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—Dava Sobel, author of Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter
“Shackleton's story captures the true essence of leadership: to help each person achieve their best in order to work together to achieve what some view as the impossible. The lessons in this book are timeless and invaluable.” —Patrick T. Harker, Dean, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
“A terrific read! Drawn from the life and adventures of the renowned 20th century explorer, Shackleton's Way presents a rich abundance of lessons for meeting the leadership challenges and exploiting the as yet undiscovered entrepreneurial opportunities of the 21st Century.” —Wess Roberts, author of Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun
“Shackleton's Way is filled with gritty examples on the nature of high risk leadership. The characteristics of leadership by example, teambuilding and the spirit needed to overcome great obstacles and sustain a team under stress are well defined in Shackleton's Way. This book would have been required reading for my flight directors and mission controllers.” —Gene
Kranz, former Flight Director, NASA, and author of the
“A unique and compelling technique to expose the principals of leadership to someone faced with the task of guiding an organization through the perils of a new venture. The book forces the reader to realize facing failure is the real driver to a successful conclusion and that failure is not necessarily a bad conclusion if it has honorable results.” —Chris
Kraft, NASA’s first flight director and author of
“Shackleton's Way is a classic, full of both pragmatic and philosophic leadership lessons that are equally applicable to the decks of a ship at sea or the management of a major corporation. There is a wonderful, luminous quality to Ernest Shackleton’s true grit and timeless leadership that carries clearly across the generations since his day and is perfectly illuminated in this fine work.” —Captain James Stavridis, U.S. Navy
“Had a twist of history led Sir Ernest Shackleton to have been in business today, he surely would have found himself in the ranks of Jack Welch, Bill Gates, Lou Gerstner, and Michael Dell. Gladly for all of us, his enduring leadership lessons can be readily applied to help all of us realize our grandest aspirations.” —James
M. Citrin, Co-Author, Lessons from the Top and
“Shackleton's Way is an entrancing story of courage and an education in extraordinary management skills. I couldn't put it down.” —Judy Collins, entertainer and author
“Managers looking for the next step in their professional development will find this book right on the mark. With bolded precepts and chapter-ending lists, the mix of an inspiring tale and insightful analysis invite renewed commitment to excellence. Shackleton’s Way is chock full of leadership challenges and applied solutions that will inspire today’s executives faced with building a team from disparate personalities in the face of unending crises.” —Kevin M. Doyle, Colonel, U.S.M.C.
“If you must lead through crisis and uncertainty—and who doesn't these days?—you must read this book. Shackleton's Way reveals the true leadership lessons of the 20th Century's greatest unsung hero. And unlike most business books, this one is full of excitement, emotion, and true literary elegance.” —Thomas
Petzinger Jr., former Front Lines columnist, The Wall Street
Journal,
“This portrait of Ernest Shackleton reminds us that leadership is not about technology or title, but about motivating under adverse conditions. Shackleton's Way instructs today’s business leaders on how to inspire teams to perform beyond their perceived limits.” —James Slavet, co-CEO, Guru.com
“I have read hundreds of management books in my career, but only two stick out as classics: The first was handed to me 20 years ago when I was at West Point; Shackleton's Way is the second.” -Scott Chaisson, Vice-President - Branch Manager, Salomon Smith Barney
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“I
recall the moment as vividly as though I had lived it myself: Ernest
Shackleton stands before me, exhorting the stranded Endurance crew
to jettison every ounce of unnecessary weight so we can run for
our lives across the Antarctic pack ice. For emphasis and example,
‘The Boss’ tosses his own gold cigarette case into the snow. Using
the Endurance saga as a case history, Margot Morrell and Stephanie
Capparell have turned a sixteen-year analysis of Shackleton’s effective
methods into a leadership handbook that reads like an adventure
story. They show how successful military leaders, dot-com entrepreneurs,
investment bankers, educators, corporate executives, and even an
astronaut have patterned themselves on the incomparable Antarctic
explorer. Better yet, they have neatly codified his winning strategies
for the rest of us.”
