Juggling!
I'm looking forward to doing some online chats about Shackleton and leadership soon but I have a lot going on these days - a major dental...
Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
- Aug 30, 2021
"Day of Wonders"
On August 30, 1916, Shackleton and Worsley and Crean arrived aboard the humble Chilean vessel, Yelcho to rescue the crew on Elephant...
Margot Morrell
- Jul 6, 2021
"...a horrible existence, but yet..."
I've just been glancing through Dr. Macklin's journal and came across this thought-provoking entry written on August 2, 1916... "It is...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 30, 2021
Making Miracles
In speaking of Shackleton and how he brought his whole team home alive from the ill-fated Endurance expedition, the great Norwegian...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 29, 2021
Leading By Example
This is an interesting riff from store-keeper Thomas Orde-Lees on how Shackleton led his team through the horrific six-day boat journey...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 28, 2021
Leading Like Shackleton
Shackleton's Way... Again, Shackleton set the tone by his own example. “His unfailing cheeriness means a lot to a band of disappointed...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 27, 2021
Doing the Impossible
When doing the impossible - catching the Nimrod, surviving the boat journeys, crossing South Georgia, Shackleton had a rock solid faith...
Margot Morrell
- May 28, 2021
Getting Commitment from Your Team
In Lady in Waiting. Lady Anne Glenconner tells of serving as Maid of Honor at Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation at Westminster Abbey....
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 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
- Jun 29, 2020
Shackleton on his second-in-command
Shackleton described Frank Wild, his trusted second-in-command, as his "second self." He was quoting Cicero, "A friend is a second self."...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 29, 2020
Shackleton's Way
...Shackleton failed only at the improbable; he succeeded at the unimaginable. "I love the fight and when things [are] easy, I hate it,"...
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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
