Leadership lessons from the great antarctic explorer

On August 30, 1916, Shackleton and Worsley and Crean arrived aboard the humble Chilean vessel, Yelcho to rescue the crew on Elephant...

As August drew to a close in 1916, tension was mounting on Elephant Island. As you'll see in the entries below from Orde-Lee's journal,...

I've just been glancing through Dr. Macklin's journal and came across this thought-provoking entry written on August 2, 1916... "It is...

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

Shackleton's Way... Again, Shackleton set the tone by his own example. “His unfailing cheeriness means a lot to a band of disappointed...

#Shackleton #Leadership #MaintainingAPositiveAttitude #KeepingUpMorale

There are parts of Shackleton's Way that I have memorized by heart but I'd forgotten about this long riff from Orde-Lees in Chapter 4 -...

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

In Antarctica, today is Mid-Winter's Day. The sun that disappeared in early May slowly starts to return in early August. That is cause...

Shackleton served as an apprentice for four difficult years in the merchant navy but during that time, he learned lessons that he put...

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

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

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

Monday, 4 January, 1915 The very salt beef reappeared as hash at tea tonight, but as we are now getting South a bit again, no one...

In this journal entry, we catch a glimpse of the extraordinary job Shackleton has done of keeping up the morale of his team and...

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

Recently someone asked me, "Who is a present day Shackleton?" I think there are "present day" Shackletons all around us, in all walks of...

Seated next to a CEO who had led a Fortune 100 company through a major, front-page disaster, I asked him how he had done it. He said...

"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon

In the Introduction of Shackleton's Way (bottom of pg. 3 paperback), we mention the week the crew spent in the lifeboats - a horrific...