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Undermined or not?

27 replies

Holiday0007 · 17/11/2024 23:04

I'm a male manager in a school. Feeling undermined by another male colleague.
Behaviours include sending new ideas for department to principal asking her permission, and informing me via email after. Handing in work that had a long deadline last minute but it's clear v little time had been spent on it (can see this from document details), on numerous occasions.

Setting a competition for pupil, then only letting me know the day before that he was travelling a few hours away with pupil to take part in competition. Cover has been sorted etc prior to all of tgis. Organising a speaker to come in to speak to his class of pupils while I was off sick for a day. I find out through whole staff email.

Asking me to check and finish off work.

OP posts:
Holiday0007 · 17/11/2024 23:09

Yes his manager.

OP posts:
Cherryana · 17/11/2024 23:08

Are you his manager?

If yes you are then you need to speak to him about keeping you informed prior to events. You really need to have line management meetings to discuss things like this.

If you are say, Head of Humanities and he is Head of Geography - then I would expect him to be proactive like this for his subject and him to keep you updated but not necessarily asking for your permission.