<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[shackletonsway.com]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leadership program based on Shackleton's Way - Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:30:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.leadershiplives.com/pt/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Who will write the Declaration of Independence?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson thought John Adams should write the first draft, but Adams knew he, like his cousin Sam Adams, was too unpopular. They had both been involved in too many controversies to take the lead on this important task.Roger Sherman was an outstanding lawyer but he was no writer. Robert Livingston, a major landowner on New York, was dithering about declaring independence. Benjamin Franklin was suffering from a painful attack of gout. So, the task of writing the first draft of the...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/who-will-write-the-declaration-of-independence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2c4d13418318a8f7e219db</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:24:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_7d95fcab41094c269582d35623567540~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early draft of the Declaration of Independence]]></title><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/early-draft-of-the-declaration-of-independence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2b4e338d10dcf6288e72bb</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:11:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_043d7830868f4e08a570d8e510f9d857~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Jefferson drafted the Declaration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Working mainly from the 2nd floor of his rented home at 700 Market Street – a quick 6-minute walk from the State House– Jefferson crafted the first draft of the Declaration of Indepen-dence. Jefferson said later, he did not consult "either book or pamphlet." Two years earlier, in response to The Intolerable Acts, Jefferson had written A Summary View of the Rights of British America. Published as a pamphlet, it had established Jefferson's...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/where-jefferson-drafted-the-declaration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2b4c4f418318a8f7df4664</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:05:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_cc6db5f0b79d48b79363bad3a3f59d0d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[250 years ago today]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Committee of Five – Thomas Jefferson (VA), John Adams (MA), Robert Livingston (NY), Roger Sherman (CT) and Benjamin Franklin (PA) – was appointed to draft a statement on why the colonies were seceding from Great Britain. The colonies had to make declaration to be able to appoint diplomats, access foreign ports, and negotiate agreements with foreign states. From the Origins of the American Revolution. The pediment of the Jefferson Memorial - from left, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/250-years-ago-today</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2b4802418318a8f7df3db4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:54:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_e7c45300215346e58766834e29826b7e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mayflower Pilgrims]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I started this project in December 2025, I thought it would take two weeks. Here we are six months later. I don't think I've ever worked harder on one of these projects. Early readers have been universal in saying, "I had no idea..." or words to that effect. Add me to that chorus. Very grateful to Grok (xAI) and Google Gemini for helping me bring this story to life through vivid images that would have been impossible to create until recently. I hope you'll enjoy the story of The...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/the-mayflower-pilgrims</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2b0541948ac681a4fe1dd6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:13:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_3591565b7288428b8eb03f463a1262b3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_832,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power of the Personal Interview]]></title><description><![CDATA["I remember the chaos that reigned on board the ship in the harbour at Buenos Aires &#38; the immediate shaping of things to a definite order as soon as he arrived (He joined the ship in B. A. coming out by liner).  Port authorities were pacified, help was obtained from the Navy of the Argentine &#38; all facilities granted, all as a result of personal interview.  Shackleton was a great believer in the efficacy of personal interview &#38; indeed I think he could persuade anyone to do almost anything if...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/the-power-of-the-personal-interview-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699c6e6613097f60f940dd7e</guid><category><![CDATA[Communicating Effectively]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:37:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_931ebd36322746b782b2b1440ae4e349~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_512,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boat Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[“How they survived I dare not imagine.  Determination and willpower.” Walter How, sailmaker]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/the-boat-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69963b1bf7c9a5cfe203cacb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:25:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_b75f315800924bfa8e6e43399a04edfa~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_674,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting the best from his team]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shackleton in wax by Mme. Tussaud "Of course the thing I liked most about him was that his first thought was for the men under him.  He didn't care if he went without a shirt on his own back so long as the men he was leading had sufficient clothing.  He was a wonderful man that way; you felt that the party mattered more than anything else." Lionel Greenstreet, 1st Officer, Endurance]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/getting-the-best-from-his-team</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698a04173faa9e439bebac0d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:34:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_05ee2af440d44661b4dcf50ac84bcd0c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiring "respect and confidence"]]></title><description><![CDATA[A leader who inspires the "respect and confidence" of his team.]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/inspiring-respect-and-confidence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696e53e197eedde805ea367c</guid><category><![CDATA[Teamwork Strategies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Communicating Effectively]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:59:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_ed9ab94a6fe84015bbb1737e86c9193d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["In the long winter months..."]]></title><description><![CDATA[1908 - 1909 Nimrod  Expedition “In the long winter months, when the scientists toiled in darkness and cold at their routine tasks outside, the help and company of our leader might always be relied upon.  ... Any jest or argument of unusual interest was sure to draw ‘the Boss’ from his cabin. … He was a sociable man and liked company, and was always the life and soul of any group in which he happened to be.” Raymond Priestley, Geologist, Nimrod  Expedition #LeadingbyExample #KeepingUpMorale...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/in-the-long-winter-months</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696bac2f482610fa2894442d</guid><category><![CDATA[Leading By Example]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keeping Up Morale]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:39:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_223e298bf9544267836237ae6f472dd9~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Strained every muscle and nerve to the limit..."]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Southern Party, 1909 aboard Nimrod - Frank Wild, Ernest Shackleton, Eric Marshall, Jameson B. Adams Summing up their attempt to reach the South Pole on Shackleton's 1908 - 1909 Nimrod expedition, Frank Wild wrote in the 1930s, "All through this journey, Shackleton strained every muscle and nerve to the limit as he always did in the twenty years I knew him when strenuous action was called for." #LeadingByExample]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/strained-every-muscle-and-nerve-to-the-limit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6963bc8641b846e43e84432b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:07:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_8560e9e758d34aa2b20c1caded21b817~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_535,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["...a tower of strength"]]></title><description><![CDATA[“He was a tower of strength and endurance, and he never panicked in any emergency. And he was the most generous man I ever came across.” Walter How, sailmaker, Endurance]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/a-tower-of-strength</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695d2349955bbdda690bc078</guid><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leading By Example]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keeping Up Morale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maintaining a Positive Attitude]]></category><category><![CDATA[Communicating Effectively]]></category><category><![CDATA[Endurance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shackleton]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:59:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_751d84ac411d4d8293f65a39fb5a3b89~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maintaining a Positive Attitude]]></title><description><![CDATA[Living on the Ice “Any and every duty is undertaken cheerfully and willingly and no complaint or whining is ever heard no matter what hardships or inconvenience may be encountered. The principal credit of this is due to the tact and leadership of the Head of the Expedition and the cheery happiness and bonhomie of Wild. They both command respect, confidence and affection.” Frank Worsley, Captain, Endurance]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/maintaining-a-positive-attitude</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695bbe4fef35928416af66e2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:36:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_e36e06735ab642bfab576efcafc4514b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_737,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Shackleton's Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[First published January 4, 2001 by Viking. It was a massive amount of hard work. Delighted the lessons from Shackleton's story of leading a team successfully through a grueling ordeal have been an asset to so many people around the world.]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/happy-birthday-shackleton-s-way</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695b1c97db38cd5b6e66c075</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:12:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_82bd5e5ee1ad478ca406f67c81dd46b5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategies for Leaders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Endurance  trapped This is one of Dr. Macklin's wonderful and insightful comments that point to Shackleton's leadership strategies of leading by example and maintaining a positive attitude. In the years following the Endurance expedition, some crew members refused to talk about their experience. In some cases, they couldn't share what they had been through because they saw it as sacred. In one case, the crew member thought it would be bragging to talk about it. In the 1950s, when a crew...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/strategies-for-leaders</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6949a0b05d4b64b89eeb7938</guid><category><![CDATA[Leading By Example]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maintaining a Positive Attitude]]></category><category><![CDATA[Servant Leadership]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shackleton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Endurance]]></category><category><![CDATA[Optimism]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:05:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_36cf7a6a525847f9a9adee95c450fc3b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[1860 Aerial View of Downtown Boston]]></title><description><![CDATA[1860 Aerial View of Boston I came across this 1860 image when I was working on the Sam Adams project. In the lower left corner, you can pick out Old South Meeting House with the steeple and follow the path of the Tea Party patriots along Milk Street, which runs along side the Meeting House, to what was once Griffins wharf where they jumped into rowboats to get out to the three ships, anchored at sea, that were loaded with crates of tea.]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/pathofteapartypatriots</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69442bd49a41d93da04e7ceb</guid><category><![CDATA[American Revolution]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:18:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_bc5559af46614e168539111bbc780080~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_765,h_681,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Noble Train of Artillery]]></title><description><![CDATA[On December 17, 1775 - From Fort George, New York, north of Saratoga, Henry Knox wrote to General Washington, " I have made forty two exceeding strong sleds &#38; have provided eighty yoke of Oxen to drag them as far as Springfield where I shall get fresh Cattle to carry them to Camp.  The rout will be from here to Kinderhook, from thence into Great Barrington, Massachusetts Bay &#38; down to Springfield—There will Scarcely be any possibility of conveying them from here to Albany or Kinderhook but on...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/the-noble-train-of-artillery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694372d3142838fcf0638169</guid><category><![CDATA[American Revolution]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:31:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_515b942a08824e339d4e354d1b4a1dbd~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boston Tea Party]]></title><description><![CDATA[On this day in 1773, patriots in Boston, led by Sam Adams, were organizing the Boston Tea Party. An estimated crowd of 7,000 pressed into Old South Meeting House (the pews are a later addition) and jammed the surrounding streets. The heart of the issue was "no taxation without representation." The provocation was the arrival of the Dartmouth on November 28, the first of three British ships to arrive loaded with crates of tea that would be subject to tax. Custom officials had refused to allow...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/the-boston-tea-party</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6941b5de4d149c1676cf858e</guid><category><![CDATA[American Revolution]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_d4eec757c2de45ee85e485179f2f771e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy 250th Birthday, Jane Austen!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jane Austen's Writing Desk For Jane Austen's 19th birthday, her father gave her this beautiful writing desk that is now in the Treasures Room of the British Library. More images of Jane Austen's writing desk here . I'm grateful to Jane Austen for sparking these photo-essays. Jane Austen 's was the first I did. The story of how beer-baron, Jacob Ruppert, transformed the New York Yankees  was the second. Their stories provided me with a way to use my art history degree to bring history's great...]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/happy-250th-birthday-jane-austen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6941a303031fac87aaa21d51</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:58:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_74997d481e7a469d9863e4cd54c44d57~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_725,h_525,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["His great strength"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dump Camp, shortly after abandoning ship “No one could know Shackleton and work under him without feeling that his great strength lay in the honesty of his selflessness. Men trusted him. He loved to think that men trusted him, and with their trust went affection.” Leonard Hussey, meteorologist, Endurance #LeadingByExample]]></description><link>https://www.leadershiplives.com/post/his-great-strength-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693c511f3fd6b1eb4d066ee0</guid><category><![CDATA[Leading By Example]]></category><category><![CDATA[Teamwork Strategies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Teamwork]]></category><category><![CDATA[Servant Leadership]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shackleton]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:32:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c5575d_13090ec8340444a48a39b3ee9c8f79a6~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Margot Morrell</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>