Shackleton's Five Practices Of Exemplary Leadership

There are many theories for the lost colony of Roanoke, but no one knows where they went or what they did.Many have wondered but this is what i learned.

Merriam Webster dictionary defines a “hero” as a person admired for achievements and noble qualities. Dictionary.com states that a “hero” is a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character. Benny Bernstein considers a “hero” to be a powerful figure who is respected and makes decisions not only for his benefit but also for others. According to all three definitions, Sir Ernest Shackleton, was most definitely a hero.

“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it”. Have you ever experience conflict with yourself not wanting to do something but doing it anyways, against someone else or even against nature? This essay will explain the different kinds of conflict in order of: Person versus self, person versus self and person versus nature.

Jacques Cartier was born on December 31, 1941 in St Malo, France. In Cartier’s early life his father and uncle’s were probably sailors and they taught him how to sail. People now and days believed that when Cartier was a young man he sailed out into the Atlantic ocean to get fish on a daily basis.

Henry Hudson was hired to find a shorter route to Asia from Europe through the Arctic Ocean. After twice being turned back by ice, Hudson embarked on a third voyage–this time on behalf of the Dutch East India Company–in 1609. This time, he chose to continue east by a more southern route, drawn by reports of a possible area across the North American continent to the Pacific. They determined it was not the path they sought once they made their voyage there.Hudson spent months drifting through the vast Hudson Bay and eventually fell victim to a mutiny by his crew. Hired by England for even MORE money, Hudson’s discoveries laid the groundwork for Dutch colonization of the Hudson River region, as well as English land claims in Canada. Hudson continued

“There is only one duty, try to be right and do not fear to say or do what is right”. This is a quote from Winston Churchill according to Frasier. What powerful words they are. Not only do these words show that Churchill was brave as a visionary leader, but this also shows that he was just as ethical as a leader, and I will show that his actions, decisions and behaviors during his time were just as equally important to his leadership capabilities.

“Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, who made three expeditions to the continent, most famously in 1914 on the Endurance” (Sir Ernest Shackleton). The ‘founder’ of the Shackleton family was Abraham Shackleton. Abraham was a profound Quaker born in Kildare County, Ireland. The Shackleton family originated in the English country of the Yorkshire and consisted of pure Anglo-Irish blood.

Did you know that Hernan Cortes had a huge impact to the world? Hernan Cortes was born in 1485 in the kingdom of Castile in the city of Medellin. His profession is being a conquistador, which means soldiers and explorers of the Spanish Empire or the Portuguese Empire in a general sense. His most historical contribution is leading a exhibition that caused the fall of the Aztec empire. And lastly, the world would be different without him.

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." -Thomas Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson Quotes) Prior to Thomas Jefferson holding leadership positions in the United States government, there was a lack of great leadership skills, and a need for independence in the 13 American colonies. He helped write the Declaration of Independence and was also the third president of the United States, as well as the founder of the University of Virginia, a farmer, scientist, architect, inventor, historian, philosopher, plantation owner and patron of education and the arts.

Responsibility and Justice leave people accountable for their actions and leave them with consequences that result from their actions. In the novel Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, the book talks about Krakauer’s journey up Mount Everest and what he encountered on the way up. He had many responsibilities, as did the other guides and clients. Their first priority was to be safe and complete the hike up the mountain. Although not everyone was able to make it to the top, the people that did receive justice in the end. Krakauer was responsible for his journal entries and keeping himself and others on task throughout the journey. When plans did not go as expected, he was left with the responsibility and the effects of what happened. The group's responsibilities show through their journey, and justice is received in the completion of the treacherous task.

Christopher Columbus is well known throughout America, so known there is a special holiday one a year on the second monday in October. He’s known for finding America and doing many good deeds for America’s evolution. When people explain why this holiday is celebrated, others are told a great man with the name of Christopher Columbus, discovered America. He traveled from Spain to find Asia, specifically India. What people don’t know is he enslaved many people ripping them from their homes without choice. This is a side of the history some people may not know.

It was during the 1400's when the face of exploration would change forever by one man.This infamous individual is Christopher Columbus. Known as the best darn sailor to ever live, his determination and hard working soul has shaped the world we have today. However, while many are taught that Columbus was a hero or an aristocrat, that is not actually accurate. To be historically correct, Christopher Columbus brought death and horror to the Americas. He slaughtered, tortured, and stole from the natives that lived there. Nevertheless, many still admire him for founding the New World and taking the first steps to creating the world we have today.

Richard Evelyn Byrd was born in Virginia on October 25, 1888. He was born into a very successful family with his father a lawyer and his brother became a United States Senator. Byrd was often described as an intense person who wanted to distinguish himself through his actions. At the age of 11, Byrd traveled to the Philippines to visit a relative alone. Byrd's fascination with the polar regions was accomplished when he commanded an aviation detachment in 1924 during an expedition to Western Greenland. After several unsuccessful attempts to fly over the North Pole with the Navy, Byrd raised funds to embark on a private mission in 1926. Byrd was racing another explorer Roald Amundsen for the honor of being the first to fly over the poles. Byrd's

The men and crew of the Endurance were a strange picking out of hundreds, if you ask me. A motley crew of twenty-seven men, a wide mix of artisans, scientists, and seamen. Their leader, Sir Ernest Shackleton, was the only man keeping them from death. It isn’t flattery when people say that without The Boss, it is very possible that not all of the men would have made it back to England alive. The lack of casualties is astounding. The Irishman was an explorer at heart, a man whose soul seemed to be bound to the Antarctic. A stern looking man, he was well known for betraying his appearances and being kind-hearted and modest, putting the lives of his men before his own. This is evident with Shackleton’s rigged pulling of straws, that granted sleeping bags to the seamen, rather than

This paper serves as a reflection of the approaches, and theories reviewed as curriculum over the last 10 weeks as a student in the PPPA 8111: Leadership and Organizational Change graduate class at Walden University, and how each approach or theory relates to the author’s personal leadership style. The paper begins with a description of the author’s personal leadership style, in her own words, without reference to the materials in the curriculum. Next will be a determination of which approach or theory most resembles that of the author, which approach or theory covered in the texts that the author would most like to adopt, including