Organizational Structure

noun a high-ranking officer in the army or air force

• The colonel inspected the troops before they marched into battle.
• I heard the colonel is a stickler for punctuality.
• The colonel is known as the 'big cheese' around here.
• The colonel of the team always leads by example.

noun ex officio refers to a person who holds a position by virtue of holding another position

adjective ex officio is used to describe a person who holds a position by virtue of holding another position

adverb ex officio is used to describe an action done in an official capacity without being officially appointed to the position

• As the president of the organization, he was ex officio a member of every committee.
• Since she was the boss, she automatically got to attend all the meetings ex officio.
• Being the head honcho means you're ex officio part of all the groups.
• By virtue of her expertise, she was ex officio the go-to person for any questions.

noun a system of organizational management in which authority and decision-making are distributed throughout self-organizing teams

• Holacracy is a management system where authority and decision-making are distributed throughout self-organizing teams.
• I heard that company is trying out holacracy, where everyone has more autonomy in decision-making.
• Holacracy sounds like a fancy way of saying everyone can do whatever they want at work.
• In a holacracy, it's like each employee is a piece in a puzzle, working together to create the bigger picture.