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"The Villard Group delivers more than their vast breadth of knowledge. They also incorporate the necessary soft skills to make the knowledge work for you. They are the only training vendor I have seen who actively models the skills in their own delivery. Most vendors just talk about the skills; VG often embeds a demonstration within the discussion."

Howard Adams, Principal
Socrates Apple

The Villard Group

  • Leadership Training
  • Team Launch
  • Top Talent Development
  • Instructional Media

Since 1982, the Villard Group has been working with some of the toughest audiences in the world… strong individual contributors, technical specialists and their managerial leadership teams. Our ability to elevate technical leaders to higher levels of performance and groom future leaders for more responsibility has been tested in thousands of cases for over three decades.

We have partnered and consulted with a Who's Who of US companies from coast to coast, as well as international organizations based in Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico and South America.

Our profound impact is the result of our commitment and customized approach to every assignment. By understanding your business challenges and incorporating the "culture" of your organization into each class and team intervention, we are able to personalize every experience for immediate transferability.

We work on your business challenges and the metrics that make sense in your business world…the things that matter most to you.


What you can expect from the Villard Group:

Higher Levels of Development

Most training companies typically stop at the first two levels of leadership development, motivational and conceptual; the Villard Group prides itself in our ability to take your training to two higher levels; new skill acquisition and noticeable behavioral change.

The Very Best Trainers and Instructional Design

Delivered by two of the industry's pioneers, master trainers and facilitators, your people will be assured of the highest quality content and most valuable training experiences they can encounter.

A More Engaging Environment

Our training is also designed as a simulation where participants take on a managerial role at a virtual company, guaranteeing that all sessions are engaging, accountable and measurable.

Focus on Your Top Talent

The Villard Group also structures our courses and sessions, whether online or live at your facility, to be most beneficial to your Top Talent, the people you want to ensure get even better, and more important, stay engaged and committed long term to the organization.

Villard Group Leadership

Ken Villard  Kenneth L. Villard, Ph.D.

Ken founded The Villard Group in 1982 as one of the first training companies to focus on the need for behavioral skills training for Information Technology professionals. He has been teaching in business and academic settings for over three decades. Ken has pioneered concepts in team development, transitioning to management, organizational network analysis and strategies for developing and retaining valued employees. Dr. Villard has been a featured speaker at many national conferences and has authored
two books on interpersonal and organizational communication.

Rich Aquilina  Richard I. Aquilina, Ph.D.

Rich's vast experiences with leading Fortune 500 companies across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia have jettisoned him into a role as one of the industry's master trainers and facilitators. His ability to quickly focus and coalesce divergent groups of peers, management and customers is unparalleled. Dr. Aquilina's workshops are best known for their customized instructional design and their practical and immediate application to current organizational priorities. He has repeatedly received the highest classroom evaluations of any VG instructor in the history of the corporation.