Shackleton's Way

Jul 1

Appreciating Your Team

Recently I watched a documentary on an executive in a high profile and stressful position. Curious about how his career progressed, I...

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Jun 28

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...

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Jun 22

Getting the Best from Your Team

When Stephanie and I were working on Shackleton's Way, Stephanie would often muse about "whether Chapter 4 is my favorite or Chapter 5."...

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Jun 21

Leading Like Shackleton

Power Thinking: I work with my employees to establish clear expectations. From Shackleton's Way... The Boss was a stickler for...

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Jun 16

Developing Leadership Skills

Do your part to help create an upbeat environment at work. A positive and cheerful workplace is important to productivity. #Leadership...

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Jun 14

Getting the Best from Your Team

Senior investment bank advisor Eric Miller said about Shackleton... "He had some weak members, but he blended them in so they were...

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Jun 12

Lead Like a Legend

In this journal entry, Orde-Lees notes that Shackleton maintains a positive attitude in dire circumstances and his attitude affects, and...

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Jun 10

"To Serve Such a Leader..."

Another interesting riff from Orde-Lees' journal... December 15, 1914 ...As a matter of fact whilst I was at the wheel, I nearly had the...

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Jun 3

Profile of a Leader

In the depths of the polar winter, motor-expert and stores-keeper Thomas Orde-Lees came down with sciatica - often described as lower...

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May 28

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....

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May 22

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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

The Situation is Dire on Elephant Island

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Aug 30, 2020

The Situation is Dire on Elephant Island

August 29, 1916, Orde-Lees' Journal A fine sunrise, clear and cold, gave promise of a fine day hopes of which were later on fulfilled. In...

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Jul 1, 2020

Remembering Shackleton

Physicist Reginald James generously shared his reminiscences of Shackleton with biographer, Hugh Robert Mill. 22 Albion Road Fallowfield...

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Jun 29, 2020

Wild on Shackleton

Many years after Shackleton died, Frank Wild summed up his thoughts on the "Boss." "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and...

Shackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.

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Jun 29, 2020

Shackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.

Orde-Lees Journal... Wild is our second in command and quite the most popular man (save our leader) amongst us. He has rare tact and the...

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Apr 1, 2020

"His outstanding frankness..."

Perhaps the most remarkable thing that may at once be said of him is that, unlike most people, there is no underside to his character....

Leading By Example
Communicating Effectively
Keeping Up Morale
Maintaining a Positive Attitude

Add 10 years to your life

According to a landmark Gallup Organization survey, "an increase in positive emotions can add 10 years to your lifespan." According to...

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"With youthful enthusiasm..."

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"A dealer in hope"

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Frank Worsley

Here's a page from Orde-Lees' journal. He wrote profiles of just about every member of the expedition. This is his profile of Endurance...

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"...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...

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Shack Blast Friday

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SHACKLETON'S WAY

Leadership lessons from the great antarctic explorer

Shackleton's Way

Appreciating Your Team

Leading Like Shackleton

Getting the Best from Your Team

Leading Like Shackleton

Developing Leadership Skills

Getting the Best from Your Team

Lead Like a Legend

"To Serve Such a Leader..."

Profile of a Leader

Getting Commitment from Your Team

The Power of the Personal Interview

"These qualities alone endear him..."

"It was the chance of a lifetime!"

Leading through Challenges

Developing Leadership Skills

The Situation is Dire on Elephant Island

Remembering Shackleton

Wild on Shackleton

Shackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.

"His outstanding frankness..."

Leading By Example

Communicating Effectively

Keeping Up Morale

Maintaining a Positive Attitude

Add 10 years to your life

"With youthful enthusiasm..."

"A dealer in hope"

Frank Worsley

"...a horrible existence, but yet..."

Shack Blast Friday

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