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The article offers advice on how businesses can retain employees while training and developing leadership programs for promising workers. Topics include how to identify high-potential employees for development, how to retain promising employees while keeping other employees engaged, and how to formulate a fair performance appraisal process. Information is provided on the ways in which organizations can formulate training goals and create talent assessment programs by reviewing an employee's contribution to the business and obtaining input from coworkers.

The article focuses on the importance of diversity in leadership performance and paradigms. Diversity can be viewed in a multitude of contexts, including country affiliation ethnicity, personal history, life experiences, economic growth conditions and social conditions. Meanwhile, the addition of context and language creates a kaleidoscope of humanity with specific needs and motivational approaches that require deep critical thinking from organizational leaders. While it is essential to share knowledge, it is equally important to encourage open discussion in diverse groups, wherein leaders need to be skilled in encouraging conversation rather than debate.

The article discusses the significance of a leadership skill on the success of medical practitioners in the U.S. It suggests that practitioners should put projects ahead of people to produce a chasm between leadership and staff. It is also essential to make sure that everyone understands the ease of use and the strengths and weaknesses of each contender. Moreover, the result of great feedback is a highly motivated and productive team.

The article offers information on improving the work environment of an organization. It is said that a great workplace is the natural result when an organization's leaders believe in and model a particular set of employee-centric values. Good companies encourage their employees to express through art, music, and performance-based activities that can be used strategically to humanize business leaders. Such companies build leadership from within the organization, as well as across departmental boundaries.

The article discusses the significance of building collaboration among teams in any organization. It is said that collaboration is critical, however, business leaders are often clueless as to how to achieve it other than issuing exhortations. The real challenge for the management is to know what makes breakthrough teams effective. Co-author Adrian Gostick of "The Carrot Principle," says that most organizations do a poor job with their teams. The best leaders find candidates known for their technical skills and their ability to work well with others and place them in the right team.

The article presents a letter from the editor of "Communication World" concerning the March 2007 issue. The author discusses her experiences working at a business where the manager attempted to foster fear within his employees as a method of instilling respect. The problem with this strategy is that it creates an unhealthy culture that focuses on public humiliation, the minimization of triumphs, and the scrutinization of mistakes. What the leader should have actually created was trust among the employees, which is the only path to real respect.