On Feb 14, 1:28=A0pm, tphile <tph...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Feb 14, 2:40=A0pm, nebu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Joseph Nebus) wrote:
>
> > tphile <tph...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> > >and NO, Captain James T Kirk is NOT a great example of leader****p.
> > >only in fiction is he a legend.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 After all, the only things Kirk brings to the
leader****p=
table
> > are ability, intelligence, wisdom, empathy, creativity, charisma, and
> > the awareness to listen to the counsel of skilled advisors. =A0None of
> > those are traits one wants real leaders to show. =A0
>
> > --
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
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=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Joseph Nebus
> >
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> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 And let's not overlook luck. =A0
>
> yes Kirk is lucky, =A0lucky to have Spock, Scotty, McCoy etc to bail him
> out of the messes he gets them in. =A0and they are the ones who bring
> those above qualities to the leader****p table.
> he frequently hogs the glory and takes the credit and spends most of
> his
> time seducing women.
> he is not very good for a persons career especially the bridge crew.
> or quick with promotions. =A0 Look how long he kept them at their posts
> instead of
> promoting them. and if you are a red ****rt, you are dead.
> He CHEATS. =A0a great leader would have figured out how to win without
> cheating.
> He is in frequent hot water with his superiors for violating regs.and
> the prime directive
> and his crew has been known to mutiny more than once.
> He is known to be a swaggering, overbearing, tin-plated dictator with
> delusions of godhood
> but I will concede he is not soft like a regulan blood worm
>
> tphile
> and he kinda reminds me of a denebian slime devil.
>
> ;-)
All these qualities except
'He is known to be a swaggering, overbearing, tin-plated dictator with
delusions of godhood'
Are attributes of Horatio Hornblower, after whom Kirk was in part
modeled.
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