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Shackleton's Way
"A Slight Wave of Depression"
Orde-Lees' Journal - November 22, 1915 "... The loss of the ship last night cast a slight wave of depression over the camp. No one said...

Margot Morrell
Nov 22, 2024
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...

Margot Morrell
Nov 21, 2024
"Inspiring Confidence"
Frank Hurley on Shackleton... “I always found him rising to his best and inspiring confidence when things were at their blackest.”

Margot Morrell
Nov 20, 2024
"The Honesty of his Selflessness..."
Meterorologist Leonard Hussey on Shackleton: “No one could know Shackleton and work under him without feeling that his great strength lay...

Margot Morrell
Nov 19, 2024
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 18, 2024
"Happy and Contented and Hopeful"
Frank Worsley's Journal - November 7, 1915 Everyone is happy and contented and hopeful, if not confident, of the future. Speaking for...

Margot Morrell
Nov 15, 2024
"Contentment and Harmony"
Frank Hurley's Journal - November 13, 1915 At noon to-day the temperature rose to +33, with the result that the surface of the floe has...

Margot Morrell
Nov 13, 2024
Elon thinking like Shackleton
Spotted on Xwitter a few days ago... Elon Musk: "The biggest mistake I made is to put too much of a weighting on somebody's talent and...

Margot Morrell
Nov 12, 2024


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 9, 2024
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
Nov 7, 2024


"Dogged perseverance, skill and toil"
Image from Orde-Lees' Journal, November 4, 1915 Editor note: It's always interesting to see two people's take on a situation such as, in...

Margot Morrell
Nov 4, 2024
A High-Functioning Team
In the face disaster, nobody knew where they were, nobody was coming to find them, floating along on a disintegrating ice-berg,...

Margot Morrell
Nov 3, 2024
Keeping Up Morale
Throughout the Endurance ordeal, Shackleton made sure everyone was treated equally so there could be no ill-feelings of favoritism....

Margot Morrell
Oct 31, 2024
"Throwing away all he possessed."
Orde-Lees' Journal - October 30, 1915 "The order went forth that we should start the march at 3 p.m. and that we were to each carry only...

Margot Morrell
Oct 30, 2024
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 30, 2024
Leading Like Shackleton
Leading like Shackleton

Margot Morrell
Oct 29, 2024
Thinking like Shackleton
"Difficulties are just things to overcome." Shackleton

Margot Morrell
Oct 29, 2024
Hurley's account of abandoning ship...
Hurley's Journal - October 27, 1915 Chips expects to complete the coffer dam tonight, and great hopes are entertained for its success. ...

Margot Morrell
Oct 28, 2024
"A bally ship"
The journal entries, the crew wrote after abandoning ship on October 27, 1915, are remarkable for the complete absence of panic - a...

Margot Morrell
Oct 28, 2024
Leadership in a Crisis
“I do not think there is any doubt that we all owe our lives to his leadership and his power of making a loyal and coherent party out of...

Margot Morrell
Oct 28, 2024
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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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