There is 1 aspect of the military model that bears special mention, and that is preparing personnel for the next level of leadership before they assume the role, using a talent development based framework. As a result of this process, the military always has a talent pool ready to assume formal leader roles as they become vacant. This is not the usual case for nursing. In the acute care setting, for example, there is little attention paid to developing the leadership capacity of bedside staff nurses until they move into either a charge nurse or NM position, often leaving units without the bench strength needed to assume leadership responsibilities when the identified charge nurse or manager is absent. Failing to develop and nurture the leadership potential in all nurses, regardless of their ‘‘occupational specialty’’ to borrow the military designationVis a waste of human capital the profession and industry can no longer afford.