What is the Certified Global Leadership Strategist?

The Certified Global Leadership Strategist is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Strategy & Business Development.

How long does this certification take?

The programme takes 12 Weeks and can be completed self-paced or with live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications carry CPD credits and are internationally recognised.

What level is this certification?

This is a Expert / Executive Level certification.

Email info@certifications.ac, WhatsApp +254 722 223 084, or fill in the enrolment form on this page.

What is included in the fee?

All study materials, study guide, examination, digital certificate and badge. Live option adds tutor sessions and priority support.

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Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Global Leadership Strategist

Certified Global Leadership Strategist: industry context, trends and professional standards
Theories and models of leadership and management
The manager's roles, responsibilities and mindset
Leadership versus management and when each is needed
Situational and adaptive leadership
Values, purpose and authentic leadership
The organisational context and operating environment
Self-awareness and the leader's identity
Building credibility and executive presence
Ethics and responsible leadership
Personal leadership development planning

Leading Across Markets

Leading across cultures and geographies
Setting and communicating strategic direction
The executive transition: from function to enterprise
Executive presence and credibility
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Attrition, engagement and productivity analytics
Leading in crisis and under scrutiny
Embedding values and behaviours
Aligning HR strategy with organisational strategy
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
HR's role in culture, values and employer brand
Job analysis, job design and role profiling
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting

Standards, Methods and Local Judgement

Leading across cultures and geographies
Leading through other leaders
Building and running a top team
Preparing financial statements
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Management accounts and dashboards
Budget vs actual and variance
Visualisation tools and design
KPIs and metric design
Data products and stakeholder value
Habits and behaviour design

Information Across Distance

Leading across cultures and geographies
Executive time, attention and decision cadence
Cost and profitability analysis
Forecasting and planning
Data visualisation for finance
Pricing, value articulation and professional fees
Decision support and insight
Prioritisation and portfolio value
Designing your first 90 days after certification
Communicating financial results
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
LAN, WAN and network design

Building Leaders in Every Market

Succession and the leadership pipeline
Leading across cultures and geographies
Leading through other leaders
Corporate objectives and shareholder value
Financial strategy and capital allocation
Mergers, funding and growth strategy
Innovation and fintech partnerships
Cost-to-serve and value-for-money analysis
Time value of money and discounting
Pricing, contribution and product decisions
Peer support and consultation
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Designing a governance, compliance or policy solution

One Narrative, Many Audiences

The strategic narrative
Setting and communicating strategic direction
Duty of care and risk management
Innovation culture, incentives and psychological safety
Measuring innovation performance
Design review and quality
Blended and hybrid design
Vision, mission and strategic intent
Competitive strategy and positioning
Business model design and innovation
Setting strategic priorities and choices
Aligning teams around strategy
Strategy execution and the balanced scorecard

Ethics and Conduct Across Jurisdictions

Executive ethics and the leader’s shadow
Working with a board and governance
Record-keeping and data protection
Journey and process redesign
Customer service and CX strategy
Designing voice-of-customer programmes
Sustaining strategic customer focus
Designing a service or experience improvement
Operational efficiency and productivity
Customer experience strategy
Touchpoint and channel design
Design thinking for service
Customer lifetime value

Operating Across Borders

Global and comparative HR contexts
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Cross-cultural and global inclusion
Global sourcing and trade
Client feedback and satisfaction
Transfer pricing and international tax
Cross-border data and transfers
Global sourcing and international trade
International and cross-border tax
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Risk assessment and safety planning
Managing risk and difficult cases

Strategic Context for Executives

Strategic analysis: PESTLE, SWOT and Porter’s Five Forces
Learning strategy and business alignment
Real options and strategic investment
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Reward strategy and total reward frameworks
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Strategic decision-making under uncertainty
Measuring strategic progress
Turning strategy into results
Digital transformation and IT strategy
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Sources of competitive advantage
Strategic positioning versus operational effectiveness
Strategic options and real options thinking
Corporate portfolio strategy and parenting advantage

Culture and Engagement

Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Advocacy and policy engagement
Designing and facilitating groups
Psychoeducation and workshops
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Designing an intervention or programme
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
Service culture and brand promise
Building a customer-centric culture
Proactive engagement and success
Win-back and re-engagement
Professional case study and presentation
Habit change and behaviour design
Strengths, flow and engagement
Meaning, purpose and values

Talent and Capability

Proposal development and donor reporting
Attachment and developmental theory
Evidence-based practice
Lessons learned and development
Wellbeing and resilience coaching
Measuring coaching outcomes
Scaling delivery capability
Project management plan development
Schedule development and optimisation
Team development and effectiveness
Coaching and developing team members
Managing resistance and capability building
Category management and strategy development
Supplier development and improvement
Real estate development and project appraisal

Stakeholder and Investor Relations

Shareholder and stakeholder rights
Employment relationship and the psychological contract
Influencing and safety leadership
Influencing and persuasion
Categories of spend and stakeholders
Strategic customer relationships
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Treatment planning and review
Ethics and independence in advisory relationships
The project environment and stakeholders
Stakeholder and sponsor management
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms
Relationship management and retention
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Influencing and presenting insights

Risk, Governance and Assurance

Data quality and governance
Programme governance and assurance
Governance of campaigns and spend
Managing price and discount governance
Managing growth, risk and resilience
Regulatory compliance and biosafety
Managing complexity and comorbidity
Implementation planning and risk management
Traceability, recall and quality assurance systems
Regulatory compliance and market requirements
Governance of service standards
Model risk and provisioning (IFRS 9)
Regulatory compliance and central-bank rules
Building a culture of compliance
Technology governance and change control

Legal and Regulatory Environment

Contract performance and exit
Contract governance and compliance
Real estate regulation, licensing and professional conduct
Policy administration and customer service in insurance
Insurance regulation and consumer protection
Vendor, venue and supplier contracting for events
Regulation of transport: authorities, conventions and licensing
Tariffs, regulation and the economics of essential services
Workplace and organisational contexts
Change talk and readiness
Subcontractor and supplier management
Regulation, ethics and misinformation in media and telecoms
Goal setting and action planning
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Goal setting and contracting

Executive Communication

Project data, reporting and analytics
Integrated marketing communications
Dashboards and performance reporting
Professional presentation and pitching
Reporting to leadership
Media and public communication
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Communicating technical information to diverse audiences
Data quality, analysis and reporting
Professional report writing and presentation
Communication and interpersonal skills
Risk registers and reporting
Tax provisioning and reporting
The media and telecommunications landscape
Accountability and follow-through

Financial Stewardship

Data visualisation and financial storytelling
Evidence-based financial recommendations
Continuous improvement of finance processes
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Options appraisal and cost-benefit
Cost of accidents and prevention value
Legal, cost and feasibility analysis
Make-versus-buy and total cost of ownership
Cost and price analysis
Resource allocation and capital discipline
Capital allowances and depreciation
Prioritising experience investments
Cost, feasibility and impact analysis
The banking system, intermediation and financial markets
Anti-corruption and financial-crime ethics

Operating Model

Principles of credit and the lending process
Automation, RPA and straight-through processing
Process and control documentation
Competitive bidding processes
Business process mapping
The HR function: roles, operating models and value creation
Outcome and process measures
The finance operating model and business partnering
Finance transformation and target operating models
Process re-engineering and shared services
Process efficiency and cycle-time metrics
Discipline, conduct and fair-process management
Evidence-based practice and research literacy
Productivity, collaboration and workflow tools
Process improvement and lean thinking

Leading Change

Measuring growth and transformation impact
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Digital and market transformation
Data literacy and adoption
Customer experience transformation
Digital and self-service transformation
Measuring CX transformation impact
Digital transformation in banking
Foreign exchange and treasury operations
Foreign exchange and hedging
Change management and adoption
Regulatory change management
Future of work and workforce transformation
Large-scale transformation and agile ways of working
Practice management systems

Market and Customer Perspective

Ethics and fair customer treatment
Professional ethics in customer service
Aligning service to brand and business
Customer and journey analysis
Customer journey mapping
Voice of the customer programmes
Reducing customer effort
Customer effort and sentiment analysis
CRM systems and customer data
Customer service technology stack
Social media customer care
Customer segmentation and needs analysis
Customer journey and experience design
Brand and corporate reputation
Supply market analysis

Evidence for Executive Judgement

Data privacy law and compliance (GDPR)
Data quality and stewardship
Consent, rights and data subject requests
Data breach and incident governance
Building trust through data governance
Diversity and pay-equity analytics
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
Data collection and analytics
Predictive safety analytics
Data quality and master data management
Comparable sales analysis and market evidence
Psychometric and screening tools
Portfolio of evidence and reflective practice
Data-driven decision support and analytics
Dashboards and data storytelling

Enterprise Performance Management

Interpreting financial performance
HR metrics, KPIs and the HR scorecard
Continuous feedback and performance conversations
Ethics of technology in practice
Leading and lagging metrics
Policy, planning and objectives
Managing team performance and dynamics
High-performance team rituals and cadence
Retail performance metrics: sales densities, conversion and basket
Working with referrers and multidisciplinary teams
Communicating with families and carers
Funnel, pipeline and conversion metrics
Customer and brand health metrics
Professional writing and reports
Capacity and performance management

Technology at Enterprise Level

Branch-to-digital migration
Digital banking platforms and APIs
Payment technology and switches
Cybersecurity and fraud technology
Digital credit and alternative data
The finance function and digital transformation
Digital finance and automation roadmaps
Digital ethics and responsible AI
Psychoeducation and public communication
Digital permits and inspections
Automation and safety technology
Digital, mobile and internet banking
Digital disruption and the future of banking
Building trust and engagement
Digital procurement and the future of the profession

Executive Decision Making

Portfolio management and prioritisation
Decision-making and problem solving
Data-driven decision-making
Leading groups and workshops
Collaboration and teamwork
Problem loans, restructuring and recovery
Evidence, judgement and scepticism
Make-versus-buy decisions
Root-cause analysis and problem solving
Management reporting and decision support
Capital structure and financing decisions
Backlogs, user stories and prioritisation
Escalation and decision-making
Make-or-buy and outsourcing decisions
Investment and disinvestment decisions

Negotiation and Difficult Conversations

Negotiation and conflict resolution
Negotiation strategy and planning
Negotiation tactics and behaviours
Property viewings, offers and negotiation to close
Managing difficult conversations
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Negotiation and conflict management
Conflict resolution and negotiation
Conflicts of interest and transparency
Commercial negotiation and value capture
Sponsorship and negotiation selling
Negotiation with buyers, suppliers and financiers
Conflict resolution over land, water and resources
Integrity, confidentiality and conflicts
Conflicts of interest management

Standards and Improvement

Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Costing production: standard costs, variances and the true cost of scrap
Service quality and the passenger experience in transport
Quality management on site: inspections, hold points and defects
Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
The consulting mindset and trusted advisor positioning
Reporting quality and governance
Evidence-based improvement
Project management standards (PMI, PRINCE2)
Quality and delivery metrics
Continuous improvement cycles
Driving measurable safety improvement
Continuous environmental improvement
Management review and improvement

Portfolio and Delivery Oversight

Designing the project plan and schedule
Project initiation and chartering
Integrated project planning
Building project relationships
Project management software and tools
Portfolio and resource management systems
Automation in project delivery
AI and predictive project analytics
Emerging project technologies
Programme management principles
Measuring programme success
Programme cycle management in NGOs
Diagnosing client problems before prescribing solutions
Projects and expansion: connecting the unserved
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach

Ethics and Integrity

Legal and regulatory responsibility
Sustainability and climate responsibility
Sustainability and responsible sourcing
Fair trade and responsible supply
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Corporate responsibility and community
Ethics in tax practice
Ethics, transparency and reputation
Ethics and treating customers fairly in insurance
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Brand safety and responsible marketing
Sustainability and responsible marketing
Structuring engagements: scope, deliverables and expectations
Corporate social responsibility and community impact

Sustainability and Responsibility

Supply markets and the enabling environment
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
Sustainability reporting and disclosure
Embedding sustainability in sourcing
Mine water, tailings and environmental management
Social media management: platforms, communities and algorithms
Measurement and analytics for media and social campaigns
Sustainability and social impact in projects
Market analysis and environmental scanning
Monitoring sustainability outcomes
Monitoring, evaluation and sustainability plan
Sustainability and environmental duty
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)
Environmental legal compliance
Environmental monitoring and reporting

Growth and Innovation Oversight

Innovation and fintech collaboration
Supplier development and innovation
Innovation portfolio and the three horizons
Intellectual property and defensibility of innovation
Emerging tools and innovation
Innovation and continuous delivery
Growth strategy and demand generation
Innovation and new product launch
Capstone scoping: a real growth or brand challenge
Data-driven growth
Discovery interviews and evidence gathering
Innovation in service delivery

Teams and Forums

Group dynamics, facilitation and community mobilisation
Leading service teams
Team leadership in customer service
Team leadership in banking operations
Facilitation skills and presence
Virtual and hybrid facilitation
Managing resistance and upskilling teams
Team leadership within HR
Facilitation, coaching and mentoring
Root cause analysis frameworks in advisory work
Team formation and effectiveness models (Tuckman, Lencioni)
Servant leadership and self-organising teams
Facilitation and workshops
Virtual and distributed teams
Team leadership and motivation

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CGLS certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with recognised global leadership and management competency frameworks. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CGLS?

This certification is ideal for Managers and Team Leaders, Heads of Department and Directors, Senior Executives and Aspiring Leaders and Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in strategic leadership, organisational management and business transformation with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CGLS certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 12 Weeks and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CGLS internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CGLS certification?

The Certified Global Leadership Strategist is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 399 and Live Virtual at USD 599. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CGLS certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CGLS?

The Certified Global Leadership Strategist is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CGLS?

The Certified Global Leadership Strategist carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CGLS while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CGLS?

Graduates progress towards executive, director and C-suite leadership roles. The CGLS strengthens your expertise in strategic leadership, organisational management and business transformation and positions you for advancement across corporates, public institutions, NGOs and enterprises.

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