Shackleton's Way

Margot Morrell

Jul 13

"A dealer in hope"

#Leadership #MaintainingAPositiveAttitude #LeadingByExample

Margot Morrell

Jun 30

Making Miracles

In speaking of Shackleton and how he brought his whole team home alive from the ill-fated Endurance expedition, the great Norwegian...

Margot Morrell

Jun 29

Leading By Example

This is an interesting riff from store-keeper Thomas Orde-Lees on how Shackleton led his team through the horrific six-day boat journey...

Margot Morrell

Jun 28

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 23

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 21

Leading Like Shackleton

Power Thinking: I work with my employees to establish clear expectations. From Shackleton's Way... The Boss was a stickler for...

Margot Morrell

Jun 16

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 12

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

"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

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 2

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

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 29, 2020

Wild on Shackleton

Many years after Shackleton died, Frank Wild summed up his thoughts on the "Boss." "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and...

Shackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.

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...

"He was constantly on the watch for any break in morale..."

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

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 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 17, 2020

Part II - Abandoning Ship

Leading By Example; Communicating Effectively.

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...

Leading By Example
Communicating Effectively
Keeping Up Morale
Maintaining a Positive Attitude

Add 10 years to your life

According to a landmark Gallup Organization survey, "an increase in positive emotions can add 10 years to your lifespan." According to...

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"With youthful enthusiasm..."

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"A dealer in hope"

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Frank Worsley

Here's a page from Orde-Lees' journal. He wrote profiles of just about every member of the expedition. This is his profile of Endurance...

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"...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...

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SHACKLETON'S WAY

Leadership lessons from the great antarctic explorer

Shackleton's Way

"A dealer in hope"

Making Miracles

Leading By Example

Leading Like Shackleton

Getting the Best from Your Team 2

Leading Like Shackleton

Developing Leadership Skills

Lead Like a Legend

"The life and soul of the whole party"

Leadership

Keeping Up Morale in the Face of Disaster

Remembering Shackleton

Wild on Shackleton

Shackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.

"He was constantly on the watch for any break in morale..."

Thinking Beyond Ourselves

Leading through a Disaster

Part II - Abandoning Ship

Shackleton's Way of Handling a Crisis

Leading By Example

Communicating Effectively

Keeping Up Morale

Maintaining a Positive Attitude

Add 10 years to your life

"With youthful enthusiasm..."

"A dealer in hope"

Frank Worsley

"...a horrible existence, but yet..."

Shack Blast Friday

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