Attendees of the recent Wholesalers Association of the North East Executive Leadership Conference in Annapolis, Md., were treated to a riveting capstone presentation by retired U.S. Naval Commander Kirk Lippold.
Lippold, who commanded the U.S.S. Cole, presented his five pillars of leadership to the assembled audience at the Loews Annapolis Hotel through his vivid recollection of the fateful Oct. 12, 2000, day when al-Qaeda detonated a bomb alongside the U.S.S. Cole in the port of Adan in Yemen.