"A Viking with a mother's heart."
NOTE: An unidentified person who knew Shackleton early in his career characterized the Boss as a "Viking with a mother's heart." In this...
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Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
- Nov 9
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
- Oct 27
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
McNeish's account of abandoning ship...
Harry McNeish Journal, October 27, 1915 We have left the ship this afternoon as she is going to pieces fast the stern post broke this...
Margot Morrell
- Oct 24
On Shackleton's Leadership
Frank Worsley on Shackleton's Leadership: “Any and every duty is undertaken cheerfully and willingly and no complaint or whining is ever...
Margot Morrell
- Oct 23
"Inspiring Confidence"
None of us are ever going to be stranded on an ice-floe but Shackleton's Endurance expedition is a metaphor for the challenges we all...
Margot Morrell
- Oct 22
Caring for the crew...
In mid-winter 1915, Orde-Lees had an attack of sciatica (generally pain in the lower back or leg). He was nursed back to health by...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 29, 2021
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 25, 2021
"His great strength..."
“No one could know Shackleton and work under him without feeling that his great strength lay in the honesty of his selflessness. Men...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 23, 2021
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 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
- 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
- Dec 1, 2020
Developing Leadership Skills
Cultivate a sense of compassion and responsibility for others. You have a bigger impact on the lives of those under you than you can...
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 30, 2020
"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 Morrell
- Jun 30, 2020
Re-reading Shackleton's Way
I haven't gotten very far. I come across something that makes me think and leads me to rummage through my files. For example......
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...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 2, 2020
Servant Leadership
From an interview that Shackleton biographer James Fisher conducted with Frank Worsley's widow in the 1950s: Jean Worsley: "He did always...
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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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