Linkage Training Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Linkage Training announces the 2006-2007 Thought Leadership Application Labs' first program: Best Practices in Succession Management: Sustainable Talent Management Practices that Drive Business Results

BURLINGTON, MASS. (September 1, 2006) - Linkage, Inc. announces the new 2006-2007 Thought Leadership Application Labs. The first program, Best Practices in Succession Management: Sustainable Talent Management Practices that Drive Business Results, will feature William Rothwell, succession expert and editor of the Linkage's Best Practices in Succession Management book, Andrew Goodman, Linkage EVP of Talent Management, and Phil Harkins, CEO and founder of Linkage.

This program focuses on how to avoid the upheavals caused by critical vacancies in key positions, and compares best-practice succession management case studies to participants' business plans. The program will uncover key trends from Linkage's research and upcoming publications that are influencing the future of succession management and planning. It will explore how to get the right leaders at the top of your organization, how to retain talent as a competitive advantage, and how to implement the correct succession plan for your organization to achieve breakthrough success.

"Participants in the Thought Leadership Application Labs will receive timely access to Linkage's cutting-edge research, advice from expert thought leaders, and implementation wisdom from business leaders who will present their case studies in which they applied leading-edge practices to address their business problems," said Todd Langton, President of Linkage. Pam Brill, SVP of Linkage Learning Solutions adds, "You will also have the opportunity to apply the learning to your real-life business challenges via application exercises and consultative facilitation."

This program is tailored to business leaders and internal OD professionals who work in partnership with business leaders on succession.

The program will take place on December 7-8, 2006 in Chicago, IL. For more information please call 781.402.5555.

William J. Rothwell, Ph.D., recognized globally as an expert on management and succession planning, he served as the National Thought Leader for a 2001 Best Practices study of succession that examined 18 multinational corporations. A Professor of Human Resource Development at Pennsylvania State University, Rothwell's well-known publications include Effective Succession Planning, The Action Learning Guidebook, and The Competency Toolkit, to name a few.

About Linkage, Inc.
Linkage, Inc. is a global organizational development company that specializes in leadership development.

Serving the public and private sectors, the Company provides clients around the globe with customized leadership development and strategic change solutions that include and integrate consulting, training, assessment, coaching, and benchmark research.

With a relentless commitment to learning, Linkage also offers a full range of conferences, institutes, summits, public workshops, and distance learning programs on leading-edge topics in leadership, management, human resource management, and organizational development. More than 100,000 leaders and managers have attended Linkage programs since the Company's founding in 1988.

Linkage is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, with regional offices in Minneapolis, Atlanta, San Francisco, London, Brussels, Tokyo, Singapore and Seoul. On two occasions, Linkage has been named to the Inc. 500, a list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States.