Claim: In any field — business, politics, education, government — those in power should step down after five years.
Reason: The surest path to success for any enterprise is revitalization through new leadership.
The speaker contends that leaders in any field should step down after five years as revitalization through new leadership is a certain path for an enterprise to success. Admittedly, rotation of leaders can bring some benefits to an enterprise in some fields, but in other fields, this may not be the case. Besides, the success of the enterprise could not be assured simply by the rotation of leader. More issues should be taken into account.
The statement is true in some cases. It is known to us all that every American president could be in position for four years before a re-election and presidents could only serve two consecutive terms, which means the maximum presidency term for any American president would be eight years, after which they have to retire and a new president would be chosen. It is also applicable in the business world. Many countries in the world have such a regulation stipulating that chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman, if there is one, could only sit for some certain years. There are several reasons supporting these rules. Firstly, possible centralization and personalization of power could occur if one takes charges for too long a time. Secondly, as the societal and economic situations are continuingly changing, it is reasonable for leadership style to change accordingly, so select a more suitable leader at some period of time is indispensable. In addition, a new leader is often able to bring some new ideas since they have not got stocked in the routine process of work and hence their mind is fresh and more flexible, which might contribute to an enterprise’ success.
However, some problems of rotation could not be ignored. Firstly, it is possible that short-termism would exist so that the leaders only focus on the performance within his tenure, which may lead to long-term benefits being sacrificed. More seriously, the leader may not work hard at all if he thinks he would have to step down willy-nilly. Secondly, changes could lead to instability within the enterprise because, for example, subordinates would need time to get accustom to the new leader’s styles. This would undermine the development of the enterprise.
I agree that leaders should step down after several years, but the mechanism should be carefully designed. Firstly, it is advisable that leaders be selected by the public, or the board of directors, depending on the nature of the enterprise. Selection could to some extent prevent the former leaders from underperforming as he would tend to win people’s trust and stay in position for a longer time. What’s more, it could ensure that a well-equipped and appropriate leader would be chosen to lead the enterprise. Secondly, the term limit should vary from enterprise to enterprise. It may be suitable for government head to step down after four or five years, but in some fields such as schools, this may not be necessary. Also, succession planning should be undertaken in advance to enable a smooth transition.
To sum up, I agree with the statement insofar as leaders should rotate after a period of time. However, I believe that the time could not be determined so arbitrarily and some rules should be in place to ensure the success of the rotation system.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 916, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...o select a more suitable leader at some period of time is indispensable. In addition, a new le...
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Line 9, column 80, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...nsofar as leaders should rotate after a period of time. However, I believe that the time could...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, besides, but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, well, for example, in addition, such as, in some cases, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 29.0 19.5258426966 149% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 34.0 12.4196629213 274% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 20.0 12.9106741573 155% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2730.0 2235.4752809 122% => OK
No of words: 540.0 442.535393258 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05555555556 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82057051367 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91221353172 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 252.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.466666666667 0.4932671777 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 852.3 704.065955056 121% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 65.5948655806 60.3974514979 109% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.0 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.7692307692 23.4991977007 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.19230769231 5.21951772744 119% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.218621742477 0.243740707755 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0668899270838 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.099090548333 0.0758088955206 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.138287440117 0.150359130593 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0807010681832 0.0667264976115 121% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 14.1392134831 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.1639044944 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 123.0 100.480337079 122% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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