Teacher Series: The closed door leader
The closed door leader Many years ago, in an international school, I worked as a middle level leader. There were two other middle level leaders. One leader and I shared teachers. When I would have meetings with these teachers, and would ask them to inform the other leader about something, they would hesitate. Then slowly they started sharing with me about that leader. They said that if they went to meet her, she would make them wait outside her room for a long time and not call them in. She would not tell them that she was busy and ask if they could they come later, so they just waited. This was long ago and now I am not sure if this was with an appointment or not. Then when they went in, the leader would be extremely angry and would shout at them if something was not right or as per her expectations. They said that the leader was demeaning and rude. They said that they were ready to accept any criticism, but would prefer that the criticism not be shared in a dehumanising manner. ...