Pearl Hilliard

Dr. Pearl Hilliard is a world traveler. She was born in England and currently resides in California. She has lived and worked in England, Kuwait, South Africa and USA. She loves exploring other countries and cultures - in the last year, she has toured India, South Africa and Europe. She is an avid birdwatcher and enjoys the outdoors, yoga, reading and wine tasting.

She is the founder of Hilliard Performance Solutions, a company that provides consulting, coaching, leadership development and training services. She focuses on performance solutions and results, using appreciative inquiry strategies. Her passion is employee engagement, with an emphasis on a strengths-based approach. Her clients include individuals, and small and medium-sized businesses in various functional areas, as well as USC, UCLA, and other non-profits.

Pearl provides executive, career management and life transitions coaching. She is a Certified Positive Psychology Coach and uses insights from research in the positive psychology field to help her coaching clients overcome barriers, make positive changes in their lives, and achieve breakthrough success.

She has extensive experience (in higher education, land development, manufacturing and retail sectors) implementing and directing a variety of programs that facilitate the improvement and optimization of performance. She has a successful track record in strategic organizational development, leadership development, learning, talent management and coaching. She specializes in developing and facilitating workshops and retreats. Each client is unique, and Pearl will customize her services to fit your needs, focusing on performance optimization and the results you want to achieve.

Pearl received her doctoral degree (Ed.D.) in Human Performance at Work from the University of Southern California. She also received an M.S. in Counseling from California State University at Northridge, a B.A. (Honors) in Applied Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and a B.A. in Business Studies from Manchester Polytechnic, England.