Leading through Challenges
In the Introduction of Shackleton's Way (bottom of pg. 3 paperback), we mention the week the crew spent in the lifeboats - a horrific...
SHACKLETON'S WAY
Leadership lessons from the great antarctic explorer
Shackleton's Way
Margot Morrell
- Dec 1, 2020
Inspiring a Team through Tough Times
"In spite of his own great disappointment and we all know that is disastrous enough, he never appears to be anything but the acme of good...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 1, 2020
Shackleton's Source of Inspiration
“He knows what the universe expects of man – courage, endurance, faith – faith in the goodness of existence.” Shackleton's comment on his...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 1, 2020
Leadership
“I do not think there is any doubt that we all owe our lives to his leadership and his power of making a loyal and coherent party out of...
Margot Morrell
- Dec 1, 2020
Leading through Challenging Times
“I always found him rising to his best and inspiring confidence when things were at their blackest.” Frank Hurley, photographer, Endurance
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
- Nov 28, 2020
HISTORY
Great to see Shackleton on HISTORY again. I think we filmed that in 2002 at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park. The producer said...
Margot Morrell
- Sep 1, 2020
Safe at Last
Dr. Macklin's Journal September 1st [1916] My 27th birthday. On Wednesday last [yesterday], spend morning digging away the snow from...
Margot Morrell
- Aug 31, 2020
The Yelcho
A Chilean tugboat built in Scotland in 1906, the Yelcho was an unlikely savior. The ship was completely unsuited to her mission in...
Margot Morrell
- Aug 31, 2020
"SAFE IN SHIP"
August 31, 1916, Dr. Macklin's Journal SAFE IN SHIP
Margot Morrell
- Aug 31, 2020
Orde-Lees' Account of the Rescue
August 30, 1916, Orde-Lees' Journal Shortly after the last boat had left the shore and was well on its way to the ship, I was seen...
Margot Morrell
- Aug 30, 2020
"Day of Wonders"
August 30, 1916, Frank Hurley's Journal Day of Wonders ... I called Marston's attention to a curious piece of ice on the horizon which...
Margot Morrell
- Aug 30, 2020
The Situation is Dire on Elephant Island
August 29, 1916, Orde-Lees' Journal A fine sunrise, clear and cold, gave promise of a fine day hopes of which were later on fulfilled. In...
Margot Morrell
- Aug 6, 2020
Have you had your fill of Covid-craziness?
Me too. That got me thinking about how the guys on Elephant Island were coping with uncertainty while waiting for Shackleton to return...
Margot Morrell
- Jul 1, 2020
The Ice
Until I saw this photograph at the Scott Polar Institute in the early 1990s, it had never crossed my mind that Shackleton and his team...
Margot Morrell
- Jul 1, 2020
Re-reading Shackleton's Way
If Shackleton's expeditions ultimately were all disappointments to him for failing short of their goals, he made plenty of grand...
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
From the files...
Conversation between Dr. Macklin and Shackleton biographer, James Fisher, Aberdeen, March 1956 James Fisher: "What is emerging so very...
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......
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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
