Keeping Up Morale in 24 hours of darkness
In this journal entry, we catch a glimpse of the extraordinary job Shackleton has done of keeping up the morale of his team and...
SHACKLETON'S WAY
Leadership lessons from the great antarctic explorer
Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
- Jun 4, 2021
Aboard Endurance, June 4, 1915...
From the diary of Thomas Orde-Lees'... [Comments on weather] All these little things provide topics for conversation at table. It is...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 3, 2021
Profile of a Leader
In the depths of the polar winter, motor-expert and stores-keeper Thomas Orde-Lees came down with sciatica - often described as lower...
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
- Jun 1, 2021
Leading through a disaster...
Seated next to a CEO who had led a Fortune 100 company through a major, front-page disaster, I asked him how he had done it. He said...
Margot Morrell
- May 31, 2021
Aboard Endurance - "A four month's night!"
May 31, 1915 Changeable weather again. Temperature was 8F at 10:30 a.m., but -8F at noon, a drop of 16 degrees in 1 1/2 hours. Rather an...
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
- May 28, 2021
Getting Commitment from Your Team
In Lady in Waiting. Lady Anne Glenconner tells of serving as Maid of Honor at Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 coronation at Westminster Abbey....
Margot Morrell
- May 27, 2021
Shackleton on Challenges...
In early December 1908, Shackleton and three companions were attempting to reach the South Pole. Beset by storms, the team was behind on...
Margot Morrell
- May 26, 2021
Lead Like a Legend
What do the New England Patriots, NASA rocket scientists, and the Wall Street Journal have in common? They've all used legendary explorer...
Margot Morrell
- May 25, 2021
Shackleton on Leadership
Shackleton once commented, "Leadership is a fine thing, but it has its penalties. And the greatest penalty of all is loneliness." At Cape...
Margot Morrell
- May 24, 2021
Shackleton's Way of Building Success
Shackleton "built success on a foundation of camaraderie, loyalty, responsibility, determination and - above all - optimism."...
Margot Morrell
- May 22, 2021
The Power of the Personal Interview
While working on a project recently, I was reminded of how often I put Shackleton lessons to use in my daily life. When Endurance sailed...
Margot Morrell
- May 20, 2021
Doing the Impossible
105 years ago today, Shackleton, Worsley and Crean were close to achieving the impossible. In biting cold, they crossed the ice-clad...
Margot Morrell
- Feb 12, 2021
Margot Morrell
- Dec 5, 2020
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...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 5, 2020
Endurance
OTD in 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 sailed from South Georgia and into history. They couldn't know their story of...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 2, 2020
Napoleon on Leadership
"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon
Margot Morrell
- Dec 2, 2020
"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,...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 1, 2020
"It was the chance of a lifetime!"
Shackleton biographer, James Fisher, met with sailmaker Walter How on Sept. 1, 1955 to discuss How's memories of the Endurance...
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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
