of the C-level executives gave that as a top reason.

Disconnect Found Between CEOs, Top Officers Joe Light 2011