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Originally Posted by Chris Fultz
I think every team needs a leader with vision and a view of the big picture of FIRST so that they can then sell it to the mentors, students, administration and sponsors.
FIRST is a difficult program to grasp -
To maintain the support of adminstrators and sponsors $$ (both mentioned in other posts) it takes someone who can explain it is more than kids building a robot.
To maintain mentors it takes someone who can manage conflicts and personalities and keep eveyone moving forward.
To maintain students, it takes someone who can continue to inspire them, let them learn and grow, and let them see the benefits to them personally from being involved.
For some teams this all comes together in one person, for others it it a small core team of mentors - but i think it has to be there for a team to survive and thrive.
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I've gotta go with Chris on this one. Without a single vision for the team the limited resources get spent managing people and trying to get them all pointed in the same direction instead of managing projects, driven by the collective passion, that set the team up for success. Basically, without an agreed upon definition of success the odds of succeeding are slim.