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Personnel Cabinet Leadership Institute

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Leadership Lessons Wellness Welcome!

Leadership Exercise

Review ³Personnel Cabinet¶s

Leadership definition / leadershipqualities

Lessons from Leaders: Shackleton

The History of Leadership ± Regent

University New website!

Coming in May! LeadershipCommunications / Intro to Mentoring

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Lessons from Great Leaders:Leadership Lessons from Ernest Shackleton

Personnel Cabinet

Leadership Institute April 14, 2009

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Everyone has an Antarctic«what¶syours?

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Leadership Lessons

Ernest Shackleton ± failed only at the

improbable, he succeeded at the

unimaginable He has been called ³the greatest leader 

that ever came on God¶s earth, bar none,

yet he never led a group larger than 27´

Who is he?

I love the fight and when things (are) easy, I hate it  ~ Ernest Shackleton

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He failed to reach the South Pole in 1902 whenhe was part of a three-man Farthest South teamon the Discovery expedition with explorer Captain Robert F. Scott. But the men turned

back only after walking their scurvy-ravagedbodies to within 463 miles of the Pole

1910, as Commander of the expedition aboardthe Nimrod , Shackleton was forced to stop 97

miles short of the Pole, but only after realizing itwould be certain death by starvation had histeam continued

But it was in 1914«

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As soon as he knew that the ship was frozen,

he figured out that the goal was no longer to

walk across the continent of Antarctica. The

new goal was to survive. He was able to seethat and keep that clearly in focus.

Despite many defining Shackleton as a failure in

expedition pursuits, years later, he was seen as

one who could achieve the impossible

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New goal was now clearly in focus

It was his ability to revise and reset his objectives as thecontext changed. He was able to give up his long-sought-after goal of reaching the pole and focus on

building a foundation of  ± Camaraderie

 ± Loyalty

 ± Responsibility

 ± Determination « and above all

 ± Optimism «

New goal that ultimately lead him to achieving somethingfar more greater than reaching the pole!

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Cultivate a sense of compassion and responsibility for others. You have a bigger impact on the lives of thoseunder you than you can imagine.

Find a way to turn setbacks and failures to your advantage. This would be a good time to step forward onyour own.

Learn from past mistakes ± yours and those made by

others. Sometimes the best teachers are the bad bossesand the negative experiences.

Never insist on reaching a goal at any cost. It must beachieved at a reasonable expense, without unduehardship for your staff.

Shackleton¶s Way of Developing Leadership

Skills

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Create a work environment comfortable enough to enticeprofessionals to spend the greater part of their wakinghours there. Allow for some personal preferences.

Match the person to the position. Be observant of thetypes of people who are working for your and what jobsmight best suit their personalities as well as their experience.

Give consistent feedback on performance. Most workersfeel they don¶t get nearly enough words of praise andencouragement.

Be tolerant. Know each employee¶s strengths andweaknesses, and set reasonable expectations.

Shackleton¶s Way of Developing 

Individual Talent

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When crisis strikes, immediately address your staff. Takecharge of the situation, offer a plan of action, ask for support,and show absolute confidence in a positive outcome.

Plan several options in detail. Get a grasp of the possibleconsequences of each, always keeping your eye on the bigpicture.

Defuse tension. In high-stress situations use humor to putpeople at ease, and keep your staff busy.

Let go of the past. Don¶t waste time or energy regretting pastmistakes or fretting over what you can¶t change.

Be patient. Sometimes the best course of action is to donothing but watch and wait.

Shackleton¶s Way of Getting the Group

Through a Crisis

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What are your team goals?

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Visit Leadership Institute Site:

https://extranet.personnel.ky.gov/leadershipinstitute.htm

R eference Additional Shackleton R esources ± including handouts

R egent University: Leadership Studies

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Next Month: Leadership

Communications & Introduction toMentoring

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Resources

Alexander, Caroline. T he E ndurance: Shackleton¶s Legendary Antarctic Ex  pedition. New

York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

Heacox, Kim. Shackleton: T he Antarctic Challenge. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic

Society, 1999.

Krakauer, Jon. Into T hin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. E verest Disaster . New York:

Villard, 1997.

Lansing, Alfred. E ndurance: Shackleton¶s Incredible Voyage. New York: Carroll & Graf,

1959.

McCoy, Bowen C. ³The Parable of the Sadhu.´ Harvard Business R eview , September-October 

1983, pp. 103-108.

Morrell, Margot & Capparell, Stephanie. ³Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer.´Penguin Books, 2001.

Pfeffer, Jeffrey. Managing with Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations. Boston:

Harvard Business School Press, 1992.

Price, Eluned. ³American Executives Are Adopting the Polar Explorer Ernest Shackleton as a

Model of Good Management.´ T he Daily T elegraph (London), September 12, 1998,

p.11.

Shackleton¶s Antarctic Adventure (April, 2009) http://main.wgbh.org/imax/shackleton/about.html

Useem, Michael. Class lectures, ³Foundations of Leadership.´ Wharton Executive