Valued leadership skills are not something most people were given at birth. On the contrary, leadership skills are developed over time with experience providing the critical element.

{ 0 comments }

2011 Was Not Nice To The C-Suite

by Robert Dexter on December 30, 2011

It is true that being a CEO is not easy these days. Many executives now understand that these positions are more volatile than ever.

{ 0 comments }

Workplace Flexibility is Now Becoming a Necessity

December 22, 2011

The coming workforce is going to change drastically the way employees are managed. For some companies this may mean the need to have executives in leadership positions become more flexible and agile in the management of the workforce.

Read the full article →

A Leader Must Be an Effective Planner

December 14, 2011

planning is one of the most important characteristics of a good leader. Planning is also an important characteristic of a successful person. Without detail plans, objectives are seldom met and success wanes off into the distance, never to be really accomplished.

Read the full article →

Best Wishes This Holiday Season

November 23, 2011

To all my readers and subscribers: I wish all of you a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving Holiday.  May your homes be full of peace and love. All The Best, Robert Dexter SVR Network  

Read the full article →

New Book Outlines Why Leaders Fail

November 17, 2011

Dr. Stark understands that everyone has flaws. Yet, he states the key to” success and to being a great leader is to not have too many flaws and especially to not have a fatal flaw.”

Read the full article →

What Credit Reports in Employment Background Checks Really Tell You

November 12, 2011

new research is showing that the information obtained from those credit reports may have nothing to do with the ability of the person to do the job

Read the full article →

The 3 Biggest Mistakes Companies Make When Hiring an Executive

November 9, 2011

Hiring executives for any company is a lot harder than it may appear on the surface.  It goes without saying that the process would be more complicated than hiring a personal assistant or a secretary.  Yet, may times organizations do not invest the time, or have the right processes in place to do an effective [...]

Read the full article →

How to Use Enlistment to Indirectly Lead and Influence Your Team

November 1, 2011

There are times that a leader may not have the authority to request others to take a specific action, or he may have the authority but really doesn’t want to use it.

Read the full article →

When to use the Indirect-Method of Leading and Influencing

October 27, 2011

To use the indirection tactic, those that you want to follow must know what you want. Then, you do something that will influence them to do it without asking for what you want directly.

Read the full article →