Managing to Make a Difference: How to Engage, Retain, and Develop Talent for Maximum Performance About the Author Larry Sternberg is a Talent Plus Fellow and on the Board of Directors. He has designed and conducted training programs on a variety of topics for thousands of executives and managers and has served as a facilitator for numerous organizations to articulate their mission, vision and values. His areas of expertise include selection, training and development, employee engagement, empowerment, self-directed work teams, strength management and leading change.Kim Turnage has spent her career figuring out where people naturally excel and connecting them with opportunities to stretch those talents. A natural teacher and coach, she works as a senior leadership consultant with Talent Plus, helping global client partners with the selection, development, retention and succession planning of top leadership talent.