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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 Applied

The Villard Group

  • Leadership Development
  • Team Development
  • Customer Development
  • Instructional Media

The Villard Group is a niche training and consulting business which focuses on leadership, team and customer development for Engineering, IT and other technical professionals. Since 1982, we have been working with some of the toughest audiences in the world...strong individual contributors, technical specialists and their leadership teams. Our ability to elevate technical leaders to higher levels of performance, groom future leaders for more responsibility and put project and product teams back on track, 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

Rich Aquilina  Richard I. Aquilina, Ph.D.

Dr. Richard Aquilina built a successful training, coaching and organizational and team alignment niche for executives, technical and non-technical leaders and top talent individual contributors in Engineering, Software Development, IT, Technology, Sales, Research and many other key subject matter disciplines. Rich is a dynamic bridge builder who has cultivated a strong reputation in the industry as a trusted teacher, leadership advisor, coach, facilitator and change agent. He is well-known for his unique abilities to organize, align and facilitate virtual and co-located teams, driving engagement, fast results and lasting transformational change. His coaching and collaboration focus on the Human Side of Technology — employees, teams, customers, peers and bosses — individual and group interfaces that matter most. You can now reach Rich at rich@aquilinaconsultinggroup.com for Villard Group products and services.