Transformational Leadership in Higher Ed

Helping Higher Ed Leaders Lead with Clarity, Courage and Purpose

Acclivity provides high-touch, one-on-one coaching for higher education professionals navigating complex roles and transitions across campus life. We work with senior leaders, faculty, administrators, and staff—not through packaged programs, but through strategic, highly customized engagements. Whether you’re leading from within or preparing for what’s next, our approach is grounded in discretion, clarity, and long-term leadership impact.

Now, through our Search Partnership Track, we also work directly with internal search committees and external firms to elevate candidate readiness and ensure mission-aligned leadership transitions.

Are you leading with clarity or carrying silent leadership confusion?

Take the free Leadership Self-Assessment Diagnostic designed for higher education leaders.

Our mission is to help leaders lead with greater clarity, courage,
and purpose.

We provide strategic coaching and consulting that helps professionals navigate complex challenges, strengthen their leadership, and make meaningful moves in their careers
and organizations.

Whether you’re leading in higher education or another complex professional environment, we help you move forward with intention—and lead at the level your next chapter requires.

“I will forever be grateful to Loren for giving me the necessary “kick” that launched my direction toward full professor. I consider her to be a trusted professional, and am honored to be her friend and colleague.”

Dr. Donald Schultz

Core Faculty Professor, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

“Dr. Hill breathed new life into my career at a time when I felt lost and trampled by academia. Her ability to understand my unique role in higher ed as a practitioner-scholar was so integral to the success of our work together. Her skill set and background as a psychologist makes a real difference as a coach who can support the whole academician on our promotion and career development journeys. She was also a joy to work with, and she knows what she’s doing! “

Alison Black
Faculty, Lecturer & Supervisor

“I am encouraged by Dr. Hill’s readiness and towering abilities to work with individuals and communities alike, whether she teaches and advises in the sacrosanct ivory towers of academia, or in those common, coarse venues–the streets–where real life is often transacted well before it arrives at, or is translated in, the psychologist’s office.”

James Shaw
Ph.D. Trial Consultant/Expert Witness