top of page
Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
May 25, 2021
Shackleton on Leadership
Shackleton once commented, "Leadership is a fine thing, but it has its penalties. And the greatest penalty of all is loneliness." At Cape...
Margot Morrell
May 24, 2021
Shackleton's Way of Building Success
Shackleton "built success on a foundation of camaraderie, loyalty, responsibility, determination and - above all - optimism."...
Margot Morrell
May 22, 2021
The Power of the Personal Interview
While working on a project recently, I was reminded of how often I put Shackleton lessons to use in my daily life. When Endurance sailed...
Margot Morrell
May 20, 2021
Doing the Impossible
105 years ago today, Shackleton, Worsley and Crean were close to achieving the impossible. In biting cold, they crossed the ice-clad...
Margot Morrell
Feb 12, 2021
Margot Morrell
Dec 5, 2020
We passed our first iceberg...
Orde-Lees Journal, December 5, 1914 We have been ready to leave South Georgia for the last week but Sir Ernest has been waiting for the...
Margot Morrell
Dec 5, 2020
Endurance
OTD in 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 sailed from South Georgia and into history. They couldn't know their story of...
Margot Morrell
Dec 2, 2020
Napoleon on Leadership
"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon
Margot Morrell
Dec 2, 2020
"These qualities alone endear him..."
Orde-Lees' commenting on Shackleton as a leader, July 7, 1915 Perhaps the most remarkable thing that may at once be said of him is that,...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
"It was the chance of a lifetime!"
Shackleton biographer, James Fisher, met with sailmaker Walter How on Sept. 1, 1955 to discuss How's memories of the Endurance...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
Leading through Challenges
In the Introduction of Shackleton's Way (bottom of pg. 3 paperback), we mention the week the crew spent in the lifeboats - a horrific...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
Inspiring a Team through Tough Times
"In spite of his own great disappointment and we all know that is disastrous enough, he never appears to be anything but the acme of good...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
Shackleton's Source of Inspiration
“He knows what the universe expects of man – courage, endurance, faith – faith in the goodness of existence.” Shackleton's comment on his...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
Leadership
“I do not think there is any doubt that we all owe our lives to his leadership and his power of making a loyal and coherent party out of...
Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
Leading through Challenging Times
“I always found him rising to his best and inspiring confidence when things were at their blackest.” Frank Hurley, photographer, Endurance
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...
Margot Morrell
Nov 28, 2020
HISTORY
Great to see Shackleton on HISTORY again. I think we filmed that in 2002 at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park. The producer said...
Margot Morrell
Sep 1, 2020
Safe at Last
Dr. Macklin's Journal September 1st [1916] My 27th birthday. On Wednesday last [yesterday], spend morning digging away the snow from...
Margot Morrell
Aug 31, 2020
The Yelcho
A Chilean tugboat built in Scotland in 1906, the Yelcho was an unlikely savior. The ship was completely unsuited to her mission in...
Margot Morrell
Aug 31, 2020
"SAFE IN SHIP"
August 31, 1916, Dr. Macklin's Journal SAFE IN SHIP
-
Leading By Example
-
Communicating Effectively
-
Keeping Up Morale
-
Maintaining a Positive Attitude
bottom of page