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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
Nov 9
Working for Shackleton
Image: Hurley and Shackleton at Ocean Camp Editor's Note: In this journal entry from Frank Hurley's journal, we catch a glimpse of what...
Margot Morrell
Nov 7
Shackleton on Leading in a Crisis
“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 15
"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 7
Leadership in Action
Reginald James, physicist on Endurance wrote in the 1950s... "I remember the chaos that reigned on board the ship in the harbour at...
Margot Morrell
Oct 5
"We all owe our lives to his leadership"
"We all owe our lives to his leadership"
Margot Morrell
Apr 15
A Classic Shackleton Moment...
April 12, 1916 - Orde-Lees' Journal - excerpt As we and the day advanced, the weather deteriorated but the sun's disc was sufficiently...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2023
A "strange contrast"
As the days darken earlier in the northern hemisphere, we can relate to Shackleton's words in South and marvel at the extraordinary...
Margot Morrell
Nov 23, 2023
Shackleton's Way - Leading thru a Crisis
Worsley's Journal, November 23, 1915 The blasting of our Leader’s hopes and plans – at all events for this year – must be bitterly hard...
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...
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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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