FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Linkage Continues Global Expansion. Opens New Office in Western Europe

BURLINGTON, MA (March 15, 2006) - Linkage, Inc., the organizational development company specializing in leadership development, officially handed over today the leadership of its European operations to long time partner, Pieter Allers.

Linkage-headquartered in Burlington, MA-has regional offices in Brussels, London, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and San Francisco.

The Linkage European office is operating under the Linkage Western Europe brand. Based in Brussels, Belgium, the reach of the Linkage Western Europe practice will primarily expand to countries such as Luxemburg, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, and The Netherlands.

Pieter Allers who has served as a director of the European practice of Linkage, Inc. for the past six years will head Linkage Western Europe. In that tenure, Pieter led the design and the implementation of management development and consulting assignments throughout major corporations in Europe.

"We are confident that this new entrepreneurial partnership will renew the passion, commitment and focus needed to serve these large and promising EU markets." says Phil Harkins, CEO of Linkage, Inc.

Pieter's main focus has been-and will remain-helping organizations organize work effectively to deliver results successfully, via the use of a full array of proven solutions developed from the latest research from the fields of OD, HR, and leadership development.

This recent event comes to reinforce the global focus that Linkage, Inc. has set for itself earlier last year with the grand opening of Linkage Asia-quickly followed by the creation of Linkage Japan, and Linkage Korea. International expansion efforts are continuing on, and the company is looking to welcoming additional international partners from several other areas of the globe in the near future.

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.