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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
Oct 17, 2024
"A Tower of Strength and Endurance"
“He was a tower of strength and endurance, and he never panicked in any emergency. And he was the most generous man I ever came across.”...
Margot Morrell
Oct 17, 2024
"Sparks of Real Greatness"
"Shackleton at this time showed one of his sparks of real greatness..."
Margot Morrell
Oct 15, 2024
"All the Best Points of Leadership"
Frank Wild, second-in-command on Endurance and Quest ... "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and have met Nansen,...
Margot Morrell
Oct 14, 2024
Keeping Up Morale
Ed. Note: Reading over Orde-Lees' diary entries from October 1915, brought to mind the passage below from Shackleton's Way . It...
Margot Morrell
Oct 11, 2024
"...the very best results..."
"Thus he gets the very best results out of all his staff."
Margot Morrell
Oct 10, 2024
What Would Shackleton Do?
These hurricanes in America's southeastern states, makes one think, What would Shackleton do? Ahead of impending disaster, Shackleton...
Margot Morrell
Oct 8, 2024
Leading through a Crisis
"When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete composure ... [that] gives you some idea of [his] greatness.
Margot Morrell
Nov 24, 2023
"A Viking with a mother's heart."
NOTE: An unidentified person who knew Shackleton early in his career characterized the Boss as a "Viking with a mother's heart." In this...
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
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
McNeish's account of abandoning ship...
Harry McNeish Journal, October 27, 1915 We have left the ship this afternoon as she is going to pieces fast the stern post broke this...
Margot Morrell
Oct 24, 2023
On Shackleton's Leadership
Frank Worsley on Shackleton's Leadership: “Any and every duty is undertaken cheerfully and willingly and no complaint or whining is ever...
Margot Morrell
Oct 23, 2023
"Inspiring Confidence"
None of us are ever going to be stranded on an ice-floe but Shackleton's Endurance expedition is a metaphor for the challenges we all...
Margot Morrell
Oct 22, 2023
Caring for the crew...
In mid-winter 1915, Orde-Lees had an attack of sciatica (generally pain in the lower back or leg). He was nursed back to health by...
Margot Morrell
Jun 29, 2021
Leading By Example
This is an interesting riff from store-keeper Thomas Orde-Lees on how Shackleton led his team through the horrific six-day boat journey...
Margot Morrell
Jun 25, 2021
"His great strength..."
“No one could know Shackleton and work under him without feeling that his great strength lay in the honesty of his selflessness. Men...
Margot Morrell
Jun 23, 2021
Getting the Best from Your Team 2
There are parts of Shackleton's Way that I have memorized by heart but I'd forgotten about this long riff from Orde-Lees in Chapter 4 -...
Margot Morrell
Jun 2, 2021
Keeping Up Morale in the Face of Disaster
Recently someone asked me, "Who is a present day Shackleton?" I think there are "present day" Shackletons all around us, in all walks of...
Margot Morrell
May 30, 2021
Jean Worsley's insights on her husband and Shackleton...
In the 1950s, Shackleton biographer, James Fisher (JF) interviewed Endurance captain Frank Worsley's widow Jean Worsley (JW) ... JW: I...
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...
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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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