Leadership lessons from the great antarctic explorer

"Be consistent in words and deeds - avoid 'roller-coaster' behavior - control your own peaks and valleys." Shackleton's Way workshop

In the 1950s, Dr. Macklin described how Shackleton handled the crisis when a summer storm left Endurance trapped in a floating sea of...

"Don't dwell on a problem, acknowledge that there is an issue and look for a solution. Discuss the challenge with employees and empower...

March 10, 1915 / Orde-Lees' Journal The temperature has gone up to +11 and it feels so warm that we are all enjoying ourselves in the...

A couple of weeks ago, during a long-overdue organizing project, I realized I haven't read Shackleton's Way since 2004. So in the coming...

In the winter of 1998, I was sitting at my desk at Fidelity Investments when the phone rang. The caller was Stephanie Capparell, an...

OTD in 1909, Shackleton was 33 miles from his waiting ship in the Ross Sea. When he set out to reach the South Pole in November, he left...

"Know your audience - anticipate their needs and knowledge and how your message will impact them. Be sure you are delivering the right...

"Send Thank you emails / newsletters." Take-away from Shackleton's Way leadership program

"He led, he did not drive." G. Vibert Douglas, geologist, Quest

"Think of yourself as a role-model." Take-away from a Shackleton's Way leadership program

"Model a positive and cheerful attitude - even during stressful times of change." Take-away from a Shackleton's Way leadership program

OTD in 1922, Sir Ernest Shackleton died at the age of 47 of a massive heart attack. The day before, he and his crew had arrived at South...

"Had a great football game on floe." Worsley's Journal, December 20, 1914 Leadership Lesson: Do your part to help create an upbeat...

Why would anyone use an obscure Antarctic explorer as a leadership model? Let me give you four reasons... 1 / How often do you find a...

Hurley's Journal, December 7, 1914 "Numerous tabular bergs observed, and sight the cloud-shrouded and snow-mantled peaks of the Sandwich...

Worsley's Journal, November 15, 1914 Light airs Low misty clouds floating in from seaward obscured mountains then turned to drizzling...

12-5-14 We have been ready to leave South Georgia for the last week but Sir Ernest has been waiting for the arrival of a steamer - the...

On December 5, 1914, after a month at South Georgia, waiting for the pack ice to break up, Endurance finally sailed for Antarctica. To...