Week 9, Monday Lecture Outline
- I. Why leadership matters
- II. Shackleton's story
- III. A way to view leadership
- attribution -- component of success
- history -- rich examples
- strategy -- there are correct choices, and these choices can be known
- motivation -- charisma
- English Antarctic explorer
- 1914-1916, voyage of the Endurance
- goal = traverse of Antarctica
- January, 1915 -- ship frozen fast
- October, 1915 -- all hands abandon ship
- 400 miles on foot across pack ice
- 800 miles across sub-Antarctic seas in a 20' open boat
- ascent and descent of a 4500' glacier
- rescue of stranded men
- no loss of life
- Shackleton was a born leader
- courageous
- intelligent
- inspiring and charismatic
- the situation made Shackleton a leader
- choices were lucky
- conditions rewarded his style
- goals were clear
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