To be an executive, you must direct the management of the organization or a MAJOR part or function of it; you NEED to establish the goals and policies of the organization, and receive only general supervision from executives on a higher level, from the board of directors or stockholders of the organization. As a manager, you must manage the organization or other part of the organization, supervise and control the work of other professional employees, and have the authority to hire and fire. 

An EB-1C petition for a multinational executive or manager must be accompanied with a statement from an authorized official of the petitioning U.S. Company which establishes that:

1. If the ALIEN is outside the United States, for at least one out of the three years immediately PRECEDING the filing of the petition, the alien has been employed with an organization outside the United States in a managerial or executive capacity; or 
2. If the alien is in the United States working for the petitioning employer, in the three years preceding transfer to the U.S. as a nonimmigrant, the alien was employed by the entity abroad for at least one year in a managerial or executive capacity; 
3. The employer in the United States is the same employer, a parent, a subsidiary, or an affiliate of the organization for which the alien worked overseas in a managerial or executive capacity; and 
4. The U.S. employer has been doing business for at least one year.

To be an executive, you must direct the management of the organization or a major part or function of it; you need to establish the goals and policies of the organization, and receive only general supervision from executives on a higher level, from the board of directors or stockholders of the organization. As a manager, you must manage the organization or other part of the organization, supervise and control the work of other professional employees, and have the authority to hire and fire. 

An EB-1C petition for a multinational executive or manager must be accompanied with a statement from an authorized official of the petitioning U.S. Company which establishes that: