Ernest Shackleton: The Heroic Age Of Antarctic Exploration

“Leadership is a power and value laden relationship between leaders and followers/constituents who intend real changes that reflect their mutual, purposes and goals.” – ARG (Gini’s class, January 20, 2017).
We often confused authority with leadership; they differ because leadership is earned by how one leads, but authority is fear and respect, not earned (Gini’s class, January 20, 2017). Leadership is about inspiring others, empowering them, leading the way. Authority is directing commands, coercing people into following one’s rule/plan, followers are fearful but their respect was not earned. Ernest Shackleton was one of the polar explorers, who went looking for a shortcut to fame and fortune by setting records during an era known as, the “Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.” He set out with 28 men to the South Pole with the goal as the first people to be able to walk across Antarctica. It was dangerous and reckless; they were putting their lives on the line for an adventure that they may or may not live through. SS General Reinhard Heydrich was a high-ranking official in the German Nazi party in WWII. He was a leader to a group of men to a plan known as, “The Final Solution,”
All of led to a fight between McNeish and Shackleton, “Angry, exhausted, and plagues by foot pain, the carpenter openly challenged Shackleton’s authority, contending that his duty to follow the leader’s orders had officially ended with the sinking of the Endurance” (Koehn, 2010, pg. 15). When the crew members rebelled, he asserted his power, reminding them that he was in charge and they will follow his orders without further complaints. Once everything would cool down, he gave everyone an incentive to follow him by paying them for everyday that they were on the expedition until rescued. Shackleton befriended the rebels, putting the phrase “keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer” into