Z-Rated Success: The Decision Lab for Education Leaders
Z-Rated Success: The Decision Lab for Education Leaders
NICK ZIZI
Collaboration or Compliance? Wade Stanford on Shared Leadership and Execution
58 minutes Posted Aug 6, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
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Most leadership decisions are handed down instead of developed. Former superintendent Wade Stanford believes that inviting people into a meeting does not automatically make a decision collaborative. When leaders arrive with the answer already determined, they may be creating compliance, not genuine ownership. In this episode of Z-Rated Success: The Decision Lab for Education Leaders, Wade draws from 43 years in education, including 10 years as a superintendent, to share practical lessons abou...