by Guillermo Villar | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog
Speaking up at work is so important! If you and others don’t speak up, then you’re not providing the value that your company or your customers are paying you for. Even more importantly, bad things happen when people don’t speak up. Shoddy work gets...
by Guillermo Villar | Dec 16, 2016 | Blog
In this season of giving, we can take stock of how we’ve done this past year by accepting the “gift” of feedback. Are you kidding me? Feedback? A gift? Yes, a gift in more ways than one. Sometimes it’s like that perfect gift: Oh my gosh,...
by Guillermo Villar | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog
I was listening to a National Public Radio piece recently about employees who don’t get along with their boss. The piece cited a Gallup study that found that 50% of US employees have left a job to get away from their manager. Yes, half! Anyway, it got me...
by Guillermo Villar | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog
My wife and I had occasion to shop for a new car recently, and she happily handed the reins of the negotiation process over to me. I gladly took on the responsibility, not because I’m a natural born negotiator—although I guess I hate it less than the average...
by Guillermo Villar | Sep 21, 2016 | Blog
I’ve been debriefing a lot of 360-degree assessments recently, which means I’ve been talking to clients about their blind spots and things they want to work on—especially around the area of workplace communication. And in those debriefs, when we get to the...
by Guillermo Villar | Aug 11, 2016 | Blog
I help many of my clients prepare for what’s often their least favorite business communication event: a salary negotiation. And whether it’s related to a new job offer or to an upcoming performance review, they want help because they have one...
