2. The Worldwide Leader in Leadership Development.Linkage works
with organizations worldwide to keep and strengthen leaders
andleadership teams to enable them to produce superior results. For
over 25 years,we have delivered on this promise by strategically
developing leadership, talent,and culture within organizations
globally. We do this by providing talent andleadership development
consulting, customized leadership programs, tailoredassessment and
coaching services, learning institutes, thought leader
broadcasts,and leadership skills training.Linkage is headquartered
in Burlington, Massachusetts with operations in Atlanta,Boston, New
York, San Francisco, St. Louis and outside the U.S. in
Athens,Bangalore, Brussels, Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Hamilton, Hong
Kong, Istanbul,Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Mexico
City, Rome, Sao Paulo, Seoul,Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Vilnius.
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21st Century Thinking. Broad Experience. Founded in 1988 Senior
consultants and coaches who have deep business experience Connected
to the worlds prominent thought leaders One of the best renowned
names in the industry for leadership development Product
development and design capabilities to customize client solutions
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Global Capabilities. Locations Spanning 6
Continents.VilniusBrusselsBucharestAtlanta, Boston,IstanbulNew
York, SanRome SeoulFrancisco, St. LouisAthens Singapore, Kuala
Lumpur, Shanghai, Hong KongHamilton Mexico City Kuwait
CityBangalore Sao Paulo Buenos Aires Johannesburg SydneyCopyright
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Leaders. Better Results.At Linkage, we provide our clients with
practical approaches that make positivechange a real part of
day-to-day business. We bring together ideas and resourcesfrom
across the world to help your people improve as leaders and
managers. Noother company can bring you such a range of proven
solutions.Linkage is a global organization made up of the best
ideas and brightestminds in professional developmentfocused on
making people andcompanies great.Copyright Linkage. All rights
reserved. www.linkageinc.com 6 6. Strategic Partners William
Bridges & Associates (Change and Transition
Management)Linkageis the exclusive partner and provider of William
Bridges world-renownedprogram, Leading Organizational Transition:
Train-the-Trainer Program Stephen Shapiro (Innovation)Linkage, in
exclusive partnership with StephenM. Shapiro, author of Best
Practices are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate theCompetition,
offers Creating an Innovation-Capable Organization Innosight
(Innovation)Linkage is the exclusive provider of Driving
Innovation,in partnership with Innosight, a consulting company
founded by ClaytonChristensen from Harvard Business School DePaul
University (Academic)Linkage offers The Organization
DevelopmentCertificate Program in cooperation with DePaul
University in Chicago Copyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
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Development.Ranked #1 Best Leadership Development Program,
2006-2011Category: Large Consulting Groups 1. Linkage GILD 2.
Results-Based Leadership 3. Accenture 4. Senn-Delaney Leadership 5.
McKinsey/ LeadershipRanked as a Top 20 Training Company for three
consecutive years byTraining Industry based on: Thought leadership
and influence on leadership training industry Industry recognition
and innovation Delivery methods offered Strength of clients
Geographic reach Experience in serving the marketCopyright Linkage.
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Proven. Practical.Global experience24 offices worldwide, 20+ years
in the industry; Fortune1000 client list; experienced and
knowledgeable talentLarge scope of impactmore than 500,000 leaders
and managers haveattended a Linkage program since 1988Proven
content and methodologiesdevelopment of mid-level up
throughexecutive leaders is our core business. Facilitation
techniques, thought leadercontent, and adult learning principles
that workMulti-faceted approachdedicated to creating world-class,
integrated andcustomized development experiences that include
assessments, coaching, actionlearning, and readily applicable
toolsContent alliancespartner network of the best thought leaders
in the worldProven track recordcontinual innovation in our
programs, services, andsolutions Copyright Linkage. All rights
reserved. www.linkageinc.com 9 9. Partial Client List by
IndustryBusiness Services Health Care
ManufacturingTechnologyRetailErnst & YoungAllergan British
American Tobacco ABBAT&TFederal ExpressBlue Cross Blue
ShieldBAE SystemsCoca ColaCisco SystemsJeppesen Sanderson CIGNA
Cooper TireColgate PalmoliveComputer SciencesShawmut Design and
Genentech Daimler Chrysler EfesCorporationConstructionJohnson &
Johnson McKessonFord Motor Company DellKraft Foods PfizerGeneral
Motors HPEnergy & UtilitiesKellogg Roche Diagnostics
GlaxoSmithKlineIBMAlstomMacys Solvay
PharmaceuticalsHarley-DavidsonIntel Mark Anthony GroupExxon Mobil
SanofiHyundai Motor GroupLucent Technologies McDonaldsGeneral
Electric Schering-Plough John Deere MotorolaNestl SC
JohnsonLindePepsiFinancial ServicesNokia Wyeth Corporation Lockheed
MartinTetra PakAllstate InsuranceSamsung PetronasSonyAmerican
Express Travel & LeisureSamsung ElectronicsMentor GraphicsARC
FinancialAvis Budget Group SolvayTelia SoneraBank of
ChinaOrbitzToyotaXilinxCharles Schwab Priceline UnileverCitizens
BankWyndham Worldwide US SteelHSBCMayBankMorgan StanleyNew York
LifePrudentialVisa International Copyright Linkage. All rights
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Linkage. All rights reserved. www.linkageinc.com 11 11. Linkage
Offerings 12. Developing Leaders Worldwide Copyright Linkage. All
rights reserved. www.linkageinc.com 13 13. Organizational
Development ConsultingLinkage works with organizations to ensure
that their talent is capable of achievingstrategic business
objectives. We partner with senior leaders, HR, and
talentexecutives to determine the competencies needed to achieve
goals; assess thecurrent work force proficiency against those
competencies; and design customizedsolutions to develop the right
talent to achieve the desired results. Linkagessystems approach to
performance excellence includes: building tools andprocesses to
drive measurable improvements in performance, generatingcommitment
to foster engagement, and working with teams to increaseperformance
and cross functional collaboration.We offer consulting services in
the following areas: Organizational performance effectiveness
Competency modeling Talent auditing Succession planning Talent
development strategy Change management consulting Copyright
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Leadership Development SolutionsLinkage creates and delivers
customized, innovative, and dynamic experiencesthat are
thought-provoking and transformative. Our customized
leadershipdevelopment solutions combine leadership and assessment
tools with applicablecontent and master facilitators to deliver an
in-depth business experience thatgenerates positive, lasting, and
measurable results.We help clients: Build individual and
organizational bench strength Accelerate senior, emerging, and
high-potential leadership growth Drive growth through innovation
and talent Create and sustain an inclusive learning culture for
greater results Copyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
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SolutionsExpertise & Flexibility in Design and
ImplementationLearning Modalities: Individual and 360-degree
Assessment Professional Coaching Peer Coaching Residential Programs
Action Learning Application E-Learning Performance SupportCopyright
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Leadership Development SolutionsThe Linkage Leadership Academy *
Four-day immersion learning experience Designed to prepare
high-potentials for next-generation leadership Integration of:
Assessments World class facilitation Experiential activities (case
studies, activities, simulations, role plays, etc.) Skill-building
Reflection and application Guided coaching Networking*Offered as
open enrollment or customized on-site workshopCopyright Linkage.
All rights reserved. www.linkageinc.com 17 17. Assessment
SolutionsLinkage equips leaders, teams, and organizations with
insights to achievebreakthrough business results. Our assessment
tools, in combination with world-class coaching, facilitation, and
leadership development experiences help youachieve bottom line
results. By providing specific, actionable, and measurementbased
feedback, we give you the tools to address all aspects of
leadership andorganization development. Our combination of
analytical rigor backed by anunderstanding of real world strategic
imperatives provides a productive ground inwhich assessments are a
cornerstone to building a capable, committed, andaligned
workforce.We help clients: Understand and accelerate development of
top talent Identify, assess, and on-board C-level leaders and
directors Build leadership teams and leadership team effectiveness
Steer large scale technology or process changes Understand the
strengths and weaknesses of leadership development systems Explore
and improve engagement throughout departments and divisions
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Return on Leadership Development (ROLD) AssessmentThe Return on
Leadership Development (ROLD) assessment is designed to
helpcompanies evaluate their future leadership development needs,
as well as theimpact on business results of any existing formal and
informal leadershipdevelopment needs.Key benefits: Ensures that
development initiatives are closely tied to strategic objectives
Assesses leadership needs and gaps, and uncovers ways to address
them Measures the impact that development efforts are having on
bottom lineresults Diagnoses talent pipeline requirements and
creates a leadership developmentsystem that will meet and exceed
these needs Benchmarks leadership development practices against
other leadingorganizations Copyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
www.linkageinc.com 19 19. Assessment Instruments Linkage Assessment
Solutions offers comprehensive services to measure, drive, and
evaluate your organizations needs. Our proven instruments
include:The HiPlay The Leadership Assessment REAL Strength of
LeadershipTeam Assessment Instrument (LAI)EngagementOrganizational
Assessment The Essential CoachThe Assessment
InstrumentCommunication Styles & AbilitiesThe Compleat for
Managers (AIM) Inventory for Leaders (C-SAIL) Consultant Models
CommitmentEmpowers Practices OthersInquiryBuildsPartnerships
CommunicatesTHE Champions CandidlyESSENTIALLearningCOACH
EstablishesFostersPresenceChange Maximizes Pursues Growth Results
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Leadership Coaching SolutionsLinkage works with leaders at all
levels of the organization to drive personalbehavioral change
against the backdrop of the business strategy. We help
leadersdevelop their talent and culture to achieve key business
objectives. We also coachteams to be able to execute key
organizational initiatives. Our Master Coachesoffer powerful
insights to help individuals clarify their vision and focus, so
they canproduce greater results with and through others.We help
clients: Develop current and next-generation leaders Increase
individual and team productivity and leadership Nurture and retain
top talent Increase employee satisfaction and financial
performanceCopyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
www.linkageinc.com 21 21. Change and Transition SolutionsOur
consultants have a proven track record helping organizations from
around theworld improve their change management success rates and
lower their cost ofimplementation. We work with your leaders to
clarify the business case forchange, effectively communicate key
messages about the change, and identify thecritical variables for
success. Linkage has helped clients save millions of
dollars,develop new business ideas, and improve the functioning of
their organization andteams.We help clients: Establish leaders who
serve as a visible anchor for others in times of change Direct or
resolve team breakdowns resulting from change Communicate the need
for change, making the connection to criticalorganizational
objectives Develop behaviors to adapt to constant and sometimes
turbulent change Recognize and remedy barriers to the
implementation of change Copyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
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organizations to identify and change areas to support
innovationcreating a roadmap of actions to close the gap between
where your leaders are todayand where your leaders need to be in
the future. Our approach identifies marketopportunities and
generates innovative ideas to take advantage of them. Through
ourpartnerships with leading innovation consultants, Linkage helps
organizations sustainthe capability to innovate and out-innovate
the competition. Using our easy-to-applytools and techniques, your
leaders and leadership teams can implement innovationprocesses that
increase the speed of innovation with less risk.We help clients:
Develop leaders that drive innovation Find new innovation
opportunities for growth and exploit potential new markets
Out-innovate your competition Create operational excellence through
innovation Exceed customer expectations Re-engage employees to
drive necessary change Copyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
www.linkageinc.com 23 23. The Linkage Suite of InstitutesAs the
nations most respected diversity program, our InstituteNow in its
16th year, The Global Institute for Leadershipfor Leading Diversity
& Inclusion plays a critical role inDevelopment (GILD) is a
leadership development programcreating and sustaining inclusive
work environments. The that combines the depth of an immersion
learning workshop, theprogram brings together a dedicated community
of top D&I reliability and prestige of a university executive
educationpractitioners and line leaders to exchange best practices
andprogram, and the pace and scale of a world-class conference
tostrategies for success.provide accelerated, transformational
leadership growth.www.linkageinc.com/DIV www.linkageinc.com/GILD
Linkages Talent & Organization Development InstituteThe Women
in Leadership Institute is a high impact, immersive develops the
practitioners capacity to manage complexity andlearning experience
designed to accelerate the succession and drive results in order to
maximize their organizationsdevelopment of high-potential emerging
women leaders through effectiveness and the talent
within.skills-based learning, peer connection, and focused ongoing
www.linkageinc.com/ODsupport. The event boasts more than 5,500
alumni and hundredsof world-renowned
speakers.www.linkageinc.com/WIL Copyright Linkage. All rights
reserved. www.linkageinc.com 24 24. Facilitation & Training
SolutionsLinkages training offerings include:1. Skill-Building
Programs Targeted training to develop critical skills and
abilities2. Certificate Programs Integrated courses of study for
professional development such as: The Organization Development
Certificate Program The Leadership Development Certificate Program
The Coaching Leaders Certification Program3. Train-The-Trainer
Programs Courses that certify your facilitators to deliver our
programs including: The Leading Organizational Transition:
Train-the-Trainer Program Offered in exclusive partnership with
William Bridges & Associates Copyright Linkage. All rights
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Programs*On-site workshopsLeadership & management development
Change & transitionAchieving Results: Winning Through Alignment
Creating an Innovation-Capablemanagementand Flawless Execution
OrganizationChange Leadership: HowCoaching for Business
LeadersDesigning and Implementing Leadership Leaders Drive
Organizational Development Systems ChangeDecisive Leadership: Using
Creativity,Experimentation and Data in Decision MakingDesigning and
Implementing Succession Leading Organizational Management
SystemsTransition: Train- The-TrainerEnhancing Your Management
Skills ProgramHow Leaders Connect: Crafting and Delivering
Strategic ThinkingImpactful PresentationsSystems Thinking
Organization developmentIndividual Transition in Organizations The
Coaching Leaders Certification Program Becoming a Strategic
BusinessLeadership Assessment Instrument (LAI)Partner: An
Introduction to ODCertification ProgramThe Leadership Development
Certificate Program Consulting SkillsLeading Teams Organizational
Analysis andLeading Across Organizational Boundaries:DesignFinding
Common GroundVirtual & blended learning solutions The
Organization DevelopmentLinkages Change Master Certification
ProgramChange Leadership OnlineCertificate ProgramManaging
Organizational Transition Connecting as a Leader: Communicating The
OD Lab for ExperiencedMaximizing Your Influence: A Program for
ImpactPractitionersDesigned for Women Leadership Assessment
Instrument (LAI) Todays HR: Designs forPowerful Conversations for
BuildingOnline Certification ProgramStrategic
PartnershipsCommitment Management Skills OnlineThe Linkage
Leadership Academy*All programs can be customized and most include
licensable content. Copyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
www.linkageinc.com 26 26. Facilitation & Training
SolutionsResults-focused, hands-on learning solutions Customized
learning programs that provide crucial skill development for
betterbusiness results Practical Train-the-Trainer programs
tailored and facilitated by master trainers Extensive library of
curricula that includes skill-based certificate programs
andleading-edge workshops Copyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
www.linkageinc.com 27 27. Thought Leader BroadcastsEach broadcast
in Linkages Thought Leader Series features world-class faculty and
invaluableleadership insight aligned to Linkages High Impact
Leadership Model to help maximize yourROI and the practical
application of learning back on the job.2012 broadcasts Walter
Isaacson on Timeless Leadership: Leadership Lessons from Steve
Jobs, AlbertEinstein and Benjamin Franklin September 18, 2012 Eric
Olson on Teambuilding and Leadership in the 21st Century October
10, 2012 Mark Samuel on Unleash the Power of an Accountable
Organization November 14, 2012 Sylvia Hewlett on Top Talent: How to
Reengage and Reenergize your Workforce December 13, 2012On-demand
broadcasts (over 80 broadcasts available) Dan Heath on How to
Change when Change is Hard Malcolm Gladwell on Why People are
Successful John Kotter on Leading Change Benazir Bhutto on
DiversityCopyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
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(library)Dr. WarrenPhilKenMadeleineBennisHarkins
BlanchardAlbrightWorlds foremostCEO and founder Management expert;
Former USauthority onof Linkage; author, author, The
OneSecretaryleadershipIn Search ofMinute Manager of
StateLeadershipGen. Thomas Meg Marcus MalcolmKolditz
WheatleyBuckingham GladwellFormer Head ofAuthor, LeadershipAuthor,
Go Put Author,Leadership at Westand the New Science Your Strengths
OutliersPoint; author, In to WorkExtremis LeadershipTom PetersDavid
Doris Kearns BillThe ur-guru ofGoodwinAllenGeorgemanagement as
Pulitzer Prize-Author, GettingFormer CEOlabeled by Fortune; winning
author;Things Doneof MedtronicBest-selling
author,world-renownedRe-ImaginehistorianThomasHowardPatrickStevenFriedmanSchultz
Lencioni ShapiroChairman and Author, BestAuthor, The
Best-sellingCEO of Starbucks Practices areWorld Is Flat author of
The Five Stupid; ExclusiveDysfunctions Linkage Partnerof a
TeamCharlene Li MarshallRobert E.Author, OpenGoldsmith Knowling,
Jr.Leadership: How Author, What GotChairman, EaglesSocial
Technology You Here WontLanding PartnersCan Transform the Get You
ThereWay You Lead Copyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
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Measurement Copyright Linkage. All rights reserved.
www.linkageinc.com 30 30. About LinkageLinkage works with leaders
and leadership teams worldwide to build organizations thatproduce
superior results. For over 25 years, we have delivered on this
promise bystrategically aligning leadership, talent, and culture
within organizations globally. We dothis by providing strategic
consulting on leadership development and talentmanagement topics
and through our learning institutes, skill-building
workshops,tailored assessment services, and executive
coaching.Linkage is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with
operations in Atlanta,Boston, New York, San Francisco, St. Louis
and outside the U.S. in Athens, Bangalore,Brussels, Bucharest,
Buenos Aires, Hamilton, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg,Kuala
Lumpur, Kuwait City, Mexico City, Rome, Sao Paulo, Seoul,
Shanghai,Singapore, Sydney, Vilnius.Linkage200 Wheeler
RoadBurlington, MA
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