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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
May 28, 2021
Getting Commitment from Your Team
In Lady in Waiting. Lady Anne Glenconner tells of serving as Maid of Honor at Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation at Westminster Abbey....
Margot Morrell
May 22, 2021
The Power of the Personal Interview
While working on a project recently, I was reminded of how often I put Shackleton lessons to use in my daily life. When Endurance sailed...
Margot Morrell
Dec 2, 2020
"These qualities alone endear him..."
Orde-Lees' commenting on Shackleton as a leader, July 7, 1915 Perhaps the most remarkable thing that may at once be said of him is that,...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
"It was the chance of a lifetime!"
Shackleton biographer, James Fisher, met with sailmaker Walter How on Sept. 1, 1955 to discuss How's memories of the Endurance...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
Leading through Challenges
In the Introduction of Shackleton's Way (bottom of pg. 3 paperback), we mention the week the crew spent in the lifeboats - a horrific...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
Developing Leadership Skills
Cultivate a sense of compassion and responsibility for others. You have a bigger impact on the lives of those under you than you can...
Margot Morrell
Aug 30, 2020
The Situation is Dire on Elephant Island
August 29, 1916, Orde-Lees' Journal A fine sunrise, clear and cold, gave promise of a fine day hopes of which were later on fulfilled. In...
Margot Morrell
Jul 1, 2020
Remembering Shackleton
Physicist Reginald James generously shared his reminiscences of Shackleton with biographer, Hugh Robert Mill. 22 Albion Road Fallowfield...
Margot Morrell
Jun 29, 2020
Wild on Shackleton
Many years after Shackleton died, Frank Wild summed up his thoughts on the "Boss." "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and...
Margot Morrell
Jun 29, 2020
Shackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.
Orde-Lees Journal... Wild is our second in command and quite the most popular man (save our leader) amongst us. He has rare tact and the...
Margot Morrell
Apr 1, 2020
"His outstanding frankness..."
Perhaps the most remarkable thing that may at once be said of him is that, unlike most people, there is no underside to his character....
Margot Morrell
Mar 28, 2020
Working for Shackleton
Shackleton was no pushover as Dr. Macklin recounts in his 1956 interview with biographer James Fisher. In this section of the interview,...
Margot Morrell
Mar 27, 2020
Interviewing with Shackleton | Introduction (2)
Shackleton was knighted and feted all over the world for the extraordinary accomplishments of his 1907 - 1909 Nimrod expeditions. He had...
Margot Morrell
Mar 20, 2020
Margot Morrell
Mar 19, 2020
Leading through a Disaster
Picture 28 haggard, exhausted men standing on an ice-floe. They are hundreds of miles from civilization. There is no hope of rescue. They...
Margot Morrell
Mar 17, 2020
Part II - Abandoning Ship
Leading By Example; Communicating Effectively.
Margot Morrell
Mar 12, 2020
Leading Through a Crisis
When crisis strikes, immediately address your staff. Take charge of the situation, offer a plan of action, ask for support and show...
Margot Morrell
Mar 11, 2020
Shackleton's Way of Handling a Crisis
In the 1950s, Dr. Macklin described how Shackleton handled the crisis when a summer storm left Endurance trapped in a floating sea of...
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Leading By Example
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Communicating Effectively
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Keeping Up Morale
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Maintaining a Positive Attitude
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