How should leaders be selected?

[EricDrost]

It should also be noted that we often change the leadership "structure" from year to year to better adapt to the current crop of upperclassmen's talents and abilities. There's no one-size-fits-all solution to team structure, and different students react differently to positions of leadership.

Originally Posted by bs7280

Fight to the death

This too.

[ttldomination]

This thread is particularly interesting because, for the first time, I'm on a team that use the mentors/leaders appoint the new leaders.

In the past, I've been a part of the voting system. This system has its merits when monitored closely by mentors (as it was), but if let wild, then the system can easily devolve into a popularity contest.

- Sunny G.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by EricDrost

It should also be noted that we often change the leadership "structure" from year to year to better adapt to the current crop of upperclassmen's talents and abilities. There's no one-size-fits-all solution to team structure, and different students react differently to positions of leadership.

I think this is a great point. A lot of times it is just easier to keep the same structure year after year, but sometimes it isn't right for the current team. Some years the leaders may be focused in mechanical, or programming or scouting or business. Some years you may have three qualified leaders while other years you struggle to find one. It is probably best to organize your team/leadership structure to match your students stengths instead of forcing them into roles or positions that isn't right for them so they struggle to fulfill.