Starfleet Leadership Academy - Leadership Through Star Trek

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Discovery, Si vis pacem, para bellum (Season 1, Episode 8). He will examine the leadership approaches of Michael Burnham and Commander Saru. Si vis pacem, para bellum is latin for let him who desires peace prepare for war. And that’s what we’re going to do! But not the war you’re thinking of. Peace is so important for everyone, but especially when peopl...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Deep Space 9, Waltz (Season 6, Episode 11). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Sisko and kind of Dukat too. There is a lot to unpack in this episode. Jeff dives into Just Culture, the danger of labeling people (with a tangent into alignments from D&D), and offers a glimpse into the genius of Chris Voss's book, Never Split the Differenc...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek The Next Generation, The First Duty (Season 5, Episode 19). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Picard and Nick Locarno. Podcasting For Business Conference Use Code: starfleet What does truth mean to you, as a leader? What impacts can it have? They can be huge! In fact, telling the truth would have saved Walter White's life in Breaking...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Voyager, Good Shepherd (Season 6, Episode 20). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Janeway. Strength-based leadership is an approach where you, as the manager, leverage people's strengths to better accomplish their tasks. This episode has some excellent examples of how to apply this. Jeff also takes this opportunity to talk about one of...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Enterprise, The Xindi (Season 3, Episode 1). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Archer, Lt. Reed and Dr. Phlox. Ego gets in the way of so many things. In this episode we see Dr Phlox set his ego aside, and Lt. Reed embrace it. Phlox is able to achieve the impossible and Reed puts the Captain and the ship in dire straits. Starfleet Lead...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Lower Decks, Envoys (Season 1, Episode 2). He will examine the leadership approaches of the Command Team of the USS Cerritos, and Ensign Mariner. Ensign Rutherford is thinking of changing his job. His journey is a such a scathing reflection of our professional cultures - it is actually a joke that his managers are supportive of him! This fun, seemingly...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek TOS, This Side of Paradise (Season 1, Episode 25). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Kirk. SPORES! Spores everywhere that lead to mutiny on the USS Enterprise. How does Kirk deal with it? By not allowing people to become stagnant.  Jeff shares how you can ensure your teams don't become stagnant, in a much less violent and annoying way...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Voyager, Warlord (Season 3, Episode 10). He will examine the leadership approaches of Kes and Tieran. Do you like to say no? When someone asks you to do something, are you like most people and want to say yes? Well, Jeff breaks down a way to say yes without overcommitting yourself. In fact, by using his "Yes, if..." model you can all but ensure that you...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Deep Space 9, The House of Quark (Season 3, Episode 3). He will examine the leadership approaches of Quark (Yes!!! Quark!) Jeff dives into the Be Do Have model. It's a powerful way of thinking about who you need to BE in order to DO the things you need to do to HAVE what you want. Starfleet Leadership Academy Online Store: www.starfleetleadership.academ...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Enterprise, The Expanse (Season 2, Episode 26). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Archer and T'Pol. T'Pol clearly demonstrates the value of self advocacy and shows us the 5 essential steps to be successful in that: Be confident in what you want Understand and accept the consequences Express yourself clearly Be persistent Talk to the r...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek TAS, The Lorelei Signal (Season 1, Episode 4). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Kirk and Lt. Uhura. It's our first episode of Star Trek The Animated Series. In this episode Uhura takes command and Jeff looks at how to develop your personal mission statement so you can determine what your duty is. He also talks about how to follow Uhu...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Voyager, Unity (Season 3, Episode 17). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Janeway and The Cooperative. Starfleet Leadership Academy Online Store: www.starfleetleadership.academy/store  Follow the Academy and connect through: Website: https://www.starfleetleadership.academy/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/SFLApodcast Instagram: https://w...

In the last episode, VOY: Once Upon a Time, Jeff Akin said he was not a parenting expert, so he focused on the leadership aspects of that episode. Jeff is joined by Coach Cam from the Our Village Stories podcast who does provide a parenting perspective on this episode. Our Village Stories: https://www.ayecoachcam.com/ Coach Cam is an educator, an athletic director and a masters graduate from Sarah...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Voyager, Once Upon a Time (Season 5, Episode 5). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Janeway and Neelix. This episode introduces us to Flotter!! But more importantly, it shows how paternalism, or parentalism, is never effective when you're leading a person or a team. Starfleet Leadership Academy Online Store: www.starfleetleadership.aca...

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On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek TNG, Rightful Heir (Season 6, Episode 23). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Picard and Lt. Worf. Join Red Squadron and be a part of the Patreon Subscriber Drive: https://www.patreon.com/sfla Jeff shares a technique that Worf uses to bring two opposing groups together. He takes them from a civil war to unity by using language that fin...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Enterprise, Two Days and Two Nights (Season 1, Episode 25). He will examine the leadership lessons from Captain Archer. Article from Dr. Tema Okun, on toxic, dominant culture: https://rrapp.hks.harvard.edu/the-culture-of-white-supremacy-in-organizations/ Starfleet Leadership Academy Online Store: www.starfleetleadership.academy/store  Follow the Academy...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek The Next Generation, Man of the People (Season 6, Episode 3). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Picard and Commander Riker. Captain Picard stands up for Deanna Troi in a way that you can also stand up for members of your team and Commander Riker drops some wisdom in this episode that is profound! Get access to bonus episodes, special...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Deep Space 9, Playing God (Season 2, Episode 17). He will examine the leadership approaches of Commander Sisko and how he masterfully coaches his team. Jeff will also look at how Sisko makes big decisions when coaching is not available. He also shares his feelings on formal education for leaders of people. Starfleet Leadership Academy Online Store: www....

It's the 50th episode review episode of the Starfleet Leadership Academy! To celebrate this milestone, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Picard, Season 1. This looks back at all ten episodes of the first season of Picard and examines the consequences of Picard's leadership choices. He makes up for those choices and takes accountability using compassion, empathy and humility; all qualities Jeff describes...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Discovery, Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad (Season 1, Episode 6). He will examine the leadership approaches of Lt. Stamets and Specialist Burnham. Trust takes time to build, but sometimes you simply don't have the time. In this really fun episode, Lt. Paul Stamets demonstrates a useful shortcut to trust (and Jeff uses what could be his nerdiest anal...

Jeff Akin was a guest on The Diversity Pivot Podcast with Julie Kratz. This episode shares much of that episode where they talk about Jeff's work building inclusive environments for people with intellectual disabilities to have full-time employment that provides more than just a paycheck, but also dignity. He and Julie also talk about Star Trek and the Starfleet Leadership Academy and what they me...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek The Next Generation, Q Who (Season 2, Episode 16). He will examine the leadership approaches of Captain Picard and Geordi LaForge. "Resistance is Futile." Or, as they say in this episode, "You will be punished."  Q wants to join the crew of the Enterprise! And, shockingly, he doesn't deal with rejection very well. When he plunges the Enterprise into an...

On this special episode, Jeff Akin shares his contribution to Strange New Pod's Captain Picard Week Podcast Festival! This was a full week of podcasts celebrating Jean-Luc Picard as we prepare for the premier of season 2 of Picard. You can check out the entire festival here: https://www.strangenewpod.com/blog/captain-picard-week-schedule/ Jeff talks about the 5 things Picard does, at a galaxy-clas...

On this episode, Jeff Akin reviews Star Trek Voyager, Rise (Season 3, Episode 19). He will examine the leadership approaches of Neelix....? Yes, Neelix! He gives Jeff the opportunity to break down the 6 steps to having a successful, difficult conversation. The steps are: Preparation Notifying the other person Neutralizing power differential in the meeting place Setting ground rules Agree on next s...