Stop Leading Solo: Build Your Peer Principal Cohort Today
Description
On this Morning Boost episode (Tuesday, October 28), the host explains how school leaders can move from isolation to intentional collaboration by creating a small, confidential cohort of peer principals. Topics include how to identify three to five cross-district colleagues, write a simple invitation, and set uncompromising norms of confidentiality and purpose.
The episode outlines practical structures for sustainability—regular monthly or biweekly meetings, a consistent agenda (wins, challenges, and a deep-dive problem presentation), rotating leadership, and using protocols like the critical friends model to surface diverse, actionable solutions. A real example is shared of a middle school principal who solved a complex boundary issue with support from her cohort.
Key takeaways: proactively initiate your group, keep membership outside immediate evaluation lines, commit to confidentiality and cadence, and rotate expertise so the cohort becomes a durable professional lifeline. Grundmeyer Leader Services supports this episode’s message of transforming education one leader at a time.
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