Kirk was a Captain. Picard was an office manager.
+1
He was awesome as a "leader".
Kirk was the "id" Spock was the "ego" and McCoy was the "superego".
When making tough decisions as the captain, he often would listen to Spock's opinion, McCoy's opinion, then consider the best option.
Which usually ended up being right.
But Kirk was the ultimate "decider".
A much more interesting character than Picard.