HoS Application - Cem Crowly/Private Tail

[Bigbro175]

Be more active and assertive in decision-making, organizing, and correcting fellow secoff behavior.

I am trying my best to do so. I am speak up when i see someone doing full search after minor crime, or confiscating anything just because it's a "traitor" gear, when officers act not like good officers should. I trying to correct their behavior, i trying to lead, and i trying to organize, and i'm being assertive in decision-making, BUT (as i said earlier) in 95% situations i at least being ignored or being detained (with tasers and batons) or even beat up "to put assistant on their place" ... just because of the rank it feels like.

I'm not sure how i can be more assertive if my input just not reaching it's address. It is not like "please help, i'm so good but no one listens to meeee!" and more of "How i can take the lead if all others actively acts against it?" You can not be team leader if the "team" decides they don't want to be team. And in the other situations security team already good and all officers works in the team, have good feelings how to act and does not need any inserts about some decisions, organization and behavior correction.

I hope to get any practical tips on how i should take a lead if there is anything i can do and don't do. But in any case thank you for the response!

This is a common issue I see in other games like Squad or ARMA. It can be really demoralizing to try and organize a team if everyone wants to behave like individuals. My word of advice to you is this. When you have people who do not wish to cooperate or lack the skills to function as a team you have a few options.

The strategy I use for stuff like this is called herding cats. If you can't have an open dialogue with people of your intentions to lead them there is a way I am confident helps with getting everyone on track. If you provide people with the best possible information and lead by amazing example it eliminates options for people to make poor decisions. Communicating what you're doing, what other team members are doing as well as what is generally going on at the station at a bare minimum gets everyone in the same loop. Once everyone is understanding of what is going on you can non-confrontationally suggest or request for people to do things. This gives someone an easy objective they can do with little decision making as you have essentially outlined the best processes. Here's an example.

You: "Welcome in Bob, currently we have one active case, the clown took the captains ID and we are currently looking to have a chat with them. They were last seen at ____. Let's try and talk to them before arresting them."

a little while later

You: "Bob, if possible respond to that call at medbay please."

Even if it's an obvious thing to say simply communicating what's going on can lead to leadership opportunities. This works with both high and low experience officers since it doesn't imply that anyone doesn't know what they are doing or that you are even calling the shots, you're simply herding the group in the direction of the best options.