tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060970598360008929.post5532196987158451465..comments2023-04-11T02:22:31.934-07:00Comments on Leo Kinmann's Alternative Space: At 2:31pm, Randy said: "iGEM 2010 will be over in just a few minutes."Leo Kinmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01782830295530080477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7060970598360008929.post-86622390614290156932010-11-10T20:26:37.059-08:002010-11-10T20:26:37.059-08:00I admire your ambition, dedication and humbleness ...I admire your ambition, dedication and humbleness to learn. This combination is powerful and not easily to co-exist. <br /><br />There are a few things that have benefited me when i was leading a group that may help you.<br />1. There is only one supreme group leader. No need to recruit people who's main talent is to lead. because they will fight you.<br />2. chose some analysts (they tend to be introverts and interested in the truth.) Their willingness to work is usually derived in curiosity and ability to deduce complex problems to principles and induce these principles into new insights/devices<br />3. pragmatics: these people will make things happen on command. they are not idealists or theorists. These people are important for making things real.<br />4. Supporters: general loyalists to you. They can be distributed in the group so that your commands will be carried and agreed. They provide peer pressure to dissenters. <br />5. outreachers: they are gererally good persuaders/business type/lawyer type. They help with connections, university/lab contacts, etc.<br /><br />Besides the strategic recruitment of people, the leader needs to assume important decision responsibility. Make decisively good choices, and share the decision process with others to some point. One good way to ensure leadership is to be in command of something crucial to the project. For example, if making devices with a lab is important, you have to make the connection and have command over the connection. This way, there is real threat to the project if people dont follow you. <br /><br />In general, people are always the most important assets of a group, not the project. So choose the people well. Also, you can give quizzes to potential members to make sure of their talents and abilities (could be analytical, domain knowledge, persuasion, etc.)<br /><br />This is the ideal team, of course, things will deviate in real life. The more they deviate, the less qualified will be your team...<br /><br />Anyways, this is my general experience and learnings from the wise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com