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...
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Shackleton's Way
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 10, 2021
"To Serve Such a Leader..."
Another interesting riff from Orde-Lees' journal... December 15, 1914 ...As a matter of fact whilst I was at the wheel, I nearly had the...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 10, 2021
Leadership
Here's a brief entry from Orde-Lees' journal written on the way to South Georgia... It is splendid having Sir Ernest on board, everything...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 7, 2021
Assembling a Great Team
Shackleton once recalled what a London theatrical manager told him about the challenge of forming a repertory company: “Character and...
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
- May 30, 2021
Jean Worsley's insights on her husband and Shackleton...
In the 1950s, Shackleton biographer, James Fisher (JF) interviewed Endurance captain Frank Worsley's widow Jean Worsley (JW) ... JW: I...
Margot Morrell
- May 28, 2021
Getting Commitment from Your Team
In Lady in Waiting. Lady Anne Glenconner tells of serving as Maid of Honor at Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation at Westminster Abbey....
Margot Morrell
- May 26, 2021
Lead Like a Legend
What do the New England Patriots, NASA rocket scientists, and the Wall Street Journal have in common? They've all used legendary explorer...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 5, 2020
Endurance
OTD in 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 sailed from South Georgia and into history. They couldn't know their story of...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 2, 2020
Napoleon on Leadership
"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon
Margot Morrell
- Dec 2, 2020
"These qualities alone endear him..."
Orde-Lees' commenting on Shackleton as a leader, July 7, 1915 Perhaps the most remarkable thing that may at once be said of him is that,...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 1, 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
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
Leadership
“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
- Dec 1, 2020
Leading through Challenging Times
“I always found him rising to his best and inspiring confidence when things were at their blackest.” Frank Hurley, photographer, Endurance
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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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