Chicago on May 14th-17th to exchange industry best practices.
BURLINGTON, Mass., April 18 // -- Linkage, Inc., a global leadership and organizational development company, today announced their research study results will be presented to over 500 professionals attending their Best of OD Summit taking place May 14th-17th in Chicago, Illinois.
One of the nation's premier OD events, The Best of OD Summit, has educated over 6,000 global practitioners from business start-ups to Fortune 50 companies, non-profits, NGO's, government agencies, and academia.
One of the hallmarks of each conference is the extensive field research that is presented in support of Linkage's OD High Impact Learning Model. In the Fall of 2006, Linkage invited over 26,000 organizational development, human resource, and leadership development practitioners and leaders from around the world to participate in the Global OD Summit Field Study. The OD High Impact Model highlights the critical skills, key business drivers, and top priorities shaping the mission of practitioners. This year the following elements of the model were updated based on the 2006 research:
-- Key Business Drivers of OD Work
-- Top OD Priorities
-- Top OD Skills
In addition to the research being presented, this year's Summit will feature distinguished keynotes, best-in-class tools, case studies, techniques and skills needed to meet the needs of today's changing and increasingly demanding organizational environment. Full program details can be found at http://www.linkageinc.com/ods.
This year's Summit is co-located and being run concurrently with Leading Organizational Change & Transition Summit (http://www.linkageinc.loct). This event was developed to address the unique and specific challenges that face organizations that are faced with a change initiative.
"By running the Leading Organizational Change & Transition Summit alongside of the Best of OD Summit, we have created a unique opportunity for OD professionals and their colleagues tasked with leading change in organizations", said Todd Langton, President of Linkage, Inc. "Learning openly from other organizations who are sharing their real-world successes, failures, and best practices is an unparalleled opportunity for executives to help improve the impact and potential success rate of their organizational change initiatives."
For more information on either The Best of OD Summit or the Leading Organizational Change & Transition Summit, including a special group discount for organizations that would like to send people to both events, please contact Linkage at http://www.linkageinc.com or by calling 781-402-5555.
About Linkage:
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 integrated solutions that include strategic consulting services, customized on-site training experiences, tailored assessment services, and benchmark research and publications.
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, HR, and OD. More than 100,000 leaders and managers have attended such a Linkage program since the Company's founding in 1988. On two occasions, Linkage has been named to the Inc. 500, a list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States.
Linkage is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. In addition to regional offices in Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Minneapolis, Linkage has offices in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Romania, and Western Europe. More information on Linkage's consulting and training services, research, assessment, publications, summits, and institutes can be found at http://www.linkageinc.com.
