It happens everywhere but I often think it is worse in schools because we do not attach a dollar value to time in schools like we do in many other organizations. We never question how much it is costing to move furniture if the Principal is doing it rather than the facilities team. Or how much it costs if 10 people are waiting for 10 minutes because the team leader was 10 minutes late for the meeting that everyone else was on time for.
Excellent, excellent point, yes. It got me thinking that the impression this "fact" gives to anyone outside education in the "for profit" world makes it very difficult to break out of "Education" if you've built much of your career inside.
It happens everywhere but I often think it is worse in schools because we do not attach a dollar value to time in schools like we do in many other organizations. We never question how much it is costing to move furniture if the Principal is doing it rather than the facilities team. Or how much it costs if 10 people are waiting for 10 minutes because the team leader was 10 minutes late for the meeting that everyone else was on time for.
Excellent, excellent point, yes. It got me thinking that the impression this "fact" gives to anyone outside education in the "for profit" world makes it very difficult to break out of "Education" if you've built much of your career inside.