Inspiring a Team through Tough Times
"In spite of his own great disappointment and we all know that is disastrous enough, he never appears to be anything but the acme of good...
SHACKLETON'S WAY
Leadership lessons from the great antarctic explorer
Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
- Dec 1, 2020
Shackleton's Source of Inspiration
“He knows what the universe expects of man – courage, endurance, faith – faith in the goodness of existence.” Shackleton's comment on his...
Margot Morrell
- 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...
Margot Morrell
- Sep 1, 2020
Safe at Last
Dr. Macklin's Journal September 1st [1916] My 27th birthday. On Wednesday last [yesterday], spend morning digging away the snow from...
Margot Morrell
- 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...
Margot Morrell
- Aug 6, 2020
Have you had your fill of Covid-craziness?
Me too. That got me thinking about how the guys on Elephant Island were coping with uncertainty while waiting for Shackleton to return...
Margot Morrell
- Jul 1, 2020
Remembering Shackleton
Physicist Reginald James generously shared his reminiscences of Shackleton with biographer, Hugh Robert Mill. 22 Albion Road Fallowfield...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 30, 2020
"Life - The Greatest of All Games."
Rummaging through my files, I found this ... Harold Begbie, British author and journalist quoted Shackleton as saying, "Life to me means...
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 - 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...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 23, 2020
Keeping Up Morale in Tough Times
During an interview today, we talked about the contrast of the atmosphere on Endurance to another ship that was also trapped by ice off...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 21, 2020
Put Your Strengths to Work
How are you doing, my darlings? Are we having fun yet? I don't know about you, but last week, I was deteriorating into frazzled and...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
Celebrate!
Shackleton celebrated accomplishments, milestones and holidays. In his account of the crossing of South Georgia, he wrote that he,...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
"He was constantly on the watch for any break in morale..."
In the 1950s, Shackleton's tentmate on the ice, Reginald James, shared his memories of the Boss' leadership strategies... His methods...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
"He never admitted defeat."
There was an Irish strain in him and he was full of imagination. He could see the whole thing accomplished, and he never admitted defeat....
Margot Morrell
- Mar 26, 2020
Thinking Beyond Ourselves
As we struggle through this current crisis, it's easy to default into thinking about the inconveniences and annoyances we're dealing with...
Margot Morrell
- Mar 25, 2020
Getting the Group through a Crisis
“Not only the main problem but its details absorbed him. Food, how to get it, how to eke out our slender stock of preserved food to give...
Margot Morrell
- Mar 19, 2020
Leading through a Disaster
Picture 28 haggard, exhausted men standing on an ice-floe. They are hundreds of miles from civilization. There is no hope of rescue. They...
Margot Morrell
- Mar 11, 2020
Shackleton's Way of Handling a Crisis
In the 1950s, Dr. Macklin described how Shackleton handled the crisis when a summer storm left Endurance trapped in a floating sea of...
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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
