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Shackleton's Way
What Would Shackleton Do?
These hurricanes in America's southeastern states, makes one think, What would Shackleton do? Ahead of impending disaster, Shackleton...

Margot Morrell
Oct 10, 2024


Leading through a Crisis
"When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete composure ... [that] gives you some idea of [his] greatness.

Margot Morrell
Oct 8, 2024


"We all owe our lives to his leadership"
"We all owe our lives to his leadership"

Margot Morrell
Oct 5, 2024
A Classic Shackleton Moment...
April 12, 1916 - Orde-Lees' Journal - excerpt As we and the day advanced, the weather deteriorated but the sun's disc was sufficiently...

Margot Morrell
Apr 15, 2024


Keeping Up Morale on the Ice...
Shackleton aboard Quest Scrolling through photographer Frank Hurley's journal, this entry caught my eye... March 21, 1916 (For new hat...

Margot Morrell
Mar 24, 2024
A "strange contrast"
As the days darken earlier in the northern hemisphere, we can relate to Shackleton's words in South and marvel at the extraordinary...

Margot Morrell
Dec 1, 2023
Shackleton's Way - Leading thru a Crisis
Worsley's Journal, November 23, 1915 The blasting of our Leader’s hopes and plans – at all events for this year – must be bitterly hard...

Margot Morrell
Nov 23, 2023


"So, now we'll go home."
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, 2023


Shackleton's Way of Leading through Challenges
Hurley and Shackleton outside their tent at Ocean Camp. NOTE: Hurley's journal entry on November 9, 1915 captures one of Shackleton's...

Margot Morrell
Nov 9, 2023
The Burden of Leadership
Worsley's Journal - November 7, 1915 Everyone is happy and contented and hopeful, if not confident, of the future. Speaking for myself...

Margot Morrell
Nov 8, 2023
Shackleton's Way of Leading through a Crisis
Frank Hurley describes how Shackleton led his team through the crisis: "When the ship broke up, Shackleton met the crisis with complete...

Margot Morrell
Nov 3, 2023


"Never give up hope."
When Shackleton finally got back to London in mid-1917, he was asked to speak at a boy's school. He couldn't make it but he wrote back...

Margot Morrell
Nov 2, 2023


"He looked to the future."
#Shackleton #Leadership #Optimism #MaintainingAPositiveAttitude #Challenges #Endurance

Margot Morrell
Oct 29, 2023


"Awful calamity"
In the frantic days of trying to save the ship and then abandoning Endurance, Frank Hurley initially dashed off relatively brief entries...

Margot Morrell
Oct 28, 2023
Leading through a catastrophe...
“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
Oct 27, 2023


Shackleton on goals
#Goals #Optimism #Leadership #MaintainingAPositiveAttitude #Shackleton

Margot Morrell
Oct 27, 2023
Shackleton: "A fateful day..."
South. Shackleton's account of the Endurance Expedition... “After long months of ceaseless anxiety and strain, after times when hope beat...

Margot Morrell
Oct 27, 2023


Shackleton's leadership in disaster
Shackleton's Endurance Expedition - The crew at Dump Camp after Endurance is crushed by the ice.

Margot Morrell
Oct 27, 2023


"the greater becomes my admiration"
Thomas Orde-Lees Orde-Lees began his journal as an extended letter to his wife and maintains the same chatty voice throughout the...

Margot Morrell
Oct 21, 2023
Shackleton on "Difficulties."
On his 1908 - 1909 Nimrod expedition, Shackleton wrote in his diary, "Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all." In other...

Margot Morrell
Oct 9, 2023
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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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