Posted on 03/14/2012 2:36:36 PM PDT by presidio9
Captain James T. Kirk is one of the most famous Captains in the history of Starfleet. There’s a good reason for that. He saved the planet Earth several times, stopped the Doomsday Machine, helped negotiate peace with the Klingon Empire, kept the balance of power between the Federation and the Romulan Empire, and even managed to fight Nazis. On his five-year mission commanding the U.S.S. Enterprise, as well as subsequent commands, James T. Kirk was a quintessential leader, who led his crew into the unknown and continued to succeed time and time again.
(Image via Wikipedia) Kirk’s success was no fluke, either. His style of command demonstrates a keen understanding of leadership and how to maintain a team that succeeds time and time again, regardless of the dangers faced. Here are five of the key leadership lessons that you can take away from Captain Kirk as you pilot your own organization into unknown futures.
1. Never Stop Learning
“You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an irrational fear of the unknown. But there’s no such thing as the unknown– only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood.”
Captain Kirk may have a reputation as a suave ladies man, but don’t let that exterior cool fool you. Kirk’s reputation at the Academy was that of a “walking stack of books,” in the words of his former first officer, Gary Mitchell. And a passion for learning helped him through several missions. Perhaps the best demonstration of this is in the episode “Arena,”
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2. Have Advisors With Different Worldviews
3. Be Part Of The Away Team
4. Play Poker, Not Chess
5. Blow up the Enterprise
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3. Be Part Of The Away Team
that doesn’t wear red.
Most of Star Trek is based on the Forbidden Planet, including the captain getting the girl.
Scotty: "Oh, aye, Captain, I'll get right on it. And I'll make sure your food replicator is cross-linked to the waste disposal system, ye sorry sack of Cardassian #&**#@#!"
“Guess who is not coming back?”
The one with the Phaser. What they don’t teach in Starfleet security school is that the bodyguard is always taken out first.
Nuff said! LOL
#7 Never drink Romulan Ale with Sulu on a camping trip....
I watched about 5 minutes of the new Star Trek movie the other day.
“Kirk” was running around with swollen hands, I got the impression that was supposed to be funny.
7. If the bitch is green, there must be something wrong with the p*ssy. (Courtesy of Eddie Murphy)
“Forbidden Planet” was a classic and a very entertaining classic at that.
I have it on VHS tape, need to see if it is on DVD. That girl was as hot as they come, what was her name, Altaira or something like that?
Alta, or Altaira. Played by Anne Francis. [heavy sigh].
Yes, that was one of Roddenberry's claims. It makes more sense than the other reference that he used ("Wagon Train to the stars").
There's a bit of old seafaring language sprinkled into the Star Trek franchise, though some of it is obscure and re-tasked.
For example, warping a ship (usually *out* from a quay) means moving it by hauling on a line that is fastened to or around a piling, anchor, or pier.
BTW, if you've seen the recent film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, you'll notice a continuation of the captain / ship's doctor friendship as a plot element. I can't recall if that was present in Hornblower; I haven't read that since I was a child.
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