It’s December 2004 Puerto Williams, Chile Where we [me and my crew] are based for the Summer Antarctic Season. I find myself with some freedom from my Chief Mate duties aboard our expedition yacht Pelagic Australis. A story on being prepared. Being prepared is a leadership attribute Picture crystal-clear blue skies, snow-capped mountains, not a breath …
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Oh, you’re in that position? Promoted, given a leadership role or even ‘voluntold’ to take on more responsibility? And in amongst all of that… you’ve inherited ‘the team’? Like it or not, leading an existing team is one of the toughest gigs to deal with as a front-line leader or manager and is far more …
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It’s 2009, and I am on a rig off the coast of Nigeria. A semi-submersible rig, to be precise, which had been around for a very long time. So long in fact, that I was asked to avoid certain areas that weren’t considered safe. Come on; it wasn’t the first time I had worked on …
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