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Your Strategist Is In with Dr. Loren M. Hill
Hosted by Loren M. Hill, founder of The Acclivity, The 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
Who You Had to Become to Work Here
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In this episode of The Strategist Is In, Dr. Loren M. Hill explores a quieter form of workplace adaptation—how environments slowly shape who we become in order to survive inside them.
Not every change is growth.
Some changes are adaptation that became so familiar, we stopped questioning it.
This episode examines:
- The difference between strategic adaptation and self-contraction
- How workplace environments train behavior over time
- Why some ideas, voices, and forms of visibility feel “safer” than others
- What happens when survival strategies become identity
- The emotional cost of constantly editing yourself to stay absorbable
This is a nuanced conversation about professionalism, political awareness, visibility, and the subtle ways institutions shape identity.
If something in this episode feels familiar—not dramatic, just familiar—that may be worth paying closer attention to.
Download the companion reflection worksheet in the show notes.
https://theacclivity.com/ReflectionGuideE65
Dr. Loren M. Hill is a licensed clinical psychologist, the founder of The Acclivity and a Senior Executive Consultant for Transformational Leadership in Higher Ed helping Higher Ed leaders lead with clarity, courage and purpose. She is an APA Feminist Academic Leadership Academy Fellow, RAND Faculty Workshop Fellow, and member of Psi Chi, she also serves as Resident Psychologist for KBLA 1580’s Urban Family Focus talk radio. Dr. Hill specializes in helping women, BIPOC, and first-generation professionals gain clarity, confidence, and leadership impact.
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