About Linkage

Why We’re Here

Leaders are the driving force behind your most important asset—your people. At Linkage, we believe that leaders are not born; they are made from their experiences. Everyone, regardless of their role, can continually develop into a more effective leader.

Linkage is a global leadership development firm committed to advancing women and accelerating inclusion in leaders and organizations.

For more than 30 years, Linkage has been changing the face of leadership by impacting organizational effectiveness and equity. Through our work with more than one million leaders, we continue to evolve our unique datasets, insights and innovative products to create comprehensive solutions—empowering top organizations to solve their most pressing talent challenges.

Who We Are

Our Solutions can be packaged and tailored to meet your business and talent goals. We address both individual and organizational capabilities to create tangible and sustainable business outcomes for your people, your culture and your business.

Whether virtual or in-person, our research-based assessments, development, coaching and consulting impact leaders at all levels.

We are changing the face of leadership—one leader, and one organization, at a time. We are Linkage.

Explore Our Solutions

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Signature Solution

Accelerating Purposeful Leadership

Ready successors for key leadership positions

Signature Solution

Advancing Women Leaders

Develop a strategy to attract, retain and advance women leaders

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Signature Solution

Redesigning Inclusion

Engage in a new approach to create and sustain inclusive leaders and organizations.

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Excellence in Training

Linkage has been ranked as a Top 20 Training Company for 14 consecutive years (2008–2022) by Training Industry based on:

Experience in serving the market
Industry recognition and innovation
Thought leadership and influence on the leadership training industry
Strength of clients
Geographic reach
Delivery methods offered

Excellence in Inclusion

Linkage’s Intensive^™ on Leading Inclusively and Inclusive Leadership Assessment^™ was recognized for Excellence in Innovation by Profiles in Diversity Journal^® (2014–2016).

Excellence in Leadership

Linkage’s Global Institute for Leadership Development^® was ranked #1 Leadership Development Program, 2006–2017 by Leadership Excellence.

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Linkage’s Global Institute for Leadership Development^® (GILD)
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Korn/Ferry International
Achieve Global
Center for Creative Leadership

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Upcoming Webinars

Sep 13 2022

Webinar: Getting “Unstuck” and Unlocking Your Leadership Potential | 3 Ways to Coach Your Inner Critic

12:00 PM ET

Women leaders: Now is the time to supercharge your leadership journey and scale the hurdles to advancement to thrive in your career – and in your life. Join Linkage on Tuesday, September 13 at 12:00 PM ET for a free webinar, presented by the Women in Leadership Institute™.

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Upcoming Events

Nov 1 – 4 2022

Women in Leadership Institute 2022

Orlando, Florida, or Virtual

A 4-day immersive learning experience designed to equip women leaders with actionable strategies to overcome the hurdles women often face in the workplace.

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Nov 1 – 4 2022

Executive Sponsor Track – Women in Leadership Institute

Orlando, Florida

The Executive Sponsor Track takes place at the Women in Leadership Institute in Orlando, Florida, November 1–4, 2022. Designed for executives and senior leaders, this track empowers a new generation of sponsors to drive major organizational impact by actively sponsoring women leaders and other underrepresented populations.

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Recent Webinars

Jul 14 2022

Webinar Recording | Building a Diverse Leadership Pipeline for the Future: Best Practices from Lenovo

In this pre-recorded webinar, you will hear from Linkage CEO Jennifer McCollum as she hosts a conversation with Calvin Crosslin, Chief Diversity Officer, Lenovo, and Flavia Moreira, Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion, Lenovo.

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May 19 2022

Webinar Recording | Stopping the Downward Slide: 2 Proven Strategies for Retaining & Promoting Your Women Leaders

In this pre-recorded webinar, join Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage, for an insider’s look at how two Fortune 150 companies with 70,000+ employees each have implemented unique development experiences to change the game for their women leaders and created tangible impact on their promotion and retention rates.

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Apr 20 2022

Webinar Recording | Demystifying Inclusion: How Inclusive Is Your Organization + What to Do Next

In this pre-recorded webinar presented by Linkage, join us for a timely discussion about the future of DE&I in the workforce and learn actionable steps to transform your leaders and organizations.

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Mar 9 2022

Webinar Recording | The Future of YOU Starts Now! How Women Leaders Can Scale the Hurdles to Advancement

In this pre-recorded webinar presented by the Women in Leadership Institute™, you will gain free access to the first installment of the WIL Accelerator Live program and learn how you can set achievable goals and scale the hurdles to advancement in 2022.

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SUCCESS STORIES

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Fast-Tracking Women in Leadership at Loomis Sayles

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Synchrony Ensures Future Success by Advancing Their Women Leaders

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Custom Growth Management Approach Delivers Results for Toyota Financial Services

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Breadth. Depth. Impact.

30+ Years' Experience
1,000,000+ Leaders Accelerated
10+ Countries Represented
7,000+ Organizations Impacted

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Commercial Baking Highlights Linkage Partnership with Dawn Foods to Advance Women Leaders

Linkage’s long-time partnership with client organization Dawn Foods has been highlighted in an article by Liz Goodwin for Commercial Baking.

THE LATEST IN LINKAGE NEWS

March 3, 2022

Linkage Named Among 2022 Top Training Companies™ | Training Industry

October 12, 2021

Linkage Names Carla Harris 2021 Women in Leadership Institute™ “Legends in Leadership” Faculty Member

June 27, 2021

Jen McCollum, CEO of Linkage, appears on My Wakeup Call podcast with Dr. Mark Goulston to discuss the importance of inclusive leadership and advancing women leaders in the workplace

May 18, 2021

Jen McCollum, CEO of Linkage, Appears on The CEO Sessions Podcast | Cultivating Your Leadership Network

March 29, 2021

Linkage Named Among 2021 Top Training Companies™ | Training Industry

March 23, 2021

Jen McCollum, CEO of Linkage, Appears on Plant Yourself Podcast | From Diversity to Belonging: How to Create Workplaces that Work for Everyone

Feb. 17, 2021

Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage, Discusses Seven Hurdles Facing Women Leaders Amid the Pandemic | Financial Executives

Feb. 17, 2021

Training Industry Publishes Launch of Linkage's Newest Signature Solution | Redesigning Inclusion: Superpowers & Symphony

Feb. 17, 2021

Linkage Announces a New Signature Solution in Partnership with Futurist, Oshoke Abalu | Redesigning Inclusion: Superpowers & Symphony

Sept. 21, 2020

Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage and Susie Kelleher, VP of Consulting at Linkage discuss the organizational mission to "Change the Face of Leadership" on VoiceAmerica

Sept. 17, 2020

Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage, Discusses Inclusion in the Workplace with John Baldoni

Sept. 12, 2020

Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage, Discusses Inclusion & Purposeful Leadership on the HR Power Hour

Sept. 1, 2020

Linkage Announces 2020 Recipients of the Women in Leadership Executive Impact Award

Aug 25, 2020

Maria Howard, Chief Revenue Officer at Linkage, Named “2020 Women on the Rise” by Paradigm for Parity

Aug 17, 2020

Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage and Maria Howard, Chief Revenue Officer at Linkage discuss the importance of accelerating Purposeful Leadership, Creating Cultures of Inclusion and Advancing Women Leaders in the workplace on VoiceAmerica

July 12, 2020

What does being an ally look like? Linkage featured in new Wall Street Journal article on creating cultures of inclusion.

June 8, 2020

Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage, Discusses Courageous Leadership | Black Enterprise

June 8, 2020

PODCAST: Linkage CEO, Jennifer McCollum shares the story behind her success & her passion for Advancing Women Leaders. Listen now!

June 1, 2020

Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage highlights the 2020 Virtual Women in Leadership Institute as well as the importance of accelerating Purposeful Leadership, Creating Cultures of Inclusion and Advancing Women Leaders in the workplace on VoiceAmerica

May 28, 2020

Linkage CEO, Jennifer McCollum Quoted in Fast Company | 3 must-have traits for courageous leadership in a post-pandemic workplace

May 8, 2020

Linkage CEO, Jennifer McCollum Quoted in SmartBrief | What it takes to make a virtual presentation great

May 5, 2020

Soledad O’Brien to Keynote at Linkage’s Virtual & In-Person Women in Leadership Institute™ 2020

April 22, 2020

Linkage Announces Groundbreaking Inclusive Organization Analysis | A process designed to equip organizations with critical benchmark data necessary to build inclusive work cultures.

April 16, 2020

The Struggle Is Real | By Mark Hannum & Jennifer McCollum | CTDO Magazine (Chief Talent Development Officer Magazine)

April 15, 2020

Not Sure if You Have a Vision? Ask Yourself These Questions | By Jennifer McCollum, CEO, Linkage | ATD (Association for Talent Development)

April 15, 2020

Linkage's Women in Leadership Institute™ is Now Available 100% Virtually

April 2, 2020

Linkage Named Top 20 Leadership Training Company By Training Industry

March 10, 2020

Linkage Names Alan Mulally 2020 Women in Leadership Institute™ “Legends in Leadership” Faculty Member

March 6, 2020

Linkage Releases Official Statement on COVID-19

February 10, 2020

Linkage Announces Melody Jones as Newest Board Member

February 4, 2020

Linkage Publishes New Research Showing a Direct Correlation Between Inclusion and Effectiveness

February 3, 2020

Linkage Releases Brand-New Research on Intersectionality and the Advancement of Women Leaders

August 27, 2019

Linkage Announces Recipients of 2019 Women in Leadership Executive Impact Award

May 15, 2019

Linkage Awards Global Institute for Leadership Development^® (GILD) Warren Bennis Leadership Award to Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo

April 18, 2019

Linkage Publishes New Research on Advancing Women Leaders

March 11, 2019

Linkage Named to Training Industry 2019 Top 20 Leadership Training Companies List

February 20, 2019

Linkage Names Marshall Goldsmith Inaugural Global Institute for Leadership Development “Legends in Leadership” Faculty Chair

February 2, 2019

Soccer Legend Abby Wambach to Keynote at Linkage’s 20th Annual Women in Leadership Institute (WIL)

June 27, 2018

Jennifer McCollum Named CEO of Linkage

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