Chapter 7 Conflict

As we are all aware of...Shackleton is a leader with an extremely sharp mind. One thing that surprised me was when he was choosing his crew for the trip to South Georgia Island. It said in the book how Shackleton chose Vincent and Crean on purpose because they were both known as troublemakers. He was planning to leave Frank Wild a lot less trouble. It's always important for leaders to think about his team members.

Most of all, I look up to Shackleton and his way of handling antagonistic people. Instead of pushing away these antagonistic people, he tries to “maintain close relations” with them (122). I am the complete opposite. Let's say...90% of the time I could tell whether I like that person from their first impressions and I can be quite frank about the whole thing. It's either I like that person or not. To make matters worse, I show it in my attitude. I wouldn't ignore them but I would say “Hi!” and there is nothing more. The conversation stops right there. Moreover, once I start seeing what I don't like, I can only focus on their bad sides or faults. However, this is a wrong reaction because once you act all uncomfortable in front of that particular person he or she will sense that awkward silence. As it is mentioned in the book, this is “detrimental to the organization” or at times when you are working as a whole.