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Top 10 Companies for Leaders

Fortune asked the top ten companies to share their best practices for developing leaders in a global economy.

Infosys Technologies
10. Infosys Technologies
Bangalore, India

Revenue1: $2.2 billion
No. of employees: 76,000
CEO: Kris Gopalakrishnan

Empower Young Employees. At Indian information-technology powerhouse Infosys, the average age of an employee is 26. But senior executives, who were looking to young up-and-comers for feedback and new ideas, grew frustrated when they realized that many of those recruits were keeping their opinions to themselves. In response, top management inaugurated a program called Voice of Youth, which gathers together a group of top-performing twentysomethings and gives them a seat on the company's management council. There's no holding back at that point: Members of all ages are expected to "debate, discuss, and critique" any and all aspects of the business.

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12006 revenue in U.S. dollars.
Sources: Hewitt Associates and The RBL Group

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