Bad management

Blimey.

This is not a universally shared perception. Some deem them a bit thin on the self-awareness. Others that they are the bullies of humility, the scourge of the profession. Recent teachers’ blogs, young and old, express much anger against rubbish managements.

Now, managing is plainly a difficult job. It is infantile to demonise Them. They must be tough. It comes with the territory. Any management gurus will tell you – Sir Alex Ferguson, Caligula, Dracula, Govula, Kim Wrong-Un, Mao Tse-Tung, and of course, Machiavelli, who famously advised that leaders must be more feared than liked.

But some take this too far and seem like a hit squad of the Wilshaw Massive. They charge around like the Krays with their Empathy By-Passes and shark eyes and cancelled smiles and crucifying criteria and point their sharp suits at you in Briefings and classrooms, promoting migraines and breakdowns and impotent rage and blubbing and early retirement. Do they think they’re earning your respect?