I've worked in a few FE colleges over the years and I have to say I love my job apart from two things.
1. Bureacratic timewasting Red-tape nonsense
2. Bad Managers
Some of the Managers in my college have been promoted well beyond their abilities and really only got the job because they were the internal candidate and the college executive management team of selectors thought this would be a safe bet. Most managers are untrained for the role, and are either bean-counting accountants, piss-poor communicators and crisis-management fire-fighters rather than offering strong leadership and supportive advice to staff, and people who can plan and think.
Put simply, you wouldnt trust most managers to run a whelk stall.
The decisions made are beyond compare and most colleagues are bewildered by some of the decisions made - usually after meetings have taken place that are not agenda'd. Managers who tell you one thing then do another when you are not in college for a day. Managers who tell other staff what they think of you and send notes to the Principal about you rather than meet to thresh out any problems.
The government should run a number of training courses for these people who most definately need it. On the agenda should be;
Listening to your staff 
Communication skills
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Problem solving 
Thinking outside of the box 
How to conduct a meeting 
How to get some charisma 
Any ideas on how to improve the managers at your college just let me know.
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