Strategies
for Success

BIO

About Lisa Hills

An organizational strategist and workplace expert, Lisa is a management consultant with over two decades of experience working across sectors with senior leadership teams and Boards of Directors. Lisa is committed to helping clients tackle workplace issues, guiding them as they navigate everyday challenges and providing them with the requisite tools and practical solutions for success. Lisa focuses on issues including: leading successful organizational change; developing team talent; creating high-performing teams; and, designing strategies for individual and team success. She provides executive coaching and partners with clients to navigate performance issues, hone communication skills, and enhance management/leadership effectiveness. Lisa also guides clients through the recruiting, on-boarding and developing of C-suite as well as emerging talent.

Lisa frequently collaborates with other strategic partners including: Nanette Fridman https://www.effect-collective.com/, Faun Zarge www.zarge.com, and Linda Simansky https://simanskyconsulting.com/. Lisa uses talent analytic tools including: Pittari https://www.pittari.io/ (formerly Talent Analytics) and is a certified user of Predictive Index (www.predictiveindex.com), a robust talent optimization assessment.
Prior to management consulting, Lisa served as the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at Brandeis University where she was involved in policy making and strategic planning for the institution and served as the Director of the Hiatt Career Development Center.
Lisa holds a Masters in Public Administration with a specialization in management strategy and corporate public policy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Brandeis University. Lisa is a highly engaged member of the Greater Boston Jewish community, currently serving as President of the Gateways Board, an organization committed to providing access to high quality special education services, enabling students with diverse learning needs to have meaningful Jewish experiences. She devotes significant time to leadership and board positions including having served as President of Temple Emanuel of Newton (the largest Conservative synagogue in New England) where she remains deeply involved with the synagogue’s vibrant community. Lisa has chaired countless searches for CEO’s, executive directors and clergy positions, has been instrumental in the on-boarding of professionals in new leadership roles, and has been involved with many strategic planning initiatives.
Lisa is a contributing author to Holding the Gavel (chapter entitled, “Finding Your Leadership Voice,”). She was featured on the podcast, “It’s Who You Know,” is a contributing author to Roads Taken, was the executive producer for Good Job!, and was involved with the production of The Recruiting Game.

AREAS OF FOCUS
Consulting Areas

Organizational Strategy

  • Leading and Managing Effective Organizational Change
  • Designing Effective Strategic Planning Processes
  • Understanding Your Organizational Culture

Talent Development

  • Developing High-Performing Teams
  • On-Boarding/Launching New Hires
  • Identifying Emerging Talent
  • Leveraging Team Talent

Executive Coaching

  • Understanding Leadership Effectiveness
  • Developing Your Best Leadership Self
  • Translating Your Leadership Vision into Action
  • Communicating with High Impact and High Resonance

Student Success

  • Understanding Today’s Student
  • Designing Student-Focused Services
  • Navigating Student Transitions and Key Pivot Points

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