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Re: Engineering Mentors Attitude/Role Towards Their NEM Counterparts
I had a nice discussion with a former student who specialized in the non-engineering side of the team while she was with us. She's now mentoring for another team. Towards the end of the discussion, it was bluntly, but truthfully, stated, "you need a leader."
We have a few NEMs on the team this year, but they are very focused in specific roles. We have EMs that also take on non-engineering tasks...some with greater success than others.
When we had that non-engineering leader (I won't say NEM because at the time she wasn't a mentor), the team ran a lot smoother (more smoothly? No English degree here!).
In general though, other than having two separate rooms (not by choice) for robot work and for "other" work (computer based), there is no distinction made between EM and NEM on our team. Everyone is a team member. Everyone is a family member. Both serve distinct yet vital roles and one cannot function without the other.
Good thread!
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Last edited by Kevin Kolodziej : 10-06-2010 at 07:48.
Reason: I'm tired and don't know the difference between "not" and "now" and "rules" and "roles"
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