"For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton."
So wrote famed explorer Sir Edmund Hillary about Ernest Shackleton, who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic in the early 1900s. Shackleton's most infamous adventure came when his ship, the Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and he led all his men to safety after over 600 harrowing days.
Are the days of Shackleton's heroics long gone? Not so, says Harvard historian Nancy Koehn.
"This is not the stock of an imperial heroic age that was wiped out in the carnage of the Great War," said Koehn. She joined Boston Public Radio to discuss which lessons of Shackleton's are transferrable to leaders today—especially those vying to become the next president of the United States.
To hear more from Nancy Koehn, tune in to the audio link above. If you have your own suggestions for leadership tips for the 2016 presidential candidates, leave them below.
