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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
Nov 6, 2023
Shackleton's Way of Keeping Up Morale
Physicist Reginald James on Shackleton's strategies for keeping up morale... He probably never made any deliberately planned steps to...
Margot Morrell
Nov 5, 2023
Shackleton on leadership
From South "Although keeping in mind the necessity for strict economy with our scanty store of food, I knew how important it was to keep...
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 1, 2023
Shackleton's Way - Leading through tough times
18 years before Endurance was trapped in the Antarctic ice, the Belgian ship, Belgica, was in the same predicament. But the contrast -...
Margot Morrell
Oct 27, 2023
Endurance sends "a final signal of farewell"
Frank Hurley's Journal - October 27, 1915 "Chips expects to complete the coffer dam tonight, and great hopes are entertained for its...
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 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
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
Nov 11, 2022
Celebrating Veteran's Day
Letter to my grandmother November 11, 1918, 11:30 a.m. Dearest, Have just come in from outside where I heard the bells of Verdun (where I...
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
Jul 6, 2021
"...a horrible existence, but yet..."
I've just been glancing through Dr. Macklin's journal and came across this thought-provoking entry written on August 2, 1916... "It is...
Margot Morrell
Jul 1, 2021
Appreciating Your Team
Recently I watched a documentary on an executive in a high profile and stressful position. Curious about how his career progressed, I...
Margot Morrell
Jun 28, 2021
Leading Like Shackleton
Shackleton's Way... Again, Shackleton set the tone by his own example. “His unfailing cheeriness means a lot to a band of disappointed...
Margot Morrell
Jun 26, 2021
Saturday Shack Blast
#Shackleton #Leadership #MaintainingAPositiveAttitude #KeepingUpMorale
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 22, 2021
Getting the Best from Your Team
When Stephanie and I were working on Shackleton's Way, Stephanie would often muse about "whether Chapter 4 is my favorite or Chapter 5."...
Margot Morrell
Jun 20, 2021
Celebrate!
In Antarctica, today is Mid-Winter's Day. The sun that disappeared in early May slowly starts to return in early August. That is cause...
Margot Morrell
Jun 18, 2021
Learning
Shackleton served as an apprentice for four difficult years in the merchant navy but during that time, he learned lessons that he put...
Margot Morrell
Jun 16, 2021
Developing Leadership Skills
Do your part to help create an upbeat environment at work. A positive and cheerful workplace is important to productivity. #Leadership...
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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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