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Your Strategist Is In with Dr. Loren M. Hill
Hosted by Dr. Loren M. Hill, founder of Acclivityโข๏ธ, Your Strategist Is In podcast offers clear, candid perspective on the complex realities of working in higher education today. From navigating institutional change to advancing equity and leading with intention, each episode speaks to professionals across the academic spectrum โ faculty, staff, and administrators alike. Real conversations about leadership, purpose, and success in Higher Ed. Smart, grounded insight for all the people who move institutions forward.
Your Strategist Is In with Dr. Loren M. Hill
Leaders Navigating High-Visibility Environments
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In this episode of The Strategist Is In, Dr. Loren M. Hill explores what it means to be highly visible without always having power.
Drawing from a recent experience presenting at an international conference in Argentina, she reflects on how leadership often shows up in moments of confusion, tension, and structural gaps โ especially for those who are expected to hold rooms together that they did not design.
This conversation examines hypervisibility: being seen before being supported, being included without being resourced, and being read as a symbol or representation rather than as an individual. Dr. Hill also unpacks the tension between institutional credibility and community impact, and how leaders are often required to navigate both while under watchful scrutiny.
If you have ever felt the weight of expectation in rooms where you had limited leverage, this episode offers a framework for understanding where visibility translates into influence โ and where it does not.
A companion workbook is available in the show notes to help you map where you are visible, where you have influence, and where there may be gaps between the two.
๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ):
https://theacclivity.com/VisibilityInfluenceAudit
Dr. Loren M. Hill is the founder of Acclivityโข๏ธ and a Senior Executive Consultant for Transformational Leadership in Higher Ed helping Higher Ed leaders lead with clarity, courage and purpose.
She is a licensed clinical psychologist, an APA Feminist Academic Leadership Academy Fellow, RAND Faculty Workshop Fellow, and member of Psi Chi, she also serves as Resident Psychologist for KBLA Talk 1580โs Urban Family Focus talk radio.
Dr. Hill specializes in helping women, BIPOC, and first-generation professionals gain clarity, confidence, and leadership impact. She helps you survive and strategically navigate higher ed leadership without losing your career, credibility, or sanity.
If this resonates, you can schedule a Higher Ed Leadership Strategy Call to think strategically about your next steps - click here to book a free no obligation call
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