Shackletons Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer

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Shackleton 's Way : Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer

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Shackleton 's Way : Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer

There are several books lining the shelves today which purport to teach techniques related to corporate leadership . In these challenging economic times there are many diverse schools of thought about how leaders can persevere in the face of great adversity . Shackleton 's Way Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer chronicles the extraordinary true story of Sir Ernest

Shackleton 's and his team who from 1914-1916 led an exploration of the South Pole which was at the time a yet unmapped and unknown wasteland . The team by way of the ship known as endurance crashed into the packed ice and became trapped with the crew still inside drifting twelve thousand miles from civilization After the shipped was crushed open by the ice 10 months later the crew were freed and pulled lifeboats for five months before they reacted open sea . Afterwards they reached a small island known as Elephant Island where most of the men decided to remain . Sir Ernest however led a small team on a three week sea voyage back to their starting co-ordinates . 800 miles later they reached a South Georgian island . After reaching the island they endured further hardships by surviving a near impossible walk . They crossed several miles of impassable terrain to finally reach civilization . Upon reaching there , Sir Shackleton immediately returned to rescue...