Leadership 101

By

Wicketbear

Chapter 1 Introduction

"Spock, Spock, glad I found you," Jim shouted as he came running around a bend in the corridor puffing.

"Jim, would it not have been easier just to have the bridge locate me than to run through the corridors of the ship?"

Kirk looked at the grins on the faces of the crewmen that passed them and replied, "What, and take all the fun out of hide and seek? Besides the crew knows better. What do you think they do when they're bored?"

"Jim…"

"Never mind Spock. Look what I found in the Star Fleet data base." He hands the PADD to Spock who glances it over and hands it back."

"Captain, I don't see how this is relevant."

Kirk scowls. "What don't you see as relevant? It's a job description for the position of Captain. The first requirement is how a captain performs in a leadership role. There's a bunch of others like Communication skills, Interpersonal skills, that should be interesting, Ambassadorial abilities and it goes on. If I'm supposed to be an Ambassador then, 'we're in a heap of trouble', as Bones would say."

Kirk was swinging the PADD around with his excitement, "We need to sit down with Bones and see if I measure up, and what I need to change so I can get a great review."

Spock grabbed for Kirk's excited arm just before the PADD came within inches of striking a passing crew member. Jim yelped then saw where his arm was headed saying sheepishly, "Oh, sorry."

"Jim!" Bones shouted as he came into view.

Jim watched as Spock just shook his head in defeat. "See Spock, Bones knows how to play as well." Not skipping a beat he said, "Bones, perfect timing."

"I'm almost afraid to ask…"

"You should be, Doctor."

McCoy grinned, "Perfect timing for what?"

Jim scowled at Spock and turned to Bones, "I'd like to get together with you and Spock…"

"Are you nuts?"

"Captain…"

"Just quit, both of you, now listen. I, and I stress the word I, would like to get together with both of you," he shushed them before either of them to say another word, "to go over these qualifications that Star Fleet provided, to see if I measure up to their standards as a Captain."

"'That Star Fleet provided'," McCoy repeated as he lightly tapped his lips with his finger in deep thought, "'provided', not likely. All right Jim, where'd you get it?"

Surprise evident on Kirk's face he replied, "You don't believe that they provided the information?"

"Oh I believe they did but, how you got it is a totally different thing, so?"

Spock stood quietly by, hands clasped behind his back, and waited to see what the outcome would be. He was also interested in finding out how the Captain obtained the classified information.

Quietly Jim mumbled, "I hacked into Admiral Pike's computer."

"You did what?" McCoy shouted loud enough for the entire deck to hear.

"Ssshhhh, Bones, don't tell anyone," he grinned, "then everyone will want me to do it for them."

"Captain, I must insist we take this conversation somewhere else. Actually anywhere else but here," Spock suggested.

Kirk grinned and McCoy turned to look at Spock with a raised brow of his own, "Spock, you made a joke?"

"I did nothing of the sort."

"You did too," McCoy smirked.

Kirk threw up his hands in defeat saying, "I give up. Let's say we get together about 1800 in the Officers Mess for dinner then go to my quarters? Sound good?" Not waiting for an answer he added, "Good. That's settled so why aren't you back at work?"

"Jim!"

"Captain?" they said simultaneously.

Smiling, Kirk said, "Let's get back to work." They all headed for the lift.

Index

Chapter 2: Enlist the aid and support of others to accomplish a task

Chapter 3: Creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen

Chapter4: Adaptability (openness to experience)

Chapter 5: Performance, including outcomes

Chapter 6: Skills

Chapter 7: Ambassadorial Abilities

Chapter 8: Everything Else