An Outstanding Shackleton Moment
Orde-Lees' Journal - November 21, 1915 "This evening as we were mostly taking it easy & reading we heard Sir Ernest call out, "She's...
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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
Nov 18
On Shackleton's Leadership
Able Seaman William Bakewell: “Very friendly and easy to talk to. As he acted as librarian he would ask me many questions & my opinion...
Margot Morrell
Nov 9
Working for Shackleton
Image: Hurley and Shackleton at Ocean Camp Editor's Note: In this journal entry from Frank Hurley's journal, we catch a glimpse of what...
Margot Morrell
Nov 7
Shackleton on Leading in a Crisis
“To-night the temperature has dropped to –16 (degrees) Fahr., and most of the men are cold and uncomfortable. After the tents had been...
Margot Morrell
Oct 30
Communicating Effectively in a Crisis
Physicist Reginald James in a letter to a Shackleton biographer in the 1950s... "There was nothing of the nature of a set speech. He...
Margot Morrell
Oct 29
Thinking like Shackleton
"Difficulties are just things to overcome." Shackleton
Margot Morrell
Oct 27
Shackleton's "grand example"
Orde-Lees recounts Shackleton's outstanding leadership in the moment of crisis as the Endurance crew is forced to abandon ship. As...
Margot Morrell
Oct 17
"A Tower of Strength and Endurance"
“He was a tower of strength and endurance, and he never panicked in any emergency. And he was the most generous man I ever came across.”...
Margot Morrell
Oct 17
"Sparks of Real Greatness"
"Shackleton at this time showed one of his sparks of real greatness..."
Margot Morrell
Oct 16
Powerful Lesson from Shackleton
This account, written in the 1950, discusses Endurance's stay in Buenos Aires in 1914. The passage highlights a particularly powerful...
Margot Morrell
Oct 15
"All the Best Points of Leadership"
Frank Wild, second-in-command on Endurance and Quest ... "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and have met Nansen,...
Margot Morrell
Oct 11
"...the very best results..."
"Thus he gets the very best results out of all his staff."
Margot Morrell
Oct 10
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
Oct 8
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 5
"We all owe our lives to his leadership"
"We all owe our lives to his leadership"
Margot Morrell
Nov 23, 2023
Shackleton's Way - Leading thru a Crisis
Worsley's Journal, November 23, 1915 The blasting of our Leader’s hopes and plans – at all events for this year – must be bitterly hard...
Margot Morrell
Nov 21, 2023
"So, now we'll go home."
Orde-Lees' Journal - November 21, 1915: "This evening as we were mostly taking it easy & reading we heard Sir Ernest call out, "She's...
Margot Morrell
Nov 9, 2023
Shackleton's Way of Leading through Challenges
Hurley and Shackleton outside their tent at Ocean Camp. NOTE: Hurley's journal entry on November 9, 1915 captures one of Shackleton's...
Margot Morrell
Nov 8, 2023
The Burden of Leadership
Worsley's Journal - November 7, 1915 Everyone is happy and contented and hopeful, if not confident, of the future. Speaking for myself...
Margot Morrell
Nov 3, 2023
Shackleton's Way of Leading through a Crisis
Frank Hurley describes how Shackleton led his team through the crisis: "When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete...
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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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