Linkage Overview

Linkage MENA

Inspiring Leaders to Innovate Change

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Linkage Overview

Linkage works with leaders and leadership teams worldwide to build organizations that produce superior results. For over 25 years, we have delivered on this promise by strategically aligning leadership, talent and culture within organizations globally. We do this by providing strategic consulting on leadership development and talent management 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, Buenos Aires, Hamilton, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait City, Mexico City, Rome, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Vilnius.

http://www.linkageinc.com/



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Our History and Capabilities

• Founded in 1988

• 200+ consultants and coaches worldwide

• Connected to world-renowned thought leaders and many top universities (rated by the top financial times ranking). Example Harvard, Stanford, Oxford Universities & others.

• One of the best recognized names in the industry in providing high impact leadership programs

• Unique product development capabilities designed to create customized solutions




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Current Global Partner Representation

Linkage Southern Africa

Linkage MENA/

Northern Africa

Linkage Asia

Linkage Western

Europe

Linkage Greece

Linkage Korea

Linkage Turkey

Linkage Mexico +

Central America

Linkage Australia

+ New Zealand

Linkage Italy

Linkage Bermuda

Linkage India

Linkage Baltics

Linkage USA

Linkage South America




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The High Impact Leadership Model™

• Linkage, in conjunction with Warren Bennis,

developed the High Impact Leadership Model™

(HILM™). Based on a 18 year longitudinal study,

the model identifies the capabilities that

distinguish exceptional leadership.

• The core elements of the HILM™ model include

leadership responsibilities, competencies,

and skills.

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Dr. Warren

Bennis Founding Chairman,

Leadership Institute,

University of

Southern California




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The High Impact Leadership Model™

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Focused Drive Focus

Drive

Perception

Emotional Maturity

Commitment

Empowerment

Innovation

Big Picture Thinking

Process Orientation

Mental Discipline

Emotional Intelligence

Systems Thinking

Trusted Influence

Conceptual Thinking

Leadership Capabilities

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Strategic Thinking

Communication &

Negotiation Coaching &

Mentoring

Leading Change

Problem Solving

Leadership Skills

Trusted Influence Leading Teams

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The Work of Leaders Model™

Effectiveness

Efficiency

Innovation

Productivity

STRATEGY

SYSTEMS

Culture

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. . .with no change in GE’s share price.

19 GE leaders immediately added an astonishing $24.5B of market capitalization to the companies that hired them…




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We Follow The Global “70-20-10 Development Principal”

10 % Training Workshops for Executive Leaders and Middle Management

20 % Coaching and Effective Feedback

Individual or group “Leadership Coaching” for managers

70 % On-the-job Training (special projects, rotation)

Case Studies Simulations Action Learning Project Studies

On-the-Job Training

%70

Coaching and Feedback

%20

Training %10




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Linkage MENA

Linkage MENA emerged from Linkage Inc. and was setup up in Kuwait 2012. Linkage MENA covers the entire GCC and MENA region.

Our aim is to provide Leadership Training, Consultancy & Coaching services tailored to meet the needs of the MENA market.

We inspire people, generate ideas, and provide practical approaches that make positive change a real part of day-to-day business.




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Our Values We value:

• Our clients

• Human potential and one another

• The power of continuous learning and development

• Initiative and reward hard work

• The achievement of goals and breakthrough results

INSPIRING CHANGE IN THE MENA

WITH A LEADERSHIP ADVANTAGE




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Our Target

• Leaders across the MENA region.

• Top Companies in the MENA region.



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Linkage Services & Solutions


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• Leadership Programs

• Leadership Summits

• Leadership Speaker Events

• Leadership Assessment

• Coaching services & programs

• Leadership Thought Series

NOTE: ALL SERVICES ARE CENTRED AROUND DEVELOPING LEADERS

Linkage Services




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Leadership Programs Linkage Training is a trusted resource for delivering action-oriented learning experiences in OD, HR, and leadership development. Our programs are facilitated by experienced consultants using practical tools to help you master specific skills that you can apply immediately.

Linkage’s partners with some of the Top training providers in the world that are ranked in the Financial Times International Ranking. Examples include: Harvard, Stanford, Cambridge, Yale, Oxford, etc.

The hallmark of Linkage Training

• With more than 20 years experience we offer world-class delivery with a hands-on approach

• Our modular programs allow us to customize our programs to your needs. We have public workshops and are able to deliver all of our programs onsite.

• Many of our programs allow you to participate onsite, offsite or virtual

• We also offer a wide range of certification and train-the-trainer program

Our training programs address critical organizational challenges

• Develop high-potential leaders using a business-focused approach

• Drive a culture of performance to optimize organizational capabilities

• Drive behavioral change in alignment with the business strategy

• Manage and drive change at the individual and organizational levels




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Type of Programs Linkage MENA has highly qualified International Trainers. We deliver various types of programs as follows:

In House Leadership Programs: Bringing tailored programs to your footsteps- right to your companies.

Public workshops: Delivering public workshops in reputed 5 star hotels in Kuwait.

International Leadership Programs: Delivering public workshops in top cities across the world.

Programs in top ranked Universities: Delivering programs in TOP universities such as Harvard, Stanford and others.




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Sample of Leadership Programs

For High-Potential leaders:

• The Linkage Leadership Academy

• Linkage Leadership Breakfast Seminar Series

• Strategic Thinking

• Enhancing Your Emotional Intelligence

• High Impact Relationships

• Change Leadership: How Leaders Drive Organizational Change

• Systems Thinking

• Metrics and Measures for Effective Leadership

For HR/OD practitioners:

• The Organizational Development Certificate Program

• The Coaching Leaders Certification Program

• Leading Organizational Transition: Train-The-Trainer Program*

• The Leadership Development Certificate Program

• Introduction to Organizational Development

• Organizational Analysis and Design

• Design and Implement Leadership Development Systems

• Design and Implement Succession Management Systems

*Offered in exclusive partnership with William Bridges and Associates




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The Linkage Leadership Academy accelerates the development of leaders so that they can reach higher levels of success and produce better results for their organizations. This is accomplished by developing essential competencies and skills, introducing new approaches and global best practices, and inspiring personal commitment to leadership development.

The Academy delivers the skills, tools, and strategies to support the accelerated growth and advancement of high-potential and executive potential managers and leaders.

The Linkage Leadership Academy is based on Linkage’s High Impact Leadership Model (HILM). Each day emphasizes a different aspect of leadership:

Leading Oneself

Leading Others (Teams)

Leading Organizations and Maximizing Results

The Linkage Leadership Academy




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Leadership Summits’ Linkage Summits’ or Conferences are annual Training events for transforming employers or Managers into first class Leaders by combining a five day immersion event with a year of ongoing education and support.

Example of some of Linkage’s Leadership Summits include:

• GILD

• Women in Leadership

• Diversity & Inclusion




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Sample of Leadership Summits

In its 16th year, The Global Institute for Leadership Development™ (GILD) is a leadership development program that combines the depth of an

immersion learning workshop, the reliability and prestige of a university executive education program, and the pace and scale of a world-class conference to provide accelerated, transformational leadership growth.

www.linkageinc.com/GILD

The Women in Leadership Institute™ is a high impact, cohesive immersive learning experience with the mission to accelerate the succession and development of high potential emerging women leaders through skills-based learning, peer connection, and focused on-going

support. The event boasts more than 5,500 alumni and hundreds of world–renowned speakers. www.linkageinc.com/WIL



http://www.linkageinc.com/GILD

http://www.linkageinc.com/WIL


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Global Institute for Leadership Development

The Mission: GILD is a multifaceted experience which provides transformational growth in areas proven to distinguish superior leaders. Ranked the #1 leadership development experience in the world by Leadership Excellence for six consecutive years.

The Opportunity:

Transform a team of leaders and deepen leadership resources through: • Measurable, accelerated growth in key areas which distinguish superior leaders • Improved capacity to adapt to change and act on new opportunities or challenges • Sustained development through a personalized plan complemented by executive coaching and peer learning

Developed for: High-potential leaders, successor candidates, strategic leaders (e.g., senior executives, divisional and function heads, vice presidents, general managers) or intact executive teams and strategic project teams

Quotes from past participants: “Our return on investing time and resources at GILD directly links to our business profitability and long-term business strength…GILD has provided us with a powerful platform for operational excellence and visionary strategic planning.” – Myron Stadnyk, President, ARC Resources Limited “[GILD’s] holistic approach to leadership development far surpasses any other options I have experienced in 20 years of organizational development.“ – Rebecca Lynch-Wilmot, Director of Employee Learning & Development, InFocus




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Featured Faculty From GILD 2013

A.G. Lafley Former Chairman

of the Board,

President, and

CEO of Procter &

Gamble

Mike Abrashoff Former Navy

Commander and

author of It’s Your

Ship

Colleen Barrett

President Emeritus

of Southwest

Airlines, co-author of

Lead with LUV: A

Different Way to

Create Real Success

Ken Blanchard

Leadership expert

and author of The

One Minute

Manager, Raving

Fans, and Gung Ho

Gary Hamel Ranked by The Wall

Street Journal as “the

world’s leading expert

on business strategy,”

and best-selling author

Patrick Lencioni

President of The Table

Group and best-selling

author of The Five

Dysfunctions of a Team

and Getting Naked

Marshall

Goldsmith

Renowned executive

coach and ranked

among the top ten

executive educators by

The Wall Street

Journal

Bill Strickland CEO, Manchester

Bidwell Corporation

and a champion for

empowerment of

disadvantaged urban

youth

Bill George Professor at Harvard

Business School, former

CEO of Medtronic and

author of four best-

selling books on

leadership




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Women in Leadership The Mission: Linkage’s Women in Leadership Institute™ is a high impact, cohesive immersive learning experience focused on skills based learning, peer connection, and focused on-going support so that the development of high potential women leaders is accelerated and the speed of succession of women leaders in organizations increases. The Opportunity: • To quickly accelerate the growth and leadership of high potential women leaders • Experience all elements of the Institute: Leadership model and assessment, peer coaching, learning teams, world class speakers, and a year of learning program. • To participate as an in-tact learning team and provide a framework to develop

Women leaders in a safe and comfortable learning environment.

Developed for: High potential women leaders




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Why Attend?

Linkage’s Women in Leadership Institute is a high impact learning experience that accelerates the succession of women in leaders.

Individual Benefits:

• Receive in – depth training on the competencies required to drive results

• Re – energize your passion by learning from world class – keynote faculty and leading practitioners. Expand your professional network and share best practices with peers.

• Receive continuous support and learning through Linkage’s Year of Learning program, which includes a monthly e – newsletter, webinars, on – demand thought leader broadcasts, and access to the Linkage Women’s Network.

• Improve your ability to recognize opportunities to develop other women leaders in your organization..

Organizational Benefits:

• Develop the competencies needed to create, sustain, and drive women leadership initiatives.

• Utilize the Institute as a strategic platform for developing your women leaders by building a network and sharing best practices with other organizations which are also focused on accelerating women leaders.

• Improve business acumen and link women leadership initiatives with organization – wide business goals.

• Recognize and reward your high – potential women leaders with a unique professional development opportunity.




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Faculty

Dr. Brene Brown – On Influencing with Impact

Dr. Sylvia Ann Hewllet – On Creating the Future (Vision)

Sheila Johnson – On Leading Change

Jamil Mahaud – On Conflict Resolution

Roger Nierenberg – On Driving Results

Tan Sri Datuk (Dr.) Raiah Salim – On Strategic Agility

Irma Tyler –Wood – Founding member of Ki Thoughbridge

Rayona Sharpnack – Founder and CEO of the Institute for Women’s Leadership

Nick Craig – Co authored Finding Your True North and founded the Authentic Leadership Institute (ALI)




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Diversity & Inclusion

For over a decade, Linkage has hosted the largest and most critically-acclaimed diversity and inclusion event in the field.

Through our flagship Summit on Leading Diversity, discover ways to create and sustain inclusive work environments that enable organizations to operate more effectively in a global marketplace.




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Diversity & Inclusion What Sets the Institute Apart?

• It’s Tailored to D&I Practitioners and Business-Line Leaders.

• D&I practitioners can’t do it alone. That’s why we offer tracks that will help line leaders and managers build the competencies they need to link D&I to their key business differentiators.

• This unique approach equips them with the skills to become more inclusive leaders who are able to recognize—and then leverage—D&I-related business opportunities.

• It’s Designed to Drive Business Value.

• Deliver a customized learning experience

• It Brings to You World-Class Faculty.

• The Institute offers an unmatched

roster of keynote faculty.




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20 Conversations @ Harvard This seminar is specially designed for C-level executives looking to

achieve breakthrough leadership by making a few paradigm

changes to their thinking and approach.

While participants have extensive experience in leading organizations

and possess a keen level of self awareness and mastery, they want

fresh perspectives and rigorous thinking which will enlighten and

enhance their understanding of the organizational challenges they are facing.

Location: Harvard Faculty Club, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA.

Date: September 29 – October 3, 2014.

Target audience: Tailored for Leaders worldwide

Exchanging Ideas. Expanding Mindsets. Experiencing Breakthroughs.




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Program Outline

The program is designed around 14 years of Linkage research which shows that

most CEO conversations revolve around five main areas of work - Strategy,

Execution, Systems, Growth, and Culture.

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Program Content

Strategy:

• Leading Organizational Strategy: What Works, What Doesn’t?

• Leadership Judgment and Decision Making

• Leading Organizational Strategy: Pearls, Perils and Pitfalls

• Strategic Management of Intellectual Property

Execution:

• Strategies Beyond The Market

• Driving Strategy Into Action

• Execution: The Art of Getting Things Done

• How Great Teams Work

Systems:

• Staying Power

• Leadership and Talent Management Systems: What Really Works

• Managing and Measuring Managerial Organizational Processes

• Performance, Compensation and Incentive Systems That Work

Growth:

• Leadership Requirements for High Growth

Organizations

• How Growth Affects Organizational Identity

• Strategic Marketing for High Growth

Organizations

• Growing Pains : From Entrepreneurial New

Venture to Successful Enterprise

Culture:

• Followership

• The Culture Cycle

• The Right Fight

• Responsible Leadership

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Leadership Speaker Events Linkage is dedicated in making a difference in our events. We represent only top notch speakers renown for their Coaching, eloquence and charm.

Some of our Speakers include:

Ken Blanchard: Renowned speaker, consultant & best selling author.

Warren Bennis: Foremost authority on Leadership

Marshall Goldsmith: Ranked #1 Leadership thinker in the world




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Leadership Assessment Linkage Assessment Services is committed to optimizing talent and improving organizational effectiveness. We work closely with senior leaders to discern relevant data about competencies, skills, behavioral tendencies, team dynamics and other critical components captured by our research-based assessment processes.

Our process focuses on three different groups (Individuals, Teams and Organizations), each with a unique approach to best suit the clients’ needs.

Assessing Leaders Who it helps: Leaders, Leadership Teams, and Managers What it measures: The five key competencies and six critical skills required for high performance leadership What it provides: An incisive profile of a leader’s strengths and areas for development

Assessing Leadership Teams Who it helps: Teams What it measures: The six critical competencies of high-performing teams What it provides: A group profile that captures the team’s performance, process, and results. Recommendations for actions to remove barriers to success

Assessing Organizations Who it helps: Leadership What it measures: Current strength of those in critical positions and bench strength What it provides: A facilitated process that connects mission critical roles to top talent and results in a customized map of the strengths, vulnerabilities, and opportunities of talent across your organization or business unit

“With Linkage, it’s not just about a theory of leadership – It’s also about aligning leaders to the business strategy. That’s why we’ve used Linkage, working at the senior level of the organization, to help us deliver in several key areas of our talent management strategy.” – Senior Vice President of Organizational Development and Learning, Cendant Corporation




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Return on Leadership Development (ROLD)

The Return on Leadership Development assessment is designed to help companies evaluate their future leadership development needs, as well as the impact on business results of any existing formal and informal leadership development efforts or initiatives.

Key benefits:

• Ensures that strategic development initiatives are closely tied to the company’s strategic objectives

• Fully assesses future leadership needs and gaps, and uncover the optimal ways to address them

• Measures the impact that leadership development efforts are having on organization’s bottom line results

• Diagnoses leadership pipeline requirements for the future and creates a leadership development system that will meet and exceed these needs

• Benchmarks leadership development practices against other leading organizations to continue to learn, improve, and excel




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Linkage Assessment Solutions Linkage Assessment Solutions offers comprehensive services to measure, drive, and evaluate your organization. Our proven instruments include:

Practices

Inquiry

Establishe

s Presence

Empowers

Others

Champion

s Learning

Fosters

Change Pursues

Results

Models

Commitment

Communicates

Candidly

THE

ESSENTIAL

COACH

Builds

Partnerships

Maximizes

Growth

The Leadership Assessment Instrument (LAI™)

The Compleat Consultant™

The Essential Coach™ The Hogan Personality Inventory

(HPI)

The HiPlay ™ Team Assessment

Communication Styles & Abilities Inventory for Leaders

(C-SAIL)

Managing Results

and Processes

Building

Capability

Managing the

Organization

Managing

Myself

The Assessment Instrument for Managers

(AIM™)

The Hogan Development Survey

(HDS)




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Strategic Change

• The focus is on using your leaders as the lever to drive change. We provide a defined strategic alignment process, using methods such as workshops or employee engagement events in support of the process so that leaders can:

– Engage the organization in learning and transition around the strategic agenda – mergers and acquisitions, reorganization, etc.

– Mobilize people throughout the ranks in committed support of that agenda – in thought and action

– Drive to real and measurable change – for superior business results




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Coaching for Leaders Linkage provides highly-experienced coaches that provide insight, support and further direction for individual growth and development.

Types of Coaching can be seen below:

• Executive Coaching

• Corporate Coaching

• Coaching for Business Leaders

• Team Coaching

• Essential Coaching Skills

In coaching individuals and teams, our coaches:

• Use the LAI (360˚ Leadership Assessment Instrument™) to stimulate awareness and insights

• Use the C-SAIL to measure three key communication abilities and 10 communication style tendencies

• Use light measurements to verify the behavioral changes and the impact on performance

• Respect the confidentiality of the individual/company

• Focus on boosting awareness of the action




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Linkage’s Thought Leaders Series

Each broadcast in the Thought Leader Series features world-class faculty and invaluable leadership insight carefully aligned to Linkage’s High Impact Leadership Model™ to help maximize your ROI and the practical application of your learning back on the job.

2012 live broadcasts (Spring series)

• Doug Conant on TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments - March 13, 2012

• Stephen Shapiro on How to Out-Innovate the Competition - April 18, 2012 • Robert Knowling on Leading a Successful Organizational Transformation - May 15, 2012 • Linda Hill on The Three Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader – June 28, 2012

On-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 Diversity




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Linkage’s Thought Leaders Series




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Kuwait City Office: +965 22974883

Fax: +965 22498464 www.linkageme.com

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