top of page
Shackleton's Way


Margot Morrell
Jan 27
Summing Up Shackleton
Shackleton In the opinion of Shackleton's team, he was "the greatest leader who ever came on God's earth, bar none." Photographer Frank...


Margot Morrell
Jan 24
Coaching Yourself through Tough Times
Photographer Frank Hurley and Shackleton at Ocean Camp Imagine being trapped on a melting ice floe with limited food supplies, no chance...
Margot Morrell
Jan 13
Leading By Example
"Example is not the main thing in leading others. It is the only thing." Albert Schweitzer, Humanitarian #LeadingByExample


Margot Morrell
Jan 11
Leading through a Disaster
Wreckage of Endurance How would Shackleton deal with the horrific tragedy unfolding in Los Angeles? Lead By Example: Many years after...
Margot Morrell
Jan 5
Leading By Example
This is an interesting example of how Shackleton modeled the attitude and behavior he wanted his crew to assume: Orde-Lees' Journal,...
Margot Morrell
Dec 4, 2024
Shackleton's Way of Keeping up Morale
Ed. note: Worsley captured Shackleton's leadership style in this one sentence. Shackleton led by example; he communicated effectively; he...
Margot Morrell
Dec 2, 2024
Life on the Ice
Orde-Lees' journal, December 2, 1915, "there are a good many of us only too anxious to come down again,"
Margot Morrell
Nov 30, 2024
Shackleton's Way of Leading By Example
"...the help and company of our leader might always be relied upon..."
Margot Morrell
Nov 27, 2024
Shackleton's Way of Keeping Up Morale
Reginald James, physicist, writing in the 1950s... "He probably never made any deliberately planned steps to this end. His methods were...
Margot Morrell
Nov 20, 2024
"Inspiring Confidence"
Frank Hurley on Shackleton... “I always found him rising to his best and inspiring confidence when things were at their blackest.”
Margot Morrell
Nov 19, 2024
"The Honesty of his Selflessness..."
Meterorologist Leonard Hussey on Shackleton: “No one could know Shackleton and work under him without feeling that his great strength lay...
Margot Morrell
Nov 18, 2024
On Shackleton's Leadership
Able Seaman William Bakewell: “Very friendly and easy to talk to. As he acted as librarian he would ask me many questions & my opinion...


Margot Morrell
Nov 9, 2024
Working for Shackleton
Image: Hurley and Shackleton at Ocean Camp Editor's Note: In this journal entry from Frank Hurley's journal, we catch a glimpse of what...
Margot Morrell
Nov 7, 2024
Shackleton on Leading in a Crisis
“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 31, 2024
Keeping Up Morale
Throughout the Endurance ordeal, Shackleton made sure everyone was treated equally so there could be no ill-feelings of favoritism....
Margot Morrell
Oct 30, 2024
"Throwing away all he possessed."
Orde-Lees' Journal - October 30, 1915 "The order went forth that we should start the march at 3 p.m. and that we were to each carry only...
Margot Morrell
Oct 30, 2024
Communicating Effectively in a Crisis
Physicist Reginald James in a letter to a Shackleton biographer in the 1950s... "There was nothing of the nature of a set speech. He...
Margot Morrell
Oct 29, 2024
Leading Like Shackleton
Leading like Shackleton
Margot Morrell
Oct 29, 2024
Thinking like Shackleton
"Difficulties are just things to overcome." Shackleton
Margot Morrell
Oct 28, 2024
Hurley's account of abandoning ship...
Hurley's Journal - October 27, 1915 Chips expects to complete the coffer dam tonight, and great hopes are entertained for its success. ...
-
Leading By Example
-
Communicating Effectively
-
Keeping Up Morale
-
Maintaining a Positive Attitude
bottom of page