Tag: Hanoi Hilton

Former POW Shares 8 Leadership Lessons for Today’s Managers

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 5, 2014 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jun 5, 2014

In Leading with Honor: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton, Ellis shares what he learned about leadership from his time as a POW. It’s a powerful read, as Ellis relays stories from his days in the Hanoi Hilton and how the leadership demonstrated by his fellow prisoners often meant the difference between life and death. […]

Former POW Shares 8 Leadership Lessons for Today’s Managers

By Dan Oswald May 30, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jun 5, 2014

On November 7, 1967, 1st Lieutenant Lee Ellis was shot down over North Vietnam. He would spend the next 5-plus years as a POW. Not only did he survive the North Vietnamese prison camps but he also remained in the military after his release, finally retiring as a colonel. And his combat decorations include two […]