Guillermo Ruiz's Blog

I want to start this post talking about one of my main hobbies: NBA. I was a basketball player in my childhood. Since then, I like to watch basketball games on TV with a special attention to NBA games. Obviously, I can't follow the whole season but when playoff time arrives, I try to pay more attention than usual. One of my last books has been the biography of Kobe Bryant written by Roland Lazenby ( link to the book ). The book is called "Showboat". This was the nickname that Shaquille O'Neal gave to Kobe when they played together for Los Angeles Lakers . Kobe Bean Bryant was the successful basketball player that always dreamt to be the best ever player . His idol was Michael Jordan and he always wanted to be better than him. And he had this dream since he was a child. With this goal on his mind, he dedicated all this basketball life to become a better player, a better professional everyday of his life. Most likely, he was the most talented player in the different r...

What's leadership? What's the kind of leader that you want to be? What's the kind of leader that inspires you? When I started to work and I grew up as a professional, companies culture was driven by something that is called " meritocracy ". I have to recognize that this concept should be present in all the companies. In the past, nowadays and in the future. I belong to the Baby Boomers generation. People of my generation have grown up with a culture of production, that is, if you keep producing you are rewarded (salary, promotions, titles, ...). But this does not mean that we are the type of person capable of inspiring and motivating others or we are the type of person capable of changing and pivoting or we are good leaders.  Time has changed. New people are joining the labor market. These people - Millennials  and Generation Z - have a different mindset. Even their values are totally different from the ones of my generation. They want to spend their time between...