Wisdom from a Fortune Cookie
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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
- Aug 27, 2021
An Extraordinary Team
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,...
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
- Jul 1, 2021
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...
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 26, 2021
Saturday Shack Blast
#Shackleton #Leadership #MaintainingAPositiveAttitude #KeepingUpMorale
Margot Morrell
- Jun 23, 2021
Getting the Best from Your Team 2
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 -...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 22, 2021
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."...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 20, 2021
Celebrate!
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...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 18, 2021
Learning
Shackleton served as an apprentice for four difficult years in the merchant navy but during that time, he learned lessons that he put...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 16, 2021
Developing Leadership Skills
Do your part to help create an upbeat environment at work. A positive and cheerful workplace is important to productivity. #Leadership...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 14, 2021
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...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 12, 2021
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...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 11, 2021
"The life and soul of the whole party"
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...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 5, 2021
Keeping Up Morale in 24 hours of darkness
In this journal entry, we catch a glimpse of the extraordinary job Shackleton has done of keeping up the morale of his team and...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 3, 2021
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...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 2, 2021
Keeping Up Morale in the Face of Disaster
Recently someone asked me, "Who is a present day Shackleton?" I think there are "present day" Shackletons all around us, in all walks of...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 1, 2021
Leading through a disaster...
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...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 2, 2020
Napoleon on Leadership
"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon
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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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