I'm chair of governors at a school. Any tips on giving feedback to a new governor who is convinced they have the answer to everything. He's very enthusiastic and wants to be helpful, but is pushy, has put several people out already (including myself), makes vocal pronouncements and judgements on decisions taken without knowing any of the background and shows absolutely no awareness that his performance to date has not been great.
Part of the problem is that he has considerable experience of governance in a different (non education) sector and I think he just wants to transfer this knowledge wholesale to the school setting. However, the comments he has made in meetings and to me suggest that at the moment he has limited understanding of the specific requirements of school governance. This is not surprising given that he has only very recently become a governor and I think he's just at the normal first stage of learning when he doesn't know how much he doesn't know. Unfortunately, this stage coincides with him appearing to hold the belief that he does in fact know everything and we're all idiots if we don't take his advice (eye rolling and face pulling when people disagree with him).
He is very keen to introduce some new ideas and I've got to get back to him about them. At the moment, I feel like I'm saying "no" to him all the time because he's just missed the point. I need to find a way to harness his enthusiasm, make him realise he has a lot to learn, and stop him pissing others off. Aaaagh. Any ideas?
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Any governors out there who could give me some advice?
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CEOHome · 27/02/2013 10:45
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