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= Strategy #2: Creating a Support Network for Engineering Leaders Those Pursuing their Ideas =

Leaders often run into the same problems in very different situations and environments. It would be a powerful tool to have a group of students who regularly meet to discuss these general leadership problems and how to fix them. This can be in the form of something as simple as a weekly or bi-weekly brunchworkshop (e.g., SOM's Startup Club's weekly workshop), or in something as formal as a leadership forum. Either way, having these leaders would be a valuable resource for the members of the group, and also for anyone who would like to join the group of leaders as a leader themselves. Seniors who students know the ins and outs of the engineering department school (e.g., where funding can be found, fastest ways to get approval, who to talk to for outside sponsorships etc.) need to can pass this information along or else time is wasted to avoid other students re-learning something that has already been attempted and/or accomplished for several yearsdiscovered.  

Incorporating alumni into the system would make it even more valuable because they have experience from outside Yale that they bring to the table. Several of the students I who we spoke with were telling me that mentioned they chose thier current careers based on alumni or faculty mentors who had done similar careers. I can't remember the last time I heard a "Masters Tea" (events with Yale alumni or successful people where they will engage in conversation with students) was held with an innovator. It will become a more popular career interest as soon as we can expose young students to it.