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Shackleton's Way


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Margot Morrell
Jun 26, 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 23, 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 22, 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 20, 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 18, 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 16, 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 14, 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 12, 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 11, 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 5, 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 3, 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 2, 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
Jun 1, 2021
Napoleon on Leadership
"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon

Margot Morrell
Dec 2, 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...

Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2020
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...

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
Dec 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
Sep 1, 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 29, 2020
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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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