Leadership?

I contributed a selection on Jean Luc Picard to the War Room’s latest discussion of fictional examples of leadership:

Picard’s finest achievement may have been his decision to step away. Picard eventually reached flag rank, but he retired soon thereafter in the wake of a failed attempt to rescue refugees from the destruction of Romulus. Picard threatened to resign from Starfleet if the Federation did not approve his plan to organize a rescue mission (planning for the mission had been disrupted by a terrorist attack) for millions of remaining Romulan civilians. To his surprise, his superiors accepted the resignation and cancelled the relief mission.

See also for discussion of Darth Vader, the novels of Guy Gavriel Kay, and Mr. Bennet. By the way, I very much enjoyed Picard (despite, or perhaps because of, the decision to turn the Romulans into Tolkienian elves) until the last two episodes, which were terrible. By contrast, I have very much not enjoyed Discovery, and wasn’t able to work up enough enthusiasm to watch the second half of the second season even as my CBS All Access subscription expired…