>Became president of a college engineering club
>About to start a national year-long competition
What advice do you have for a new leader?
Any books, documentaries, or other sources of information you are able to recommend?
Qualities and characteristics of an effective leader?
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>>17368183
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
The Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan.
Do your best to be empathetic and gentle yet rational.
Make sure you blame your failings on having Aspergers. Make sure other people do your thinking for you. Blame people for shit they didn't do, especially when you know they didn't do it. Make sure your parents run the place.
tl;dr be an affirmative action case autistic sperglord
>>17368183
actual answer: have a fucking spine. take responsibility for your group's greatness and weakness. Defend your guys. Don't lie.
>>17368183
And get your guys laid.
>>17368183
Silver Medals are going to eat you alive. Watch out!
>>17368183
Get a drinking song, every university/college engineering department has one.
You're not their mom
You're not their dad
You're not their disciplinarian
You are the guy on point
Because they should trust in you to know what you're doing, they should want to assist you to your goals
Delegate shit. It's not you pawning off shit you don't want to do, it's you trusting someone with a thing and it's opening an opportunity for you to do another thing they might not have the skill set for.
Some of them might be able to do something you can't, that's okay. For the sake of the team, encourage them to do so