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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
Nov 21, 2023
"So, now we'll go home."
Orde-Lees' Journal - November 21, 1915: "This evening as we were mostly taking it easy & reading we heard Sir Ernest call out, "She's...
Margot Morrell
Nov 9, 2023
Shackleton's Way of Leading through Challenges
Hurley and Shackleton outside their tent at Ocean Camp. NOTE: Hurley's journal entry on November 9, 1915 captures one of Shackleton's...
Margot Morrell
Nov 8, 2023
The Burden of Leadership
Worsley's Journal - November 7, 1915 Everyone is happy and contented and hopeful, if not confident, of the future. Speaking for myself...
Margot Morrell
Nov 3, 2023
Shackleton's Way of Leading through a Crisis
Frank Hurley describes how Shackleton led his team through the crisis: "When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete...
Margot Morrell
Nov 2, 2023
"Never give up hope."
When Shackleton finally got back to London in mid-1917, he was asked to speak at a boy's school. He couldn't make it but he wrote back...
Margot Morrell
Oct 29, 2023
"He looked to the future."
#Shackleton #Leadership #Optimism #MaintainingAPositiveAttitude #Challenges #Endurance
Margot Morrell
Oct 28, 2023
"Awful calamity"
In the frantic days of trying to save the ship and then abandoning Endurance, Frank Hurley initially dashed off relatively brief entries...
Margot Morrell
Oct 27, 2023
Leading through a catastrophe...
“To-night the temperature has dropped to –16 (degrees) Fahr., and most of the men are cold and uncomfortable. After the tents had been...
Margot Morrell
Oct 27, 2023
Shackleton on goals
#Goals #Optimism #Leadership #MaintainingAPositiveAttitude #Shackleton
Margot Morrell
Oct 27, 2023
Shackleton: "A fateful day..."
South. Shackleton's account of the Endurance Expedition... “After long months of ceaseless anxiety and strain, after times when hope beat...
Margot Morrell
Oct 27, 2023
Shackleton's leadership in disaster
Shackleton's Endurance Expedition - The crew at Dump Camp after Endurance is crushed by the ice.
Margot Morrell
Oct 21, 2023
"the greater becomes my admiration"
Thomas Orde-Lees Orde-Lees began his journal as an extended letter to his wife and maintains the same chatty voice throughout the...
Margot Morrell
Oct 9, 2023
Shackleton on "Difficulties."
On his 1908 - 1909 Nimrod expedition, Shackleton wrote in his diary, "Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all." In other...
Margot Morrell
Oct 9, 2023
Monday Morning Shack Blast
#Leadership #Challenges #Optimism
Margot Morrell
Oct 31, 2022
Wisdom from a Fortune Cookie
I just opened a fortune cookie that says - "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." What a great...
Margot Morrell
Jan 18, 2022
Juggling!
I'm looking forward to doing some online chats about Shackleton and leadership soon but I have a lot going on these days - a major dental...
Margot Morrell
Aug 30, 2021
"Day of Wonders"
On August 30, 1916, Shackleton and Worsley and Crean arrived aboard the humble Chilean vessel, Yelcho to rescue the crew on Elephant...
Margot Morrell
Aug 27, 2021
An Extraordinary Team
As August drew to a close in 1916, tension was mounting on Elephant Island. As you'll see in the entries below from Orde-Lee's journal,...
Margot Morrell
Aug 6, 2021
A Rare Squabble on Elephant Island
From Orde-Lees journal, August 6, 1916 "It seems almost incredible but is none the less a fact that two of the men got quite talkative...
Margot Morrell
Jul 15, 2021
Add 10 years to your life
According to a landmark Gallup Organization survey, "an increase in positive emotions can add 10 years to your lifespan." According to...
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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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