Margot MorrellDec 1, 20201 minLeading through ChallengesIn the Introduction of Shackleton's Way (bottom of pg. 3 paperback), we mention the week the crew spent in the lifeboats - a horrific...
Margot MorrellDec 1, 20201 minInspiring 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 MorrellDec 1, 20201 minShackleton'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 MorrellAug 6, 20201 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...
Margot MorrellJul 1, 20208 minRemembering ShackletonPhysicist Reginald James generously shared his reminiscences of Shackleton with biographer, Hugh Robert Mill. 22 Albion Road Fallowfield...
Margot MorrellJun 30, 20201 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 29, 20201 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 29, 20201 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 29, 20201 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 21, 20203 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...
Margot MorrellApr 1, 20202 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...
Margot MorrellApr 1, 20201 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 26, 20201 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 19, 20201 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 18, 20201 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 12, 20201 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...
Margot MorrellMar 11, 20201 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...
We passed our first iceberg... Orde-Lees Journal, December 5, 1914 We have been ready to leave South Georgia for the last week but Sir Ernest has been waiting for the...
"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,...
