• Being told to hand in plan books every other week, even though the leader doesn't ultimately "check" the plans of the "good" teachers...
• Getting a group e-mail demanding teachers are on time to pick their students up from lunch, even though there are only a couple of teachers who are ever late...
• Being asked in the hallway where you are supposed to be, even though you are the teacher and not one of the students...
• Sitting in faculty meetings not feeling allowed to offer an opinion when new initiatives arise...

It's annoying, and counterproductive to moving forward in a positive direction.

Let's face it, we have all worked for a poor leader before. I'm not talking about transformational leaders who manage the building instead of working with teachers on instructional practices. Managing staff and students was a fairly popular leadership style, and many of the principals who did that well were just following the role they were taught.

I'm referring to leaders who don't seem to understand the difference between working with a group of staff, students and parents, and hammering them into submission. More dictatorship...less democracy.

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