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Linkage is a global organizational development company that specializes in leadership development. We provide clients around the globe with integrated solutions that include strategic consulting services, customized leadership development and training experiences, tailored assessment services, and benchmark research. Linkage s mission is to connect high performing leaders and organizations to the futures they want to create. With a relentless commitment to learning, Linkage offers conferences, learning summits, open-enrollment workshops, and distance learning programs on leading-edge topics in leadership, management, human resources, and organizational development. More than 200, 000 leaders and managers have attended Linkage programs since 1988.
Linkage is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with operations in Atlanta, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and outside the U. S. in Athens, Brussels, Bucharest, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo.
Linkage, Inc. is based in Burlington, MA, USA
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From succession planning to on-the-job training, Linkage high-impact programs and services produce business results. Linkage's Full Leadership Systems offer:
- Leading-edge consulting that provides strategic guidance
- Comprehensive assessment tools and effective coaching for the development of high-performing individuals and teams
- Results-based learning programs that provide critical skill development
- Top-ranked, leadership events, several of which have 10 or more years running
- Leading-edge consulting that provides strategic guidance
- Comprehensive assessment tools and effective coaching for the development of high-performing individuals and teams
- Results-based learning programs that provide critical skill development
- Top-ranked, leadership events, several of which have 10 or more years running
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Driving Innovation
: Only one in ten companies is able to maintain an above-average rate of growth for more than a few years. And with economic conditions shifting rapidly, organizations are further challenged to find new ways to compete in todaya s global economy. The key lies in successful product, service, and process innovation in the core business and in new markets. In this cutting-edge program, use practical tools and real-life case studies to learn a predictable and repeatable process for driving growth through innovation. This program will be facilitated by select Linkage faculty.
Driving Innovation Train-The-Trainer Program
: In todaya s competitive environment, an overwhelming 90% of U. S.-based companies cana t maintain a level of growth that satisfies their shareholders. Listening to their customers, keeping an eye on competitors, and investing in research and development is not enough to sustain long-term success. Participants of the Driving Innovation: Train-The-Trainer Program will become certified to deliver Driving Innovation. This program will equip you to use proven processes and tools for propelling your organization ahead of the pack quickly and successfully.
Leading Organizational Transition Train-The-Trainer Program
: Even with a solid change strategy in place, plans are abandoned, implementation is delayed or employee resistance is unexpectedly high. Proper management of the human side of change
is the critical missing link in change initiatives. In exclusive partnership with William Bridges & Associates, Linkage offers the highly-acclaimed Three-Phase Transition Model to address the human side of change. William Bridgesa model has stood the more...
: Even with a solid change strategy in place, plans are abandoned, implementation is delayed or employee resistance is unexpectedly high. Proper management of the human side of change
is the critical missing link in change initiatives. In exclusive partnership with William Bridges & Associates, Linkage offers the highly-acclaimed Three-Phase Transition Model to address the human side of change. William Bridgesa model has stood the more...Strategic Thinking
: More than ever, todaya s leaders require the ability to execute tactically, as well as work and think strategically. The key lies not just in individual skills, but also in the ability to engage others in an ongoing strategic process. Come to this program to discover your capabilities as a strategic thinker, gain an understanding of the key components of strategic thinking, and apply practical tools to a case study.
Systems Thinking
: To be effective as a leader today, making connections between seemingly separate, unconnected events, factors, and processes is imperative. In this highly interactive program, we help you
understand and simplify these complex, dynamic business problems so that you can deal with them at the root of the cause. By using a variety of approaches and tools, including a classic simulation (The Beer Game), you experience and master the principles of systems thinking.
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
: Linkage is proud to bring you this practical one-day program featuring coaching guru, Marshall Goldsmith a world authority in helping successful leaders get even better. Hear from Marshall
Goldsmith about how to unlock the keys to your professional success and use proven tools and processes to identify limiting behavioral habits. Reap the added benefit by working to
improve yourself as a leader of naturally encouraging others around you to do the same.
Mentoring
: Linkage is proud to bring you this practical one-day program featuring coaching guru, Marshall Goldsmith a world authority in helping successful leaders get even better. Hear from Marshall
Goldsmith about how to unlock the keys to your professional success and use proven tools and processes to identify limiting behavioral habits. Reap the added benefit by working to
improve yourself as a leader of naturally encouraging others around you to do the same.Develop a Sustainable Mentoring System
: Mentoring can reduce unwanted turnover, guide new employees, ease leadership transitions, and accelerate the development of high potentials to improve business results. In this program, learn the latest best practices for building, developing, and sustaining a reliable, broad-impact mentoring system that delivers results for both individuals and organizations.
ChangeChange Management
Change Leadership How Leaders Drive Organizational Change
: In this program, learn how to apply critical change leadership concepts and tools, including Linkagea ™s Blueprint For Changea to a real-life change initiative.
Linkages Change Master Certification Program
: This Certification program teaches you to implement Linkagea ™s Agenda for Change, a toolsbased approach that unifies groups, creates excitement, and is aimed at flawless implementation.
This approach will successfully integrate with current change initiatives that your organization may be undertaking including Lean and Six Sigma. After completion of this program, you
will be certified to use the Agenda for Change to guide your organizationa ™s change initiatives.
: This Certification program teaches you to implement Linkagea ™s Agenda for Change, a toolsbased approach that unifies groups, creates excitement, and is aimed at flawless implementation.
This approach will successfully integrate with current change initiatives that your organization may be undertaking including Lean and Six Sigma. After completion of this program, you
will be certified to use the Agenda for Change to guide your organizationa ™s change initiatives.Online Change Leadership
: Linkagea ™s Interactive On-line Session of Change Leadership helps managers and leaders understand what it takes to lead change. It provides critical change leadership concepts and practices, a rock-solid change process, and smart tools designed to prevent common derailers and realize the benefits of real change. Discussions, activities, assessments, and application to participantsa ™ own real-world changes help embed the learning and ensure skill development.
This special online offering is comprised of six live online facilitated sessions including pre- and post-work a led more...
CoachingCoaching at all levels
Advanced Coaching Certificate featuring the Coaching Skills Lab
: Attend the Coaching Skills Lab, a two-day program led by Linkage Master Coaches focused on exercises and skill-practice to further improve and deepen your coaching competencies.
Coaching individual contributors
Coaching for Business Leaders
: Coaching is the most effective technique a manager can employ to enhance individual and team performance. In the current economic environment, managers are challenged to get the best from each and every individual. This program is specifically designed to train business directors and front-line managers on how to coach their direct reports and teams to high levels of performance to achieve critical business objectives.
In this practical hands-on program, every participant will be guided through a proven process to develop a customized coaching plan for each individual on their team. Learn how to a kick it up a notcha and accelerate the pace of performance development through coaching.
Coaching Leaders
The Coaching Leaders Certificate Program
: Who should attend:
Internal HR/ OD and LD professionals and business coaches who want to learn proven strategies to coach leaders and high potential contributors.
Benefits & outcomes:
- Achieve client objectives to systematically develop and retain top talent
- Share best practices and network with other coaches
- Walk away with an assessment of your own skills
- Join the ranks of hundreds of certified Linkage coaching professionals
Program curriculum:
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Getting Things Done-1-day programGetting Things Done
: Who should attend:
Internal HR/ OD and LD professionals and business coaches who want to learn proven strategies to coach leaders and high potential contributors.
Benefits & outcomes:
- Achieve client objectives to systematically develop and retain top talent
- Share best practices and network with other coaches
- Walk away with an assessment of your own skills
- Join the ranks of hundreds of certified Linkage coaching professionals
Program curriculum:
- Getting Things Done Train-The-Trainer Program
: This three-day Train-The-Trainer Program offers corporate trainers a unique opportunity to become certified and licensed to teach the one-day workshop, Getting Things Done : A Path
to Personal Productivity, to their internal clients. The curriculum is structured to provide an indepth review of the five phases of the Mastering Workflow model developed by David Allen. Participants will receive a comprehensive toolkit of resources to master the content and enable successful delivery of workshops.
Getting Things Done A Path to Personal Productivity
: Is your work managing you or are you managing your work? Would you like to feel more in control of your professional and personal responsibilities? Trying to organize daily information can be a daunting task--projects and priorities get off track, deadlines are missed, and days are spent dealing with the overload and interruptions rather than getting work done. This energetic program teaches you a proven thought process that you can immediately apply to the current work at hand allowing you to increase your personal productivity.
HR/ODHR as a strategic partner
: Is your work managing you or are you managing your work? Would you like to feel more in control of your professional and personal responsibilities? Trying to organize daily information can be a daunting task--projects and priorities get off track, deadlines are missed, and days are spent dealing with the overload and interruptions rather than getting work done. This energetic program teaches you a proven thought process that you can immediately apply to the current work at hand allowing you to increase your personal productivity.Bottom-Line OD-A Certificate Program for Improving ROI
: Offered in exclusive partnership with Merrill C. Anderson
This program is facilitated by Dr. Merrill Anderson, who certifies OD and HR professionals in the critical concepts of ROI as an essential element of the change process. Learn how to build a business case for change, conduct ROI evaluations, and demonstrate the business value of your people and change initiatives.
Consulting Skills
: Every day, consulting extends throughout organizations on an informal and formal basis. In its more challenging manifestation, consulting requires the ability to build a trusted relationship and provide advisory services to others. Through this program, learn how to consult effectively from experienced consulting professionals who have developed a process to construct, contract, engage, and measure consulting relationships from concept to measurable results.
Organizational Culture and Change
: Offered in exclusive partnership with Denison Consulting
Organizations today experience change in faster cycles than ever before. Major transitions such as mergers and acquisitions, turnaround situations, and organizational restructuring place pressure on strategy and performance. To deliver business results through periods of change and transition, competent change agents need access to tested and reliable measurement tools. This program, featuring The Denison Organizational Culture Surveya , will help you expand your capabilities to meet the challenge of driving bottom-line performance metrics such as sales growth, return on more...
The Od Lab for Experienced Practitioners
: Offered in exclusive partnership with Geoff Bellman
Influence and credibility are essential for the experienced consultant striving to make a strategic organizational impact. In this collaborative learning environment, you will share best practices and discuss real business cases to analyze the effectiveness of your own approach. You will also gain practical insights, based on the work of Geoff Bellman, on the core competencies needed to drive the consulting process.
Today's HR-Designs for Strategic Partnerships
: CEOs want a proactive HR department that operates at the strategic rather than tactical level. As businesses become more complex and leaders are forced to rise to the occasion during times of uncertainty and change, it is vital that HR does the same. Some HR organizations have gone through the process of fundamentally re-purposing what they do and why they exist, but little has been shared on which design option will most effectively achieve strategic goals.
In this program, participants will examine case studies on how HR departments have transformed and redesigned their resources by employing business and OD skills to become a true business partner. The correct redesign can move HR from the end of the business process chain to its rightful position as a strategic leader.
Leadership DevelopmentLeadership Development Systems
Designing and Implementing Leadership Development Systems
: When it comes to developing the leaders within your organization, the stakes are high and the potential payoff is enormous. Through our hands-on approach, learn how to design and implement the critical elements of a leadership development system that integrates career planning, fast track development programs for high potentials and succession management.
Organizational DevelopmentIntro to Organizational Development
: When it comes to developing the leaders within your organization, the stakes are high and the potential payoff is enormous. Through our hands-on approach, learn how to design and implement the critical elements of a leadership development system that integrates career planning, fast track development programs for high potentials and succession management.Introduction to Organizational Development
: To compete in todaya s marketplace, organizations must design and implement the structures, processes and systems that will allow their people to flourisha and that will spur change and growth. In this program, receive an introduction to the discipline of organizational development, a simple yet effective lens to help you properly view organizational change and learn how to apply a core OD process to diagnose issues and build momentum for change.
Organizational Development
: To compete in todaya s marketplace, organizations must design and implement the structures, processes and systems that will allow their people to flourisha and that will spur change and growth. In this program, receive an introduction to the discipline of organizational development, a simple yet effective lens to help you properly view organizational change and learn how to apply a core OD process to diagnose issues and build momentum for change.Organizational Analysis and Design
: The design of an organization can impact everything, from proper work flow to ultimate success at the bottom line. Participants in this program will learn the dynamics, processes, and challenges inherent in analyzing and designing an organization to achieve business results. Explore a systematic approach for guiding an organizational design effort from problem identification, to design recommendations and planning the transformation.
Talent ManagementSuccession Planning
: The design of an organization can impact everything, from proper work flow to ultimate success at the bottom line. Participants in this program will learn the dynamics, processes, and challenges inherent in analyzing and designing an organization to achieve business results. Explore a systematic approach for guiding an organizational design effort from problem identification, to design recommendations and planning the transformation.Best Practices in Succession Management
: Succession management is the critical determinant of success and marketplace longevity for organizations. Too often, however, such planning is left to the last moment. Bring your own real-life succession challenges and work with William Rothwell, a noted thought leader who has consulted with more than thirty multinational corporations. Leverage Linkage experts, best practice succession organizations, and other participants to learn high-impact methods and tools that will enable you to close the critical gaps in your succession planning.
: Succession management is the critical determinant of success and marketplace longevity for organizations. Too often, however, such planning is left to the last moment. Bring your own real-life succession challenges and work with William Rothwell, a noted thought leader who has consulted with more than thirty multinational corporations. Leverage Linkage experts, best practice succession organizations, and other participants to learn high-impact methods and tools that will enable you to close the critical gaps in your succession planning.Designing and Implementing Succession Management Systems
: Do you have a handle on the depth of your organizationa s current talent pool? In todaya s business environment, companies must examine future leadership requirements, assess current capabilities, and determine the steps necessary to close identified gaps. Through this hands-on program, learn about critical decision points and a step-by-step approach to designing and implementing an effective succession management system.
Succession-Are you Ready
: Economists predict that the crest of a wave of simultaneous retirements in 2011 will result in a global demographic crisis. Marshall Goldsmitha s latest book, Succession: Are You Ready? addresses this timely, critical issue from the perspective of the outgoing executive and the future executive.
Most organizations struggle with the simple concept of succession planning because it is not tied to performance metrics. During the first half of the workshop, participants work with Linkage CEO, more...
Talent Management
Strategies to Win Talent War
: Talent management is becoming the key strategic priority and challenge of leaders who are committed to execution, collaboration, and high performance. In this dynamic two-day
workshop, prepare to face that challenge through Linkagea s groundbreaking Talent Diamond methodology which explores acquisition, development, retention, and placement.
: Talent management is becoming the key strategic priority and challenge of leaders who are committed to execution, collaboration, and high performance. In this dynamic two-day
workshop, prepare to face that challenge through Linkagea s groundbreaking Talent Diamond methodology which explores acquisition, development, retention, and placement.| Head Office | Training and Seminar Locations |
