Keeping Up Morale
Ed. Note: Reading over Orde-Lees' diary entries from October 1915, brought to mind the passage below from Shackleton's Way . It...
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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
12 hours ago
Profile of Leonard Hussey, Meterologist
Orde-Lees Journal Thursday, 14 October, 1915 Temperature +31 to +15. A clear mild day. Awful slushy on deck. Today we had all meals up...
Margot Morrell
12 hours ago
Profiles of the Endurance Crew
Profiles of the Endurance crew.
Margot Morrell
2 days ago
"Preparations are in full swing..."
Entries from Frank Hurley's journal provide a glimpse of life aboard Endurance , nine months after the ship was frozen in by the ice....
Margot Morrell
4 days ago
"...the very best results..."
"Thus he gets the very best results out of all his staff."
Margot Morrell
4 days ago
What Would Shackleton Do?
These hurricanes in America's southeastern states, makes one think, What would Shackleton do? Ahead of impending disaster, Shackleton...
Margot Morrell
5 days ago
"A fine character"
Orde-Lees' Journal, October 10, 1915 "I was out sledging with Tom Crean today. ... Tom Crean is a fine character one of the most reliable...
Margot Morrell
5 days ago
Life Aboard Endurance
Photographer Frank Hurley's Journal, October 9,1915 Sweethearts and wives* toasted with music and song. One member places ice on Sir...
Margot Morrell
7 days ago
Leading through a Crisis
"When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete composure ... [that] gives you some idea of [his] greatness.
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 6
"In every battle you will need..."
Leading through tough times...
Margot Morrell
Oct 5
"We all owe our lives to his leadership"
"We all owe our lives to his leadership"
Margot Morrell
Oct 4
Leadership Under Pressure
Shackleton, Wild, in the front on the left, and Endurance crew after abandoning ship. Captain Frank Worsley, Journal Entry - November 7,...
Margot Morrell
Oct 3
Shack Blast
"What had happened had happened. ... he looked to the future."
Margot Morrell
Oct 2
Communicating Effectively
As a Boomer, it was amazing last night to watch the younger generation struggle to come up with an example of a crushing moment in an...
Margot Morrell
Oct 1
Leading By Example
Shackleton aboard Quest , 1921, “…He led mentally and physically and gave a sense to the individual that he, the individual, was a most...
Margot Morrell
Sep 30
Ronald Reagan on open borders...
Reagan used to say, "You can have open borders or you can have a welfare state but you can't have both." Starting from nowhere, Reagan...
Margot Morrell
Sep 29
Tough Times
My great, great grandfather's Bible that he had with him while serving in the navy during America's Civil War. As you may recall, when...
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
Apr 14
"The Greatest of All Our Prospective Dangers"
April 10, 1916 - Orde-Lees' Journal - excerpts In this journal entry, Lees comments on a rare moment of pessimism from Frank Wild about...
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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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