What to do when mentors are leading the team in the wrong direction?

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Originally Posted by ey206208

Unfortunately, a team lead by mentors is OK by the idea of first. The job as students is to be inspired. I do not agree with this, and the students should lead the process. My team has had a similar issue where a few mentors were pulling the team in a direction the students did not.

Here is what we did: A few of the student talked to the head mentor about how we were not happy with the direction a few mentors were pulling the team. We had a meeting with the whole team to try to re-adjust our approach, and try to make decisions more team-centered. So far, it seems to have worked.

I would recommend voicing your opinions to the mentor you feel confident will take your concerns and try to make a change. Hopefully you feel this is a an option.

I agree with what he says. Having every major decision made by the whole team will help a lot. That's basically what we do. So say your team is choosing from three drive trains. Make certain criteria a drive team needs to meet this year. See what criteria each drive train does as a team. Make a pro/con list on a white board as a team. Have some discussion (will come with no problems when making the pro/con list) and talk about why you'd want to choose drive train A. At the end, look at the lists and rankings and summarize each drive trains capabilities for this game. Then take a team vote. It works well and people don't feel left out. Plus it means majority rules. And if two are really close in vote, try prototyping them further and let the results speak.