Hope Hills, Ph.D.

Professional Summary

Hope is the founder and president of Circle Consulting Group, LLC. A psychologist since 1986, and a leadership and organizational consultant since 1991, she brings a breadth and depth of experience to her work with leaders and their organizations.

Throughout her years as a psychologist, Hope has applied solid psychological theory to real life issues. Her work researching and utilizing the Interpersonal Circle is extensive and has created a solid, actionable model that she uses to help individuals, teams and organizations to understand their interpersonal dynamics and become more effective.

Her years of teaching, research and practice support her extraordinary track record as an executive coach. She has designed a Life Line Process that enables leaders to quickly recognize the life experiences and core beliefs that are holding them back from getting the results they want. She is the invited author of a chapter on coaching men in business that outlines her approach.
Her work with executive and senior teams routinely results in their performing higher than expected. Hope has designed and implemented very successful succession planning and high potential development processes. Her design for high potential and executive development focuses on creating a “new learning environment” around the individual by involving direct reports, peers and supervisors.

Hope is also an accomplished trainer and speaker. She has been invited by numerous organizations to present workshops and speak on the Interpersonal Circle, Psychologists as Consultants, Managing Change, and Diversity in the Workplace.

She lives with her husband, a professional symphony musician (they work together to support the Durham Symphony Orchestra) and her two dogs. She plays the piano and cello and is currently writing.

Education
- BS, Psychology
- MS and Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

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