Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton - Six Characteristics of High-Performance Teams

Why were the American POWs imprisoned at the "Hanoi Hilton” so resilient in captivity and so successful in their subsequent careers? This book presents six principles practiced within the POW organisational culture that can be used to develop high-performance teams everywhere. It offers examples from both the POWs' time in captivity and their later professional lives that identify, in real-life situations, the characteristics necessary for sustainable, high-performance teamwork.

About the author

Peter Fretwell is the general manager of The Classical Network, based in New Jersey. During his MBA studies in strategic leadership, he became convinced the lessons the POWs brought home could benefit other organizations and spent more than seven years researching the topic. He lives in Robbinsville, NJ. Taylor Baldwin Kiland, a former naval officer, is a management consultant with a large technology and strategy consulting firm and lives in Alexandria, Virginia. She is the author or coauthor of three books, including Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Fretwell, Taylor B Kiland, Taylor Baldwin Kiland, Estate Of Jack London, James B Stockdale
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2013
• EAN: 9781612512174
• ISBN: 978-1-61251-217-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 208 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 281 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management