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Shackleton’s leadership was defined by dreams and aspirations. Right from his early childhood life, he was inspired by heroism and manhood from the stories he learnt (Helms, Koehn & Mead, 2003). In search for men who would help him in the expedition across Antarctic, he selected them based on merit. From the case study, we see that, together with his friend Hugh Robert Mills classified the people who came into categories; -the mad, the hopeless and possible. From this category he was able to come up with a resourceful and manageable crew that is easy to manage. Shackleton, as a leader was in haste to make change. This made him to him to do anything within his power to achieve his dreams and expectations. Even though he was self-confident, he was pushing things beyond the required limits; – take for instance, after his expedition to the south pole, he still wanted to lead another expedition without considering the source of funds and the means in which he will be using to travel across the Antarctic. He did not factor in the nature of the risk involved since all he wanted to do was to reach there. As a leader, one should anticipate the risk involved in a journey they want to pursue. Putting other people’s lives at risk for the sake of competing with your contemporaries is something illogical (Helms, Koehn & Mead, 2003). The men he took had to spend nights on icebergs after their ship was destroyed by the blocks of icebergs in the sea.

Ernest Shackleton, a young ambitious boy makes his way to the top being that he had a lot of interest in the sea. Ernest meets Cedrick Long staff in 1899; he wanted to lead the expedition that the lieutenant father owned. After a further interaction he gets to be appointed by the NAE in the year 1901 to lead an expedition to the South Pole. He was the patron of the expedition. On the other hand, explorers were also interested in the race to the South Pole. Competition arose, countries wanted to be the first to claim ownership of the South Pole. Exploration industry emerged. They were responsible for providing any relevant information that would aid in the expeditions. In the quest to reach the South Pole, there arose international rivalry since they were complaining for superiority. There were many demerits associated with the expeditions, people lost their life and countries lost money as the expedition were involving and very expensive. The South Pole was reached by the 20th century. The successful expeditions were from Norway. Two years later, Ernest Shackleton pushed forward with the preparation to lead another expedition to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic. He needed a lot of funds in order to reach this point of the world and also a lot of support. He needed $4.4million U.S dollars in present day, but he needed more of it because the trip involved a lot of risks. After thorough preparation they started their journey. During their journey they faced a lot of challenges like shipwrecked by the iceberg, they had to spend cold nights on top of icebergs. It was known as the Endurance expedition with Wild appointed second in command. In mid-February of 1915, a crack was seen on the boat creating 200-yard vein of waterway. After a couple days, their ship got stuck into the ice. Endurance became under attack on October 24, the ship had to be abandoned. After the ship sinking in early November they were alone in the ice. They had to spend into the boats. There forced to sail back after being helped by the voyage in James Caird.
The Geographical society was among the industries that were involved in the expedition. It was founded in London in the year 1830.The industry was responsible for funding expeditions to Africa, Asia, Arctic and Antarctic. The main objective was to accumulate relevant information about the unexplored Earth’s surface
Ernest Shackleton was born in county Kildare in 1874 to an Anglo-Irish father and catholic mother. The parents had dreams from him to be a doctor but his interest was in the sea and English poetry. He drew his inspiration from those books. At the age of 24 years, he managed to attain the rank of full master that allowed him to be in a position to command a commercial vessel. In school he was just a below average student, but in the sea he was much better than even the officers who had been in the sea for so long (Helms, Koehn & Mead, 2003). He was self-confident and this made him to jump into ranks to the top positions. He managed to lead a number of expeditions after being appointed patron in the year 1912. He failed in the mission where he led men when they were in endurance expedition.
Cedrick Long staff: -he was a young lieutenant and the son of Llewellyn Longstaff. Cedrick was the benefactor of the proposed British Antarctic expedition. Cedrick, provided Ernest with introductory letter to his father since the father was a powerful man and Ernest had big dreams to pursue. This helped him to rise above. He was appointed the patron of the expedition to the south pole
Hugh Robert Mill: -he was Ernest friend. Helped in recruitment of men that would accompany them to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition.
James Card-led the voyage that rescued the Endurance survivors
Leadership in crisis is the case study. Ernest was a fine young man who aspired for greatness. He could do what it takes to achieve his goal at the expense of other individuals. After meeting the young lieutenant his journey for success and leadership begun. He led successful expeditions that made him known. When it came to the relationship between a leader and the others, he was best at it because he was being referred to as ‘boss” a term used for addressing the one in power. Ernest made companies lose a lot of money since they were not successful in their last expedition. They lost the boat and the resources that were accompanied by it. In addition to this, his crew also was being affected by the cold. The stakeholder who lost include: – Janet Will, the sole heiress to the tobacco fortune donated funds, Sir James Key also contributed some money. The Polaris, a ship building company also went at a loss since the boat was purchased on credit.
References
Helms, E., Koehn, N. F., & Mead, P. (2003). Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the
Epic Voyage of the Endurance. Harvard Business School Cases, 1.