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Aligning leadership skills and strategies to business goals is the key to staying competitive. For the executives who set people, culture and talent strategies, that need has never been greater.
More than half of chief human resources officers (CHROs) say leadership and manager development is a critical priority in 2025, according to the latest CHRO Priorities and Perspectives report from SHRM. Nearly as many say that building strong programs to meet that need is a struggle. At the same time, one in four workers is nearing retirement age, making succession planning urgent and leadership skills more valuable than ever.
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Companies have to maximize the output of every single person they have available if they want to survive and thrive. And if you look at most workforce demographics, you see that there are groups still underrepresented in leadership roles, which means they’re not being fully optimized.”
Whether you need to strengthen your leadership pipeline, retain top talent or foster belonging, SHRM Linkage offers the solution that matches your goals.
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SHRM Linkage offers strategic solutions designed for this moment — working with your organization to assess talent strengths, close gaps, and equip leaders to thrive in complex environments. The task is urgent, and the stakes are high: organizations that fail to build strong leadership pipelines risk falling behind in a fast-changing world.
SHRM Linkage offers award-winning programs designed for this moment. SHRM works with you to identify talent strengths, close gaps, and equip leaders to thrive in today's complex environments.
From in-person events to strengthening your team SHRM Linkage offers many avenues to propel you and your team forward.
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You’re looking for an immersive, intensive, transformative approach to leadership development. The SHRM Linkage Institute delivers exactly that.
The Institute is a three-day leadership development experience that empowers leaders with the skills, strategies, and insights to accelerate their growth and impact. Tailored learning journeys are designed to meet the needs of various backgrounds and levels of seniority. Through a proven program of insightful assessments, inspiring keynotes and peer-to-peer learning, leaders leave ready to excel at work and drive real results. In fact, following The Institute, 82% of attendees say their teams are outperforming the company average.
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– Tamla Oates-Forney, CEO, SHRM Linkage
SHRM Linkage delivers scalable, research-backed solutions to meet that challenge head-on.
For over 35 years, the firm has partnered with HR leaders, talent development professionals and executives to align leadership growth with business strategy — and deliver measurable results.
Through targeted assessments, structured coaching, immersive learning and high-impact skill-building, SHRM Linkage prepares leaders to adapt to change, guide teams, foster inclusion and sustain performance. There’s a signature solution for every need, and every stage of leader: including Purposeful Leadership, Advancing Women Leaders, Accelerate, Generate, Beyond the Suite, plus the annual SHRM Linkage Institute. Each program is designed to close skill gaps, build inclusive cultures and elevate team performance.
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Linkage’s success comes from a consultative approach, combining research-backed insights with tailored learning. From targeted coaching to immersive experiences like the SHRM Linkage Institute, their solutions align leaders to organizational values and priorities, enabling highly successful cultures and stronger business outcomes.
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In today’s evolving landscape, talent and business leaders are not just managing people. They are shaping the future of work.
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Discover how the Purposeful Leadership model from SHRM Linkage can amplify inclusion, engagement and results for you and your team.
Leverage the Power of Purpose
You see the value in leading with intention, fostering inclusion, and creating an environment where people understand how their efforts align with outcomes. The Purposeful Leadership model is here to help cultivate that within your organization.
Delivered through assessments, skill-building sessions, and high-impact coaching, this SHRM Linkage solution builds on five commitments focusing on leading with intention, inspiration, and inclusion. Purposeful Leadership concepts apply to all professionals — whether leading themselves, projects, teams or enterprises. The outcome? In addition to thriving, high-trust cultures, participating organizations report up to 2x revenue and 9x employee engagement.
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See how the Advancing Women Leaders model attracts, retains and elevates talent, enabling women leaders and their organizations to thrive together.
Engage Women in the Workplace
You acknowledge the barriers and experiences that women may face in the workplace — and know that engaging women at critical points in their career drives retention and results. Advancing Women Leaders aids teams in embedding solutions and support needed to rise.
Based on decades of proprietary research on workplace behaviors and dynamics, this SHRM Linkage solution builds on six core competencies to elevate leadership effectiveness. The Advancing Women Leaders model assesses, addresses, and instructs on unique realities in the workforce, ultimately empowering organizations to unlock untapped potential and nurture diverse, successful teams.
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Explore intensive skill-building solutions from SHRM Linkage — and accelerate your future-ready leadership pipeline.
Advance Growth and Potential
You see the potential in the leaders around you, but know they have skills to strengthen and refine on their path to more senior roles. Accelerate is here to fast-track that potential.
The Accelerate program is a cross-company, cohort-based leadership development experience for mid-level leaders, including directors. This SHRM Linkage solution is designed to build and strengthen organizations, preparing high-impact talent for enterprise-wide leadership through assessments and peer learning. As the name implies, participating leaders are accelerated in their ability to navigate business nuances, initiate positive change, and drive innovation — advancing both their careers and their organizations.
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See why members say Generate is their primary source for leadership development, peer connection and real-world insights.
Drive Executive Impact
You’ve seen senior leaders reach the peak and pause. What’s next? Generate helps executives navigate complexity, lead change, and drive growth.
Generate is a curated leadership development program exclusively for executives, primarily from Fortune-ranked organizations. Members gain insights from successful former CEOs, subject-matter experts and peers. By bringing leaders together, this SHRM Linkage solution builds the capacity to achieve greater performance, reduce risk, and lead confidently through uncertainty — equipping leaders to expand their influence and accelerate organizational impact.
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Embrace the impact of your leaders beyond the suite — preparing them to bring credibility, confidence, and clarity to board-level engagements.
Build Boardroom Readiness
Top executives are expanding horizons beyond leading a team or even an enterprise. When it comes to understanding board dynamics and articulating personal value, Beyond the Suite comes into play.
Beyond the Suite is a development program facilitated by executives, for executives — accelerating readiness for the boardroom and beyond. This premier SHRM Linkage solution is exclusive to C-suite and C-minus-one leaders eager to expand their influence through board placement. Through simulations, peer collaboration, and personalized coaching, executives engaged in Beyond the Suite expand their governance capability, organizational impact and external influence.
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The data speaks for itself. It is so obvious that there’s been a change in the company… We could not have done it without partnering with SHRM Linkage.”
– Tamla Oates-Forney, CEO, SHRM Linkage
Companies have to maximize the output of every single person they have available if they want to survive and thrive. And if you look at most workforce demographics, you see that there are groups still underrepresented in leadership roles, which means they’re not being fully optimized.”
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