What is the Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist?

The Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Leadership & Management.

How long does this certification take?

The programme is 10 Weeks and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are internationally recognised and carry CPD credits, making them valuable for career advancement worldwide.

What level is this certification?

This is a Advanced Level certification, suitable for professionals with relevant experience or background in the field.

You can enrol by emailing info@certifications.ac, contacting us via WhatsApp at +254 722 223 084, or filling the enrolment form below.

Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist (CLCS)

Executive Summary

Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist (CLCS) delivers a rigorous Advanced-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in instructional design, training delivery and learning management.

This 10 Weeks programme is structured around recognised instructional-design, quality-assurance and CPD standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CLCS holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification

Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist

Acronym

CLCS

Who Should Enrol?

Trainers and Facilitators
Instructional and Curriculum Designers
Learning and Development Professionals
Academic and Education Administrators

Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

All study materials and study guide
Access to GLI online learning portal
Online examination and assessment
Digital certificate and digital badge
Physical certificate (shipped to you)
CPD credits for professional bodies
GLI alumni network membership
Facilitator and tutor support
Resource downloads and reference library
Automatic enrolment confirmation

Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Leadership Capability

Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex instructional design functions

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards senior L&D, academic and learning-leadership roles

Strategic Thinking

Build the strategic thinking, analysis and execution skills of world-class leaders

Organisational Impact

Design and implement instructional design systems that drive performance and measurable results

Personal Excellence

Develop emotional intelligence, resilience and authentic executive presence

Global Employability

Qualify for instructional design roles across training providers, universities, corporates and education institutions worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Advanced Leadership Coaching Models

✦Leadership Behavioural Patterns

✦Stakeholder Leadership

✦Leadership Conflict Coaching

✦Leadership Agility

✦Leadership Transformation Planning

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

The full programme, module by module.

Core CurriculumModules 1–20 · specific to Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist · module 20 is the capstone

1

Advanced Leadership Coaching Models

Executive coaching in the organisational system · Building a coaching culture and an internal coaching function · Coaching for performance versus coaching for development · Wellbeing coaching: stress, energy and sustainable working

2

Leadership Diagnostic Frameworks

Career, transition and life coaching · Executive and board-level coaching · Systemic team coaching · Digital, remote and AI-assisted coaching

3

Coaching Leadership Identity

Identity, access management and the zero-trust shift · The working alliance and coaching presence · The boundary between coaching and therapy · Goal setting and behavioural change in coaching

4

Leadership Behavioural Patterns

Coaching for resilience and wellbeing · Coaching and reinforcement · Frontline coaching, quality monitoring and team culture · Building a coaching culture

5

Executive Leadership Challenges

Older adults and later life · Wellbeing at work and in life · Servant leadership and self-organising teams · The two-year horizon: expertise, leadership and professional standing

6

Leadership Influence

Wellness programmes and promotion · Crisis leadership: deciding, communicating and holding the organisation together · Values-based leadership: what you do when the numbers argue against it · Building a finance career and professional development

7

Stakeholder Leadership

Strategic leadership at scale · Work-life integration · Reflective practice and self-leadership · Ethical leadership and integrity

8

Strategic Leadership Behaviour

Habit and behaviour change: making it survive a bad week · Remote, hybrid and distributed leadership · Self-leadership: attention, energy and personal discipline · Inclusive, remote and distributed leadership

9

Leadership Decision Architecture

Recognising distress and referring safely · Working with resistance, ambivalence and stuck clients · Confidence, self-belief and working with the inner critic · Contracting and the three-way agreement

10

Leadership Conflict Coaching

Client feedback and satisfaction · Working with organisations on wellbeing · Stress, resilience and burnout prevention · Reflective practice and supervision

11

Leadership Presence

Executive presence: credibility, composure and the signals people read · Behaviour change and adoption of innovations · Active listening and empathy · Closed-loop feedback systems

12

Leadership Accountability

Consultative discovery and diagnostic questioning · Anxiety, mood and behaviour in youth · Decarbonisation: targets, abatement and transition pathways · Climate risk: physical, transition and scenario analysis

13

Leadership Agility

Experiential and body-based practice in the session · Systems thinking, feedback loops and second-order effects · Collaborative reasoning, questioning and constructive disagreement · Voice of the customer: listening programmes that change something

14

Leadership Resilience

Continuity, disruption and organisational resilience · Resilience: recovery, adaptability and sustainable performance · Measuring wellbeing outcomes · The executive transition: from function to enterprise

15

Leadership Blind-Spot Intervention

Sustainable development: goals, systems and policy integration · Objective setting: KPIs, OKRs and cascading goals · Continuous feedback and performance conversations · Consulting skills and contracting with the business

16

Leadership Transformation Planning

Transformational leadership and organisational renewal · Demand planning, forecasting and the distortion of signals · Setting goals, roles and accountability · Motivation theories and engagement

17

Coaching-Based Leadership Development

Succession and the leadership pipeline · Talent, succession and the leadership pipeline · Managerial communication: briefing, listening and difficult conversations · Supervision: daily oversight, standards and correction

18

Leadership Coaching Measurement

Resilience and future threats · Business continuity and resilience · Aligning security with business goals · Discovery: diagnostic questioning and needs analysis

19

Leadership Coaching Quality Assurance

Assurance: the three lines, coordination and avoiding duplicate effort · Collaborative and client-led planning · History and scope of counselling and coaching · Clinical supervision and reflective practice

20

Leadership Coaching Specialist Practicum

Setting professional goals and a personal development plan · Complaints, redress and accountability · Regulatory duty and accountability · Banking supervision, prudential returns and resolution

Professional ElectivesModules 21–30 · common to all GLI certifications · broaden your professional range

21

Strategic Communication and Executive Presentation

Vision, purpose and translating direction into work · Audience-centred communication and message structure · Executive leadership: the board interface and enterprise stewardship · Persuasive structure: framing, evidence and the ask

22

Leadership and Team Effectiveness

Leadership identity, style and the limits of style · Leadership assessment, feedback and continuous self-review · What critical reasoning is and what it is not · Situational and adaptive leadership

23

Analytical Thinking and Evidence-Based Reasoning

Creativity and critical-thinking development · Analytical techniques and bias · Evidence-based improvement · Problem framing: symptoms, definition and scope

24

Professional Decision-Making

Managerial decision-making, bias and decision rights · Escalation and decision-making · Decision support: briefs, options and judgement under pressure · Decision frameworks: criteria, weighting and trade-offs

25

Negotiation, Influence and Stakeholder Management

Negotiation preparation: interests, options and the walk-away · Power, followership and organisational politics · Negotiation: preparation, interests and value creation · Concessions, anchoring and the shape of a bargain

26

Project and Execution Management

Proposals, bids and the business case · Project roles and the project manager · Developing the project business case · Planning, scheduling and personal workflow systems

27

Financial Literacy for Professionals

Financial reporting standards and their application · Financial management for the operating manager · Liquidity, funding and balance sheet management · Management accounting: costing, budgeting and decision support

28

Digital Skills, AI and Technology for Professionals

Digital workplace, collaboration and user support · Productivity, collaboration and workflow tools · Tools for interaction and collaboration · Working with data: quality, interpretation and honest presentation

29

Ethics, Governance and Professional Accountability

Ethical leadership: integrity, tolerated behaviour and moral courage · Ethics, conduct and speaking up · Business development risk, ethics and integrity · AI for managers: adoption, oversight and governance

30

Personal Effectiveness, Productivity and Career Growth

Emotional competence: awareness, regulation and expression · Self-awareness, strengths and the accuracy of self-image · Emotional intelligence and self-regulation · Priority: outcomes, importance and the urgency trap

Every module opens in the learning portal with its full lesson set, worked examples, further reading and video masterclasses. 30 modules · 150 lessons.

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Leadership Diagnostic Frameworks — applied to your own work
Coaching Leadership Identity — applied to your own work
Leadership Behavioural Patterns — applied to your own work
Executive Leadership Challenges — applied to your own work
Leadership Influence — applied to your own work
Stakeholder Leadership — applied to your own work

Enrolment Process

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CLCS certification?

The Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist is a professional certification awarded by the Global Leadership Institute. It covers 20 core modules specific to Leadership Coaching Specialist, culminating in the capstone “Leadership Coaching Specialist Practicum”, plus 10 professional elective modules common to all GLI certifications. Candidates study through the online portal, submit the capstone project and sit a final examination; those who pass receive a verifiable certificate carrying a unique certificate ID.

Who should enrol in the CLCS?

This certification is ideal for Trainers and Facilitators, Instructional and Curriculum Designers, Learning and Development Professionals and Academic and Education Administrators, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in instructional design, training delivery and learning management with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CLCS certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 10 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 CLCS internationally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with recognised instructional-design, quality-assurance and CPD standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

What is the cost of the CLCS certification?

The Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 449 and Live Virtual at USD 649. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CLCS 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 CLCS?

The Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist 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 CLCS?

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

Can I study the CLCS 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 CLCS?

Graduates progress towards senior L&D, academic and learning-leadership roles. The CLCS strengthens your expertise in instructional design, training delivery and learning management and positions you for advancement across training providers, universities, corporates and education institutions.

Graduate Voices

What Our Alumni Say

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The curriculum was directly applicable to my daily work. I immediately applied what I learned and saw results within weeks of completing the programme.

Head of Learning

Private Sector

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GLI's certification is the most practical professional programme I have attended. The international frameworks gave me credibility with my employer and clients.

L&D Manager

NGO Sector

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I earned my CLCS while working full-time. The self-paced format made it possible, and the quality of the content is genuinely world-class.

Lead Facilitator

Government

Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist

Certified Leadership Coaching Specialist

Certification at a Glance

Who Should Enrol?

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Programme Modules

What You Will Achieve

How to Get Certified

Common Questions

What Our Alumni Say

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