Team Management!

[asher]

As the team gets bigger the harder all these issues get. Our team is so small that were more like a family than an organization, however we just let natural leadership run our team. Every year we have kids that step up, take charge, and get it all done. Under each of these leaders we try to place some new people to the team, so they can learn the ropes. We've found its important to give people a place on the team (especially new team members) so they don't feel like they cant do things or don't know what's going on. The less defined you can keep the system has worked wonders for us (we used to have elected officers and that sort of system) Just letting the natural leaders emerge and help guide the team I feel is the best solution to a team management. Some kids you would never think would step up to be a leader can really shock you if given the chance.

Ashley
(This may sound crazy to use for larger teams, were a team of 8 high school students and around 10 college/grad students, but its what works for us)