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Shackleton's Way
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...
Margot Morrell
Jun 14, 2021
Getting the Best from Your Team
Senior investment bank advisor Eric Miller said about Shackleton... "He had some weak members, but he blended them in so they were...
Margot Morrell
Jun 12, 2021
Lead Like a Legend
In this journal entry, Orde-Lees notes that Shackleton maintains a positive attitude in dire circumstances and his attitude affects, and...
Margot Morrell
Jun 11, 2021
"The life and soul of the whole party"
Monday, 4 January, 1915 The very salt beef reappeared as hash at tea tonight, but as we are now getting South a bit again, no one...
Margot Morrell
Jun 5, 2021
Keeping Up Morale in 24 hours of darkness
In this journal entry, we catch a glimpse of the extraordinary job Shackleton has done of keeping up the morale of his team and...
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
Jun 1, 2021
Leading through a disaster...
Seated next to a CEO who had led a Fortune 100 company through a major, front-page disaster, I asked him how he had done it. He said...
Margot Morrell
Apr 1, 2020
Celebrate!
Shackleton celebrated accomplishments, milestones and holidays. In his account of the crossing of South Georgia, he wrote that he,...
Margot Morrell
Apr 1, 2020
"We were in a mess..."
There was nothing in the nature of a set speech. He spoke to us in a group, telling us that he intended to march the party across the...
Margot Morrell
Sep 13, 2019
All Aboard Endurance!
On December 5, 1914, after a month at South Georgia, waiting for the pack ice to break up, Endurance finally sailed for Antarctica. 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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