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Leader Chat

We’re educators just like you. And like you, we’re passionate about quality education, and work tirelessly to improve schools. District and system leaders bear awesome responsibility for these efforts, often without access to peers and experts who can offer solutions and insights. That’s why we offer a weekly Leader Chat. Host Dr. Jeff Rose, Cognia’s Vice President of Leadership Development, interviews top K–12 experts, business executives, and school leaders from around the country to discuss and solve real leadership challenges.

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We are big fans of Dr. Tim Elmore. This is his second Leader Chat. Last time we discussed his impressive book, Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership. We invited him back to talk through his newest book, A New Kind of Diversity. His research and insights are invaluable for us as leaders. Here, he and Jeff talk through strategies on how to recognize the challenges of generational diversity in the workplace and leverage them into opportunities. It’s an awesome discussion.  We can’t wait for him to join us in person during our Leadership Circle Summit in October!

Tim Elmore
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Leader Chat with Dr. Jeff Rose engages experts and practitioners to discuss the challenges of school leadership—from strategy to staff well-being to decision making in chaotic times—with straight talk and pragmatic approaches. To support members of Cognia’s Leadership Circle, we address the pressing issues of the day, chatting with leaders dealing with tough problems—from school board politics to school improvement and student safety. School leadership is isolating. Our Leader Chat breaks that isolation as we share solutions to help leaders in education day to day. If you’re a member of the Cognia Leadership Circle, you can join us live every Wednesday, ask questions, and contribute to the discussions.

To learn about the benefits of Leadership Circle and the fall Leadership Circle Summit, contact us at leadershipcircle@cognia.org.


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Recent episodes

Leader Chat: Real-Time Leadership When The Stakes Are High with David Noble and Carol Kauffman
Leader Chat: Real-Time Leadership When The Stakes Are High with David Noble and Carol Kauffman
Our goal with our leader chats is to provide our educational leaders with pragmatic input, advice, and direction that ...
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Leader Chat: Leading School Change with Todd Whitaker
Leader Chat: Leading School Change with Todd Whitaker
This discussion with Todd Whitaker is DENSE. Clearly, School Change is a topic unto itself, but the art and ...
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Leader Chat: Leading and Serving a Complex Organization with Jim Clark, President & CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of America
Leader Chat: Leading and Serving a Complex Organization with Jim Clark, President & CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of America
Educational leaders should not ONLY listen to and learn from educators. Districts and schools may be complicated places, but ...
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Leader Chat: Helping Leaders Understand Teacher, Supply, Demand, Shortages, and Turnover with Richard Ingersoll
Leader Chat: Helping Leaders Understand Teacher, Supply, Demand, Shortages, and Turnover with Richard Ingersoll
If you have not experienced or heard of our current challenges related to our teacher force, you are either ...
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Leader Chat: Vision, Hope, and Challenge From A Charter School Perspective with Jon Hage
Leader Chat: Vision, Hope, and Challenge From A Charter School Perspective with Jon Hage
One thing that is so cool about our Leader Chats is the diversity of those we talk with. We ...
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Leader Chat: Trends in Education and Edtech with Kevin Hogan
Leader Chat: Trends in Education and Edtech with Kevin Hogan
Educational leaders should be in-tune with educational trends . . .  what has happened, what is current, and most ...
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Leader Chat: Ridiculously Amazing Schools with Jeff Waller
Leader Chat: Ridiculously Amazing Schools with Jeff Waller
Have you heard of the Seven Mindsets? Jeff Waller’s work spearheaded the movement. It’s been spreading throughout the country ...
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Leader Chat: No Holds Barred on Equity with Jeff Duncan-Andrade
Leader Chat: No Holds Barred on Equity with Jeff Duncan-Andrade
Part 1: What a treat. Jeff Duncan-Andrade is a passionate educator, man, and father. He has dedicated himself to serving ...
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Leader Chat: The Gap Between What We Know and Do with Mike Schmoker
Leader Chat: The Gap Between What We Know and Do with Mike Schmoker
Mike Schmoker has a way of cutting to the heart of the truth and simultaneously inspiring educators to dream ...
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Leader Chat: Leading Change with Stephen Peters
Leader Chat: Leading Change with Stephen Peters
We are so lucky we were able to recruit Dr. Stephen Peters to talk with us. When we did, ...
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Leader Chat: Board Governance and Leadership Implications with AJ Crabill
Leader Chat: Board Governance and Leadership Implications with AJ Crabill
AJ Crabill is likely one of the most knowledgeable leaders on School Board Governance you can find. As you ...
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Leader Chat: Street Data with Shane Safir
Leader Chat: Street Data with Shane Safir
Shane Safir is one of the authors of the very popular book Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, ...
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Leader Chat: What Leaders Need To Know About Our Future with Bill Daggett
Leader Chat: What Leaders Need To Know About Our Future with Bill Daggett
There is no doubt about it. Bill Daggett is a DEEEEP thinker and is an expert in pushing us ...
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Leader Chat: Trends and the Future of the Teacher Pipeline with Denise A. Spangler
Leader Chat: Trends and the Future of the Teacher Pipeline with Denise A. Spangler
Our worries about teacher shortage and a lack of motivation for young professionals to seek a career in teaching ...
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Leader Chat: Leader Credibility with Doug Fisher
Leader Chat: Leader Credibility with Doug Fisher
If you have been an educator any time within the last twenty years, and don’t know who Dr. Doug ...
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Leader Chat: Future Ready Schools and Leadership Teams with Deborah Delisle
Leader Chat: Future Ready Schools and Leadership Teams with Deborah Delisle
If you listen to this, you will learn that Deborah Delisle is an amazing leader. As the president and ...
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