Shackleton on his second-in-command
Shackleton described Frank Wild, his trusted second-in-command, as his "second self." He was quoting Cicero, "A friend is a second self."...
SHACKLETON'S WAY
Leadership lessons from the great antarctic explorer
Shackleton's Way
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
- Jun 29, 2020
Shackleton's Way
...Shackleton failed only at the improbable; he succeeded at the unimaginable. "I love the fight and when things [are] easy, I hate it,"...
Margot Morrell
- Jun 29, 2020
Shackleton's Way - Choosing a Second in Command.
Orde-Lees Journal... Wild is our second in command and quite the most popular man (save our leader) amongst us. He has rare tact and the...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 23, 2020
Keeping Up Morale in Tough Times
During an interview today, we talked about the contrast of the atmosphere on Endurance to another ship that was also trapped by ice off...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 22, 2020
Margot Morrell
- Apr 22, 2020
Thinking about going to Antarctica?
This video will give you a pretty good idea of what you're apt to encounter along the way...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 21, 2020
Put Your Strengths to Work
How are you doing, my darlings? Are we having fun yet? I don't know about you, but last week, I was deteriorating into frazzled and...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 2, 2020
"Shackleton danced."
Have you seen the film where 'Shackleton dances' to entertain the crew. That's not what happened. Shackleton, Worsley, and "motor-expert"...
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...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 2, 2020
Re-reading Shackleton's Way | Introduction (2)
It's a tale so amazing you'll wonder why the Endurance saga hasn't become a part of every school-age child's reading. Since the...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 2, 2020
Shackleton's Crews
If you'd like to learn more about the lives of Shackleton's crew members, head on over to Scott Polar Research Institute -...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
"It is Shackleton Time!"
I've just figured out how to read reviews of the German edition of Shackleton's Way. A reviewer (see review below) makes an interesting...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
Celebrate!
Shackleton celebrated accomplishments, milestones and holidays. In his account of the crossing of South Georgia, he wrote that he,...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
"He was constantly on the watch for any break in morale..."
In the 1950s, Shackleton's tentmate on the ice, Reginald James, shared his memories of the Boss' leadership strategies... His methods...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
"He never admitted defeat."
There was an Irish strain in him and he was full of imagination. He could see the whole thing accomplished, and he never admitted defeat....
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
"His outstanding frankness..."
Perhaps the most remarkable thing that may at once be said of him is that, unlike most people, there is no underside to his character....
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
"We were in a mess..."
There was nothing in the nature of a set speech. He spoke to us in a group, telling us that he intended to march the party across the...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
"The help and company of our leader might always be relied upon."
“In the long winter months, when the scientists toiled in darkness and cold at their routine tasks outside, the help and company of our...
Margot Morrell
- Apr 1, 2020
"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...
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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
