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Shackleton's Way


"a characteristic speech"
Dump Camp, October 27, 1915 This is one of Shackleton's outstanding leadership moments as described by Worsley in his 1931 book,...

Margot Morrell
Jul 18
"I admired his self-control"
Worsley writing in his 1931 book, Endurance , about his July 13, 1915 conversation with Shackleton and Wild about the ship inevitably...

Margot Morrell
Jun 6
More from Sir Edmund Hillary
From Sir Edmund's Introduction to Shackleton's Boat Journey ... "Most of us have a hero or two that we openly or secretly admire, even if...

Margot Morrell
Jun 4


Frozen, starving, exhausted...
After seven days in the boats, they landed on Elephant Island. Throughout their horrific ordeal, Shackleton had exhibited his usual...

Margot Morrell
Apr 15


A great leadership moment
Shackleton tells the story in South : Seeing Worsley taking a sun-sighting at noon, Shackleton "jumped into Worsley's boat in order to...

Margot Morrell
Apr 12


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 27


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 24


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 11
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
Jan 5
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 4, 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
Dec 2, 2024
Shackleton's Way of Leading By Example
"...the help and company of our leader might always be relied upon..."

Margot Morrell
Nov 29, 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 27, 2024
"A Slight Wave of Depression"
Orde-Lees' Journal - November 22, 1915 "... The loss of the ship last night cast a slight wave of depression over the camp. No one said...

Margot Morrell
Nov 22, 2024
An Outstanding Shackleton Moment
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, 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 20, 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 19, 2024


Reassurance in Tough Times
Editor's Note: This is one of the Bible passages that Shackleton took with him when they abandoned Endurance . The Lord is my shepherd. I...

Margot Morrell
Nov 17, 2024
"Happy and Contented and Hopeful"
Frank Worsley's Journal - November 7, 1915 Everyone is happy and contented and hopeful, if not confident, of the future. Speaking for...

Margot Morrell
Nov 15, 2024
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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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