Margot MorrellAug 61 minHave 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 an...
Margot MorrellJul 18 minRemembering ShackletonPhysicist Reginald James generously shared his reminiscences of Shackleton with biographer, Hugh Robert Mill. 22 Albion Road Fallowfield ...
Margot MorrellJun 301 min"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 MorrellJun 291 minShackleton on his second-in-commandShackleton described Frank Wild, his trusted second-in-command, as his "second self." He was quoting Cicero, "A friend is a second self."...
Margot MorrellJun 291 minWild on ShackletonMany years after Shackleton died, Frank Wild summed up his thoughts on the "Boss." "I have served with Scott, Shackleton and Mawson, and ...
Margot MorrellJun 291 minShackleton's Way...Shackleton failed only at the improbable; he succeeded at the unimaginable. "I love the fight and when things [are] easy, I hate it," ...
Margot MorrellApr 213 minPut Your Strengths to WorkHow 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 crabb...
Margot MorrellApr 12 min"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 wer...
Margot MorrellApr 11 min"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 MorrellMar 261 minThinking Beyond OurselvesAs we struggle through this current crisis, it's easy to default into thinking about the inconveniences and annoyances we're dealing with...
Margot MorrellMar 191 minLeading through a DisasterPicture 28 haggard, exhausted men standing on an ice-floe. They are hundreds of miles from civilization. There is no hope of rescue. They...
Margot MorrellMar 181 minMaintaining a Positive Attitude in a CrisisAs the crew abandoned Endurance, the worst pessimist on the expedition recorded in his diary, "... we are wrecked ... but not beaten."
Margot MorrellMar 121 minLeading Through a CrisisWhen crisis strikes, immediately address your staff. Take charge of the situation, offer a plan of action, ask for support and show absol...
Margot MorrellMar 111 minShackleton's Way of Handling a CrisisIn the 1950s, Dr. Macklin described how Shackleton handled the crisis when a summer storm left Endurance trapped in a floating sea of ice...
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Orde-Lees' Account of the Rescue August 30, 1916, Orde-Lees' Journal Shortly after the last boat had left the shore and was well on its way to the ship, I was seen runnin...
