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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still. What people are saying that makes penny toxic are how most managers in private corporations work. So not sure what is the issue. Everyone knows that in my organization anyone can be replaced. It’s true that experience matters, but also performance matters and there are many competent teachers outside holton. So unless people can say something that is different from any regular company, then I cannot really tell there is any anomaly with penny. [/quote]

You realize that Holton is a non-profit school, right? The biggest (intangible) asset of a school is its teachers. Treating them badly is a recipe for disaster (eventually). [/quote]

What exactly is treating them badly ? To tell them they are replaceable or there is something more concrete ? [/quote]

There are obviously many reasons related to leadership that faculty and staff are leaving. Just because people don't list them here doesn't mean they don't exist. But people have said repeatedly on and offline that Penny is rude, dismissive, and abusive toward her employees. People have also reported yelling and humiliating employees. They've also noted her poor qualifications as an academic leader.[/quote]

Might or might not be true, but I am sorry to say this but welcome to the adult world. Unless there is harassment there is nothing you can really do except resign. [b]Disrespectful managers exist in all organizations I have seen. [/b]

How was the previous HOS? I heard the same type of comments about her. So maybe the problem is related to teachers complaining about the HOS. [/quote]

Ok, sure. That's true. But what organizations are you talking about? Large non-profits that don't have daily interactions with students? Schools are an entirely different beast. People choose schools because of the education, the fit, the vibe, the culture. A new head of school coming in and enacting changes that negatively impact the culture (and in turn, eroding the trust in the school and the reasons why people chose the school in the first place) is worth having conversations about. It's not the same thing as 'all organizations.'

Holton isn't Bank of America, or the IMF, where a bad manager may largely go unseen and not impact anyone outside of the organization on a daily basis. Schools, however, don't have that luxury. It's the daily interactions, the slide of morale, etc. [/quote]

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