What is the Certified Executive Leadership Professional?

The Certified Executive Leadership Professional 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 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.

Certified Executive Leadership Professional in Philippines

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

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

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Executive Leadership Professional

Certified Executive Leadership Professional: 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 Through Leaders

Leading through other leaders
Delegation and appropriate autonomy
Building and running a top team
Capstone scoping: a real leadership challenge
Situation analysis and diagnosis
Designing a strategic or change intervention
Business case and impact analysis
Implementation and stakeholder plan
Risk management and contingencies
Professional presentation and defence
Rational and intuitive decision-making
Analytical techniques and bias
Data-informed and evidence-based decisions
Prioritisation and resource allocation
Operational planning and execution discipline

Direction and Narrative

Setting and communicating strategic direction
Strategic alignment across an organisation
Executive presence and credibility
Managing conflict constructively
Board and investor engagement
Public speaking and thought leadership
Preparing financial statements
Reputation and personal brand
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Time management and personal productivity
Prioritisation and focus
Interpreting financial statements
Growth mindset and continuous learning
Managing pressure and difficult conversations
Integrated and sustainability reporting

Board and Governance

Working with a board and governance
Executive presence and credibility
Power, coalitions and organisational politics
Measuring change and transformation impact
The transition from doing to managing
Prioritisation and managing competing demands
Running meetings that produce decisions
Difficult conversations and managerial courage
Managing performance day to day
Building and leading a team
Operational planning and workflow management
Managing upward and across
Decision making for managers
Managing budgets and resources
Developing your own management practice

Judgement Under Scrutiny

Leading in crisis and under scrutiny
Executive presence and credibility
Decision making for managers
Stakeholder mapping and analysis
Building strategic relationships and coalitions
Influencing without authority
Negotiation strategy and tactics
Building support networks and mentors
Reflective practice and self-leadership
Sustaining high performance over time
Ethical leadership and integrity
Values-based decision-making
Corporate governance and accountability
Conflicts of interest and fairness
Diversity, inclusion and inclusive leadership

Succession and Depth

Succession and the leadership pipeline
Developing strategic capability in others
Leading through other leaders
Executive time, attention and decision cadence
Leading across cultures and geographies
Executive ethics and the leader’s shadow
Board, governance and C-suite dynamics
Corporate strategy and portfolio choices
Growth strategy: organic, M&A and partnerships
Organisational design and operating models
Management accounts and dashboards
Stakeholder capitalism and ESG
Organisational resilience and adaptive strategy
Managing complexity and ambiguity
Strategic leadership at scale

The Executive Transition

The executive transition: from function to enterprise
Executive time, attention and decision cadence
The transition from doing to managing
Transparency and stakeholder trust
Regulatory awareness and compliance
Professional standards and continuing development
Leadership impact and organisational health metrics
Balanced scorecard and KPI frameworks
360-degree feedback and leadership assessment
Benchmarking and best-practice adoption
Continuous improvement and learning organisations
Productivity and effectiveness measurement
Team and engagement metrics
Budget vs actual and variance
Cost and profitability analysis

Evidence and Data

Data literacy and analytics for leaders
People analytics maturity and operating model
Benchmarking and external data sources
Ethical use of AI and analytics in HR
Cybersecurity and data protection in HR
Descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytics
Evidence-based HR decision-making
Data quality, integration and master data
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
People analytics and HR measurement
Investigation methodology and evidence
Data ethics and privacy in finance
Data gathering and financial analysis
Data visualisation and financial storytelling
Evidence-based financial recommendations

Technology

Managing distributed and digital teams
Technology strategy and investment
Performance management systems and KPIs
Digital leadership and business transformation
Leading technology adoption and change
Risk assessment and safe systems of work
Forecasting and planning
Data visualisation for finance
Artificial insemination and reproductive technologies
Digital and alternative-data credit
Digital financial services
Digital advisory, e-extension and mobile services
Traceability, recall and quality assurance systems
Quality management systems and audits
Digital and self-service transformation

Projects and Delivery

Project and programme oversight
Balancing short-term delivery and long-term value
Operational planning and resource management
Communications strategy and planning
Tender planning and documentation
Continuous improvement of delivery
Voice, communication and delivery
Continuous improvement of programmes
Project management principles and lifecycle
Cost reduction and efficiency programmes
Forecasting and planning (FP&A)
Projects and expansion: connecting the unserved
Range planning and category management
Mine planning and methods: surface and underground
Decision support and insight

People Administration

Employee and manager self-service
Workforce reporting and storytelling with data
Cost of workforce and ROI of HR interventions
Workforce planning and the capability gap
Employee relations, discipline and fair process
Employee engagement and what actually drives it
Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Workforce management and scheduling
Loyalty programmes and rewards
Workforce planning and scheduling
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Reward strategy and total reward frameworks
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction

Culture and Engagement

Sustaining change and embedding new behaviours
Culture as a strategic asset
Organisational culture and behaviour change
Engagement, motivation and energisers
Building a coaching culture
Cost concepts, classification and behaviour
HR's role in culture, values and employer brand
Performance management that changes behaviour
Safety culture and leadership
Managing resistance and engagement
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Meaning, purpose and values
Building trust and engagement
Stakeholder engagement strategy
Motivation and engagement

Customers and Market

Business model and market innovation
Digital and market transformation
Regulatory compliance and market requirements
Advisory service design and delivery
Customer service and experience principles
Customer expectations and satisfaction
The customer experience (CX) discipline
Ethics and fair customer treatment
Service culture and brand promise
Customer experience transformation
Innovation in service delivery
Team leadership in customer service
Customer onboarding and lifecycle
Banking products, services and delivery channels
Customer and community engagement

Legal and Policy

The regulatory and legal environment
Regulatory change management
Regulatory compliance and audit
Employment relationship and the psychological contract
Legal and regulatory responsibility
Environmental legal compliance
Legal, cost and feasibility analysis
Contractor and visitor safety
Regulatory notification and RIDDOR-style reporting
Policy, planning and objectives
Legal and other requirements
Communicating financial results
Compliance and regulatory projects
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management

Supply and Procurement

Vendor, venue and supplier contracting for events
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Attachment and developmental theory
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Vendor selection and management
Supply market analysis
Third-party and supply-chain risk
Value-chain and supply-chain finance
Supply analysis, gaps and scenario planning
The procurement cycle and operating models
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Public versus private procurement
Supply markets and the enabling environment

Ethics and Standards

Corporate social responsibility and sustainability
Ethics and integrity in banking
Professional ethics and banking conduct
Integrity, confidentiality and conflicts
Anti-corruption and financial-crime ethics
Responsible and sustainable banking
Ethics and independence
Ethics in communications
Corporate social responsibility communications
Ethics and professional standards in finance
Professional ethics and codes (IFAC, ACCA, CIMA)
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Ethics of technology in practice
Professional ethics and responsibility (PMI)

Learning and Knowledge

Strategic learning and the adaptive organisation
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Designing and facilitating groups
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Facilitation and workshops
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Group dynamics, facilitation and community mobilisation
Complaint data and learning
Training and capability building
Training needs analysis
Virtual and hybrid facilitation
Blended and hybrid learning design
Motivation and self-directed learning
Training needs analysis and learning strategy

Diversity and Global Practice

Nomination, succession and diversity
The business case for diversity and inclusion
Inclusion and the fairness of people decisions
Team diversity and inclusion
Cross-cultural communication
Managing virtual and cross-cultural teams
Financial inclusion and agency banking
Financial inclusion strategy
Financial inclusion and serving underbanked markets
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Grades, standards and export certification (GlobalG.A.P.)
Gender, youth and social inclusion in agricultural development
Diversity and pay-equity analytics
Cross-cultural and global inclusion
Global and comparative HR contexts

Sustainability

Emerging assurance areas (ESG)
Sustainability of microfinance
Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
Sustainability and responsible finance
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Responsible and sustainable governance
ESG principles and frameworks
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Environmental governance and climate risk
Governance of ESG and reporting
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

Leadership and Management

Innovation management and creative problem-solving
Change leadership models (Kotter, ADKAR, Lewin)
Stakeholder management and relationships
Dashboards, metrics and management information
Cybersecurity and information governance for leaders
Cost management and value creation
Portfolio management and prioritisation
Value management and business value
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Revenue management and yield
Key account management strategy
Absence, attendance and capability management
Safety management systems overview (ISO 45001)
Management and board reporting
Influencing and safety leadership

People and Development

Developing talent and succession
Managing performance through coaching
Coaching challenging situations
Measuring coaching impact
Career and talent development
Measuring coaching and mentoring impact
Capability and skills frameworks
Leadership and management development
Coaching models and frameworks (GROW)
Organisation development principles and practice
Team leadership within HR
Measuring coaching outcomes
Working with referrers and multidisciplinary teams
Collaboration and teamwork
Scaling delivery capability

Performance Management

Project KPIs and performance metrics
Quality and delivery metrics
Managing schedule and budget performance
Agile metrics and velocity
Setting objectives and marketing KPIs
Marketing and sales KPIs and dashboards
Funnel, pipeline and conversion metrics
Customer and brand health metrics
Dashboards and performance reporting
Capacity and performance management
Setting objectives, indicators and targets
Continuous feedback and performance conversations
Peer support and consultation
Leading and lagging metrics
Strategy execution and the balanced scorecard

Operations

Operating-model and process re-engineering
Designing a banking solution or process
Principles of credit and the lending process
Automation, RPA and straight-through processing
Process and control documentation
Quality assurance of audit
Competitive bidding processes
Incident response process
Feed quality, additives and supplements
Growth, lactation and productivity
Portfolio quality and risk
Quality management on site: inspections, hold points and defects
Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
Reporting quality and governance
Sustaining ethical, effective practice

Financial Management

Financial acumen: budgets, P&L and cash
Responsibility accounting and cost centres
Capital budgeting: NPV, IRR and payback
Cost of capital and WACC
Capital structure and financing decisions
Real options and strategic investment
Financial modelling and scenario analysis
Interpreting financial performance
Investment and disinvestment decisions
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and finance systems
Business intelligence and finance dashboards
Investment appraisal and the cost of capital
Financial regulation and prudential supervision
Public, private and non-profit governance
Options appraisal and cost-benefit

Communication

The strategic narrative
Communication and interpersonal skills
Influencing and presenting insights
Professional and persuasive communication
Transaction monitoring and suspicious reporting
Control monitoring and reporting
Crisis communications
Stakeholder communications
Internal communications
Presentation and public speaking
Incident investigation and reporting
Professional case study and presentation
Communicating with families and carers
Professional writing and reports
Psychoeducation and public communication

Decision Making

Risk assessment and judgement
Decision rights and governance
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Data-driven decision support and analytics
Prioritising experience investments
Problem loans, restructuring and recovery
Evidence, judgement and scepticism
Make-versus-buy decisions
Root-cause analysis and problem solving
Capstone scoping: a real financial problem or decision
Recommendations and decision support
Data-driven decision-making
Management reporting and decision support
Pricing, contribution and product decisions
Make-or-buy and outsourcing decisions

Change

Leading large-scale transformation
Foreign exchange and treasury operations
Operational risk and resilience
Technology governance and change control
Foreign exchange and hedging
Change management and adoption
The finance function and digital transformation
Communication strategy in change programmes
Large-scale transformation and agile ways of working
Duty of care and risk management
Record-keeping and data protection
Organisational change management
Change and adoption in projects
Agile and digital transformation projects
Measuring change and project impact

Stakeholders and Influence

Sponsorship and negotiation selling
Negotiation with clients and partners
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Negotiation with buyers, suppliers and financiers
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms
Conflict resolution over land, water and resources
Relationship management and retention
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Managing difficult stakeholders
Stakeholder mapping in banking
Negotiation and influencing
Shareholder and stakeholder rights
Conflicts of interest management
Offer management, negotiation and pre-boarding
Conflict resolution and mediation

Risk and Governance

Managing risk and controls
Building a culture of compliance
Interest-rate risk and gap analysis
Asset-liability committee (ALCO) governance
Derivatives and risk instruments
Governance, risk and compliance
Control environment and risk assessment
Governance and the three lines model
Fraud risk and controls
Assurance engagements and standards
Audit risk and materiality
NGO governance, boards and registration
How insurance works: risk pooling and the value chain
Underwriting principles and risk selection
Bancassurance and digital insurance models

Strategic Context

Organisational design as a strategic choice
Leading strategic change
Category management and strategy
Strategic analysis: PESTLE, SWOT and Porter’s Five Forces
Learning strategy and business alignment
Aligning HR strategy with organisational strategy
Vision, mission and strategic intent
Competitive strategy and positioning
Business model design and innovation
Aligning teams around strategy
Measuring strategic progress
Scaling technologies and business models
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Client feedback and satisfaction
Customer service and CX strategy

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