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    whist looking back are we able to ask this simple question as we gain an understanding of where we were, as well as where we currently are. "Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance," a case published by The Harvard Business School, provides an opportunity to observe the role Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, an Irish explorer in the Royal Geographic Society, played that led to his vessel and crew stranded in the

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    Was Ernest Shackleton a Good Leader? Ernest Shackleton, a man with heart, vision and a dream. He had all the skill for success; yet never achieve the fame and fortune he desired. Looking over his life, his character and his experiences give us an insight to who he really was. I will show that he had the skills necessary to be consider one of the great leaders of his time. Ernest was known as an explorer and he was honored with Knighthood. He wanted to be the first to reach the South Pole, but R.

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    Review of Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance” Oluwatosin Oladosu MGT 619 – Strategic Management and Leadership March 23, 2017   The case study Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance is an interesting story which has been advantageous to a lot of managers and companies teaching about leadership and management. Shackleton performed different roles which could be related to what is happening today in organizations. He raised

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    Ernest Shackleton: High-Stakes Leadership The topic of this leadership case study is Ernest Shackleton. This paper will identify the development of Shackleton's leadership skills, provide examples and reflections of his abilities, and relate how he played an essential role in one of history's greatest survival stories. This study of Shackleton's leadership is set loosely within the framework of the five practices of exemplary leadership set forth in The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner

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    Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton – A Successful Failure!!! Vinod C Jayanna 660162325 Coleman University Dr. M.Vargas Contents: 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………4 2. Lessons in Leadership ……………………………………………………6 3. Why Sir Ernest Shackleton? ......................................................................12 4. Later Years...……………………………………………………………...14 5. References ………………………………………………………………15 Abstract: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

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    The topic of this leadership case study is Ernest Shackleton. This paper will identify the development of Shackleton's leadership skills, provide examples and reflections of his abilities, and relate how he played an essential role in one of history's greatest survival stories. This study of Shackleton's leadership is set loosely within the framework of the five practices of exemplary leadership set forth in The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner, and will focus on the benefits produced by

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    Does Shackleton display the most important characteristics of a good leader? Sir Ernest Shackleton had all of the most important characteristics of a perfect leader, plus more. He was able to stay motivated, optimistic and very resourceful throughout his entire dangerous, freezing cold, backbreaking, journey across the atlantic ocean. But why should a leader possess these traits? How do they help? The first trait that a good leader should have is motivation. Motivation is what starts the journey

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    could ever receive? Sir Ernest Shackleton was a British explorer who–after failing to reach the Southern Pole first–wanted to be the first to ever accomplish a trans–Antarctic expedition. On October 27th, 1915 Shackleton’s boat–the Endurance–was crushed by the pressure of the melting Antarctic ice; leaving Shackleton and his crew stranded in the Antarctic. On August 30th, 1916 after a treacherous one and a half years of living in the Antarctic and surrounding islands, Shackleton and his crew were rescued

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    Introduction Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Irish-born British explorer who led an unsuccessful trans-Antarctic expedition that nearly cost him and his crew of 27 their lives when his ship, the Endurance, was trapped and eventually crushed by ice. The Endurance party repeatedly faced what were surely going to be fatal situations; yet each time they beat the odds and survived. While their survival may be in some part due to luck or providence, Shackleton’s leadership is widely credited with

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    and is kind. Ernest Shackleton is probably one of the better examples of a leader, he was stuck out in the Arctic for over a year and no one died or killed one of their crew members. It would be unquestionably challenging to be the leader of an expedition that large, you would need to assemble a team that you consider perfect and you need to organize everything. There are multiple great examples from this story for a leader, but I picked the most important in my opinion. Shackleton understood the

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