BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Empty Suit
- a corporate executive who dresses very smartly and follows all procedures exactly without actually contributing anything of significance to the company
Wiktionary Definition for: Empty Suit
- A person ineffective or incompetent in his/her position of authoriy. Derived from unfavorable observations that ineffective professionals are memorabe only for what they wear and not what they accomplish at the workplace. c. 1970
Additional Resources
- Peter Diamandis: not an 'empty suit.'
- Peter Diamandis: Not an 'empty suit' "What is it like working for a 10?" Working Woman asked this question on its January 1982 cover, which featured a good looking, graying male executive being eyed by an attractive woman. The executive was Peter Diamandis, then publisher of...
- Research articles 1988-02-01
- Empty Suits.
- "House Democrats yesterday filed suit against Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) accusing him of extortion and money laundering. The civil suit alleges the whip pressured contributors into donating to the GOP and then directed those funds to nonprofit political groups that do not disclose their donors...
- Research articles 2000-06-05
- Empty PR Exercises That Make Your Company Look Amateurish
- Does your company ever dilute its credibility with these types of very common lame-o announcements? Lame Partnership Initiatives -- When Google and IBM announce [even relatively mundane] joint initiatives (like today's announcement that they're partnering to "promote new software development methods" in research and academia), tier-1 business...
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- Should He Lie About Sales Experience?
- A reader writes: I like nothing more than strategy, messaging, and marketing. In this capacity I have done some great things over the years -- including some big-ticket sales along the way. Problem is, none of it took place as a quota-carrying member of...
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Newsmakers | Suit over Stapp-Kid Rock sex tape tossed
- The anonymous woman who is suing a vid distributor for invasion of privacy over the '99 Scott Stapp-Kid Rock sex tape - in which she insists she played the starring role among a gaggle of other so-called strippers (sure she's disgusted by the blue film, but it's only fair that...
- Research articles 2006-04-21
- Bank sues ex-operators of empty Detroit Marine Terminal; Port Authority searches for new tenant.(US Bank N.A.)
- Byline: Michael Strong The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority is trying to find a company to operate the defunct Detroit Marine Terminal in Detroit, while U.S. Bank N.A. has sued the former operators to collect a $7 million bond debt. U.S. Bank...
- Research articles 2004-08-23
- OUR VIEW
- An empty suit Grandstanding DA gets put in his place Atrial still looms on the question of whether accidental sewage spills into Fountain Creek make Colorado Springs a chronic violator of the Clean Water Act, necessitating the intervention of federal judges. And this city...
- Research articles 2007-09-02
- You’re The People Whisperer
- Mary’s training a puppy. She’s taking the job very seriously and doing it well. Both of us think that we should have taken as disciplined an approach to managing people in our entrepreneurial days.The toughest thing for an entrepreneur to learn is that most people want to be led....
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
- Appliances that Suit Today's Home.(Whirlpool Corp.)(Brief Article)
- For the kitchens, Whirlpool [R] and its brands demonstrated the range of design options and technological innovations needed to make each Live/Work unit not just beautiful but truly functional. Whether a young urban professional or an empty-nester, t For the kitchens, Whirlpool [R] and its brands...
- Research articles 2001-04-01
- Derry, N.H., Widow Passes Up Payment, Presses Suit against United for Sept. 11.
- By Thanassis Cambanis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 14--DERRY, N.H.--After her husband's body "rained down over New York City" on Sept. 11, as Ellen Mariani puts it, she didn't want to forget what happened. She placed a back-lit photograph of...
- Research articles 2002-05-14
- Costello digs to unsettle rival.
- Aug 25, 2003 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian Treasurer Peter Costello has been working hard to undermine his political rival, Australian shadow treasurer Mark Latham. Latham's dismissal of Costello as an "empty suit" appears to have provoked Costello into proving that...
- Research articles 2003-08-25
- Costello the Libs' lost soul.
- Aug 10, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, came under fire from his opposite number on 8 August 2003. Australian Labor Party Treasury spokesman, Mark Latham, described Costello as an "empty suit" devoid of new political ideas. According to...
- Research articles 2003-08-10
- San Bernardino, Calif., Hopes to Settle Vacant Retail-Building Suit.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 13--The former Harris' building at Carousel Mall is still empty, and a lawsuit surrounding its closing is still unresolved. The flagship store of the Harris' chain was shuttered about a year ago after the chain was acquired by Gottschalks Inc. The broker handling...
- Research articles 2000-01-14
- The Denver Post Al Lewis column.
- By Al Lewis, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 18--Former Salomon Smith Barney analyst Jack Grubman called former AT&T chief Michael Armstrong "a delusionist" and "an empty suit." When Armstrong spoke at analyst meetings, Grubman would loudly...
- Research articles 2005-01-18
- Sketch: JK tries to work her magic for the cause
- Byline: ROBERT MCNEIL BELOW the lofty towers of the castle, a woman in a long black coat and very pointy shoes slunk along the cobbled streets and swept into Hubwarts Academy. Above the doorway, bearded faces carved in stone watched her enter, then appeared to wink at...
- Research articles 2003-11-20
- 'Subject matter jurisdiction' no shield in Wal-Mart suit, rules
- The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that a man who was injured working for a company contracted to Wal-Mart can proceed with a lawsuit in circuit court. Michael McCracken was employed with Interstate Brands Corp., a company that had entered into a contract...
- Research articles 2009-10-28
- DON'T BE A HIMBO; GOOGLE NEW WORDS
- SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Need tips on how to groom a unibrow or soul patch? Just google it. Or get a mouse potato to do it for you. If you're still lost, grab the latest edition of Merriam- Webster's Collegiate Dictionary for a definition...
- Research articles 2006-07-07
- Letters
- Score on Gore At last--a substantive story about a presidential candidate's accomplishments and visions ("The Stiff Man Has A Spine," September 199%. Thank you. I too am tired of the repeated characterizations of Vice President Al Gore as a "bore." Do we really need another charismatic but empty suit...
- Research articles 1999-12-01
- California Proposition Raises Controversy; Would Obstruct Class Actions.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)
- Mar. 18--In 1988, three investors led a class-action suit against Ramtek Inc. for fraudulently selling $11 million in convertible securities based on fake sales records. Investors were left empty-handed when the company stopped interest payments and deMar. 18--In 1988, three investors led a class-action suit against ...
- Research articles 1996-03-18
- Microsoft's SideKick/Pink problems blamed on dogfooding and sabotage
- By Daniel Eran DilgerPublished: 06:00 PM EST Additional insiders have stepped forward to shed more light into Microsoft's troubled acquisition of Danger, its beleaguered Pink Project, and what has become one of the most high profile Information Technology disasters in recent memory.The sources point to longstanding management issues, a culture...
- News items 2009-10-12
