by Guillermo Villar | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog
Have you ever had the experience of talking to someone and realizing they’re not ‘getting’ what you’re saying? I’m not talking about being a tourist in a country where you don’t speak the native tongue. I’m talking about...
by Guillermo Villar | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about trust in the workplace. I like the model in R. John Young’s book The Five Essential Leadership Questions in which he proposes that an organization can’t sustain top performance unless it’s built on a...
by Guillermo Villar | Mar 27, 2017 | Blog
How much time do you waste avoiding difficult conversations? Maybe it’s talking to a co-worker who’s not pulling his weight. Maybe it’s talking to your boss about having her assign you work that’s more aligned with the organization’s...
by Guillermo Villar | Mar 6, 2017 | Blog
So often when we enter a negotiation, we’re pretty much obsessed with the outcome WE are hoping to get. We’ve done our homework, so we know the number (or whatever it is) we’re trying to reach, and if we’ve been extra diligent, we also know our...
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...
