Z-Rated Success: The Decision Lab for Education Leaders
Z-Rated Success: The Decision Lab for Educational Leaders is where educators, leaders, and student success professionals unpack the decisions that shape students, teams, campuses, and communities.
Hosted by Nick “The Zebra” Zizi, this podcast goes beyond surface-level success stories to explore the real choices, turning points, leadership lessons, and even the “knuckleheaded decisions” that help us grow. Each conversation is designed to be insightful, practical, and engaging—giving educational leaders fresh perspective, useful takeaways, and better questions to bring back to their work.
Because in education, every decision is a direction.
Better decisions. Better outcomes.
Z-Rated Success: The Decision Lab for Education Leaders
How to Lead When Your Boss Won’t
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#32 -Today on Z Rated Success, I share with you initiatives you can take on how to lead when your boss won't. In this episode, I help you recognize the importance of leading yourself first, define your job's expectations, and how you can use these concepts to develop influence without overstepping, all while keeping your motives aligned with the actions you want to represent.
“Understand this, you are a problem solver”
“Your credibility is developed through your competence”
“Your work will be evaluated with only you in mind”
“Honor the position, even if the person leading isn’t doing his/her job well”
TIMESTAMPS:
[00:40] How to lead when your boss won’t/can’t
[01:46] Lead ourselves first
[02:52] Leadership is about solving problems
[03:14] What are the expectations of your job?
[05:01] Your work will be evaluated with only you in mind
[06:05] Developing your influence
[07:42] Do what you need to get the job done
[09:00] What can you do without overstepping to get the job done?
[10:19] The Don’ts
[11:24] Check your motives
[12:54] What you should do
[14:17] What to do if change is not possible
[15:16] Recap
[15:51] Outro
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