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Rhonda Hilyer has been quoted or referenced by:

Newspapers:

Seattle Times, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Tacoma News Tribune, Daily Journal of Commerce, Puget Sound Business Journal, New London Day

Journals or Newsletters:

In Transit, Inside Carson City, Clearing the Air, Aviation Daily, InPort

Notable coverage includes:

"…She believes that labor and management can find common ground. She thinks both sides can treat each other with respect. She believes they can develop trust. Her message centers around the concept of collaboration."

—From "Rhonda Hilyer finds a bargaining style that puts business, labor on same side," Tacoma News Tribune, January 27, 1992

"…Working together instead of against each other? It's an idea that most companies and unions find difficult to embrace. Former Seattle labor leader Rhonda Hilyer promotes the concept in the name of higher productivity, worker empowerment and better morale."

—From "Friendly Foes," Seattle Times, August 16, 1993

"…After three years of negotiations that have often teetered on the brink of collapse, Seattle and suburban negotiators yesterday tentatively agreed to create a new agency to meet the water needs of growing suburbs….The historic accord means Seattle won't have to find and finance costly new sources of water to honor its contracts with 28 suburban cities and water districts." (Training and facilitation provided by Rhonda Hilyer)

—From "Seattle, suburbs strike water deal," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 14, 1995

"A 1-year old partnership between labor and management has sent Port of Seattle waterfront productivity to its highest level since early 1997, according to Port Executive Director Mic Dinsmore… Everyone on the waterfront is working together like never before." (Consulting, training and facilitation provided by Rhonda Hilyer)

—From "Port labor productivity on the rise," Daily Journal of Commerce, Nov. 9, 1998

"After years as a labor negotiator, Rhonda Hilyer was struck with the revelation that disagreements often occur not because of issues but because of inherent clashes between distinct personality styles. She used that revelation as a basis for forming Agreement Dynamics...."

—From "Minimizing clashes in communication," Puget Sound Business Journal, September 4-10, 1998