Leading at The Edge
Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition
by Dennis N.T. Perkins
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Pub Date Mar 28 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
For the 100th anniversary of the Race to the South Pole, a fresh look at what Shackleton's legendary Antarctic adventure can teach us about true leadership.
Stranded in the frozen Antarctic sea for nearly two years, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team of 27 polar explorers endured extreme temperatures, hazardous ice, dwindling food, and complete isolation. Despite these seemingly insurmountable obstacles, the group remained cohesive, congenial, and mercifully alive—a fact that speaks not just to luck but to an unparalleled feat of leadership.
Drawing on this amazing story, Leading at The Edge demonstrates the importance of a strong leader in times of adversity, uncertainty, and change. The book reveals 10 timeless leadership lessons that show readers how to:
• Instill optimism while staying grounded in reality
• Have the courage to step up to risks worth taking
• Consistently reinforce the team message
• Set a personal example
• Find something to celebrate and something to laugh about
• Never give up
Part adventure tale, part leadership guide, the second edition features additional lessons, new case studies of the strategies in action, tools to uncover and resolve conflicts, and expanded resources. An updated epilogue compares the leadership styles of the famous polar explorers Shackleton, Amundsen, and Scott.
Today’s leaders have much to learn from this gripping account of survival against all odds. Leading at The Edge will help them bring order to chaos—and achieve success in the face of adversity.
Advance Praise
"Perkins is a connoisseur of leadership in circumstances of great peril...This thoughtful work...distills 10 principles from [Shackleton's] survival experiences and offers them as a guide for business leadership at the edge.” —The Sunday New York Times
"Mr. Perkins presents his views on the art of leadership with the candour and conviction of someone who's clearly been there, and his gripping description of the arduous conditions that Shackleton and his comrades endured make Leading at the Edge a real page-tuner. This is a work that should definitely be read by anyone who aspires to assume the mantle of leadership. It's one I believe is destined to be regarded as one of the most important contributions to management literature we've seen in recent years." —National Post (Canada)
"Leading at the Edge demonstrates that executives who want to stretch the bounds of organizational inertia have much to learn from those who have tested the limits of human endurance. In addressing Shackleton's adventure and business leadership, Perkins combines two subjects over which much ink has been spilled in recent years -- and yet he has managed to synthesize that material into a distinctive work filled with remarkable insights." —Book Page
“No, you'll probably never have to deal with a sea of ice swallowing your ship. But when leadership expert Dennis N.T. Perkins details how Sir Ernest Shackleton and crew faced and conquered like situations and translates their solutions into everyday life in Leading at the Edge you'll certainly feel as if you could've survived a journey to the South Pole.” —USA Today
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780814431948 |
| PRICE | $15.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 288 |
