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Your Strategist Is In with Dr. Loren M. Hill
Hosted by Dr. Loren M. Hill, founder of Acclivity™️, 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 — 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
What Is Over-Functioning Buying You? (For High Achievers)
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The people who always step up aren’t lazy and they aren’t confused. They see the cost — and they keep carrying it anyway. Why?
Because over-functioning is paying them something. In this episode, Dr. Loren M. Hill walks through the four hidden payoffs — relevance, control, certainty, and protection — and the quiet trade that turns your greatest strength into the thing that keeps you stuck. You’ll sit with one honest question: if you stopped carrying all of it tomorrow, what are you afraid would happen?
This is not a conversation about doing less or caring less. It’s about the difference between responsibility and over-responsibility, contribution and compensation, leadership and rescue — and learning that being needed is not the same thing as being valued.
▸ Grab the free companion reflection guide in the show notes.
https://theacclivity.com/ReflectionGuideE66
Build well.
Dr. Loren M. Hill is the founder of Acclivity™️ 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 1580’s 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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