Saturday 21st of September- Leadership

Good day everyone

Yesterday we watched Shakelton, a story about a great leader who set out on a British Imperial Trans Arctic Expedition from 1914-1916. It was remarkable even for an era and region that already has far more than its fair share of incredible tales of heroism and fortitude in the face of appalling hardships.
The intention was to cross the Antarctic continent from one coast to the other via the South Pole. In the event, the expedition never set foot on continental Antarctica. The expedition managed to survive the loss of their ship in the middle of the Antarctic pack ice at a time when there was no chance of contacting the outside world, let alone of being rescued.  
http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Ernest%20Shackleton_Trans-Antarctic_expedition.htm

This movie showcases Shackletons great leadership skills and how he died doing something he strongly believed in. He made a promise that he would make it through his trip with all 28 of his crew surviving no matter what happened. He went through drastic measure to insure this, such as making one of the crew men kill his favorite pet cat, ensuring they had food supplies at all times e.g when they were running low on stock they ate the dogs they went with. He also tried to ensure that they were warm at all times by constantly offering his team warm beverages. Even though they set out with the Endurance ship, there was a time he had to make the decision to leave the ship behind as they were now in danger. Shackelton I feel was the true definition of a leader as he never gave up in what he believed in and lead his team in such a way that even when things got tough he gave them hope that they would all survive and make it.

"MEN WANTED: FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS, CONSTANT DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOUR AND RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS.

- SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON"

Till tomorrow

Tarisai xx