Real Leaders: Ernest Shackleton Leads a Harrowing Expedition

In 1915, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship became trapped in
ice, north of Antarctica. For the next two years, he kept his crew
of 27 men alive on a drifting ice cap, then led them in their
escape. How Shackleton did that has become one of the most famous
leadership case studies. In the first episode of a four-part
special series on leadership, HBR Editor in Chief Adi Ignatius and
Harvard Business School professor and historian Nancy Koehn analyze
Shackleton’s leadership during the struggle to survive. They
discover lessons in building a team, learning from bad bosses, and
cultivating empathy.