Shackleton knew that management was important, but he never let it crowd out leadership. Take another look at your calendar for the next few weeks and consider how you are planning to spend your time. How much will you be managing? How much will you be leading? What should you do differently?

Information: Three practices were essential to Shackleton's success as a leader:

1. He continuously met with himself, assessing, and reassessing his approach to the changing mission.

2. He showed a relentless commitment to his primary objective the team-while being entirely flexible about how to achieve it. return of his

3. He maintained his team's belief in the mission by managing both collective and individual energy.