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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
Mar 20, 2020
Shackleton's Way | The Back Story
Since the publication of Shackleton's Way in 2001, the question I find myself asked most often is, how did you get so interested in this?...
Margot Morrell
Mar 20, 2020
Margot Morrell
Mar 19, 2020
Leading through a Disaster
Picture 28 haggard, exhausted men standing on an ice-floe. They are hundreds of miles from civilization. There is no hope of rescue. They...
Margot Morrell
Mar 18, 2020
Maintaining a Positive Attitude in a Crisis
As the crew abandoned Endurance, the worst pessimist on the expedition recorded in his diary, "... we are wrecked ... but not beaten."
Margot Morrell
Mar 17, 2020
Part II - Abandoning Ship
Leading By Example; Communicating Effectively.
Margot Morrell
Mar 17, 2020
Part I - Abandoning Ship
"We were wrecked … but we were not beaten."
Margot Morrell
Mar 16, 2020
Aboard Endurance | Leading By Example
“Of course the thing I liked most about him was that his first thought was for the men under him. ..."
Margot Morrell
Mar 15, 2020
Inspiration in Challenging Times
"For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave." Robert Browning
Margot Morrell
Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Morning
Shackleton wrote about the challenges that he, Worsley, and Crean faced as they crossed South Georgia.
Margot Morrell
Mar 14, 2020
Shackleton's Way | Maintaining a Positive Attitude
"Optimism is true moral courage." Shackleton
Margot Morrell
Mar 13, 2020
Aboard Endurance | March 13, 1915
Margot: Note that in the crisis, Shackleton has ordered the ship rearranged to prepare for winter. In Orde-Lees' journal entry, we see...
Margot Morrell
Mar 12, 2020
Leading Through a Crisis
When crisis strikes, immediately address your staff. Take charge of the situation, offer a plan of action, ask for support and show...
Margot Morrell
Mar 12, 2020
Shackleton's Way | Leading By Example
"Be consistent in words and deeds - avoid 'roller-coaster' behavior - control your own peaks and valleys." Shackleton's Way workshop
Margot Morrell
Mar 11, 2020
Shackleton's Way of Handling a Crisis
In the 1950s, Dr. Macklin described how Shackleton handled the crisis when a summer storm left Endurance trapped in a floating sea of...
Margot Morrell
Mar 10, 2020
Leading Like Shackleton
"Don't dwell on a problem, acknowledge that there is an issue and look for a solution. Discuss the challenge with employees and empower...
Margot Morrell
Mar 10, 2020
Aboard Endurance
March 10, 1915 / Orde-Lees' Journal The temperature has gone up to +11 and it feels so warm that we are all enjoying ourselves in the...
Margot Morrell
Mar 10, 2020
Reading Shackleton's Way
A couple of weeks ago, during a long-overdue organizing project, I realized I haven't read Shackleton's Way since 2004. So in the coming...
Margot Morrell
Mar 9, 2020
How Do You Write a Book?
In the winter of 1998, I was sitting at my desk at Fidelity Investments when the phone rang. The caller was Stephanie Capparell, an...
Margot Morrell
Feb 27, 2020
Doing the Impossible
OTD in 1909, Shackleton was 33 miles from his waiting ship in the Ross Sea. When he set out to reach the South Pole in November, he left...
Margot Morrell
Feb 4, 2020
Communicating Effectively in today's world
"Know your audience - anticipate their needs and knowledge and how your message will impact them. Be sure you are delivering the right...
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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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