What is the Certified Point of Competitiveness Analyst?

The Certified Point of Competitiveness Analyst 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 11 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 Advanced 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 Point of Competitiveness Analyst

Certified Point of Competitiveness Analyst: industry context, trends and professional standards
Corporate governance principles and purpose
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC)
The regulatory and legal environment
Stakeholders, agency and accountability
Codes, standards and best practice (OECD)
Professional roles and ethics
Governance and organisational value
Public, private and non-profit governance
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Career pathways and professional development

Board Effectiveness and Information

Board effectiveness and the quality of board information
Policy that changes behaviour
Assurance mapping and avoiding duplicate assurance
Implementation and delivery
Monitoring and policy evaluation
Public consultation and engagement
Business ethics and ethical frameworks
Codes of conduct and values
Anti-bribery and anti-corruption
Fraud prevention and detection
Whistleblowing and speak-up
Transparency and disclosure
Ethical decision-making
Integrity due diligence
Building an ethical culture

Conflicts, Conduct and Speak-Up

Conflicts of interest and related-party transactions
Whistleblowing and speak-up channels
Investigating misconduct
Board and executive reporting
Regulator and investor relations
Policy and public engagement
Professional writing and briefings
Influencing and advising leaders
Managing sensitive disclosures
Crisis and reputation communication
Leading governance projects and change
Team leadership in governance
Governance transformation and reform
Building governance maturity
Institutional strengthening

Policy and Behaviour

Policy that changes behaviour
Controls that work versus controls that exist
Designing and testing a compliance programme
Competition and antitrust
Complaints and redress mechanisms
Data protection and privacy
Vulnerable consumers and inclusion
Advertising and disclosure standards
Dispute resolution and ombudsman
Balancing business and consumer interests
GRC platforms and technology
Data analytics for assurance
Regulatory technology (RegTech)
Reporting and disclosure tools
Audit and control automation

Entity Context and Assurance

Governance in state, donor-funded and family-owned entities
Assurance mapping and avoiding duplicate assurance
Board effectiveness and the quality of board information
Driving measurable governance improvement
Data governance frameworks and roles
Data privacy law and compliance (GDPR)
Information lifecycle and records management
Data quality and stewardship
Consent, rights and data subject requests
Digital ethics and responsible AI
Cybersecurity governance
Cross-border data and transfers
Data breach and incident governance
Building trust through data governance
Capstone scoping: a real governance or policy issue

Three Lines and Risk Ownership

The three lines model and who owns risk
Risk appetite and tolerance in practice
Assurance mapping and avoiding duplicate assurance
Governance and compliance KPIs
Risk and control effectiveness metrics
Benchmarking against standards
Maturity and capability assessment
Continuous improvement of controls
Assurance and audit outcomes
Stakeholder trust and reputation metrics
Analysis and diagnostic assessment
Designing a governance, compliance or policy solution
Risk, legal and feasibility analysis
Implementation and assurance plan
Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

Controls and Compliance Programmes

Controls that work versus controls that exist
Designing and testing a compliance programme
Regulatory mapping and horizon scanning
Policy cycle and evidence-based policy
Problem definition and analysis
Research methods for policy
Stakeholder and impact analysis
Regulatory impact assessment
Policy development and drafting
Consumer rights and protection law
Fair treatment and market conduct
Compliance monitoring systems
Data governance and quality
Cybersecurity and information governance
Emerging governance technologies

Strategic Context

Pricing strategy
Digital marketing strategy
Data-driven growth
Key account management strategy
Building strategic customer relationships
Competitive and market intelligence
Translating insight into strategy
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Organic, inorganic and biological fertiliser strategies
Scaling technologies and business models
Forecasting and planning
Negotiation strategy and tactics
Growth mindset and continuous learning
Designing a strategic or change intervention
Technology strategy and investment

Workforce Governance

The customer experience (CX) discipline
NGO financial management and budget-versus-actual discipline
Financial modelling and forecasting discipline
Discipline, conduct and fair-process management
Whistleblowing and speak-up culture
Employee relations, discipline and fair process
Operational planning and execution discipline
Resource allocation and capital discipline
The business analysis discipline and role
The sales pipeline and forecasting discipline
CRM, sales operations and data discipline

International and Sanctions

Sanctions screening and PEP management
Decision support and insight
Governance in different ownership models
Enterprise risk management (ERM)
Audit planning and execution
Stakeholder and investor engagement
Measuring governance improvement
Fair treatment of stakeholders
Stakeholder engagement plan
Brand strategy, identity and equity
Integrated marketing communications
Attachment and developmental theory

Market Conduct

Customer service technology stack
Social media customer care
Unified customer view
Customer loyalty and advocacy
Customer lifetime value
Voice of the customer to the business
Team leadership in customer service
Customer onboarding and lifecycle
Customer and community engagement
Treating customers fairly and market conduct
Data ethics and customer privacy
Reducing customer effort
Customer effort and sentiment analysis
CRM systems and customer data
Customer and employee satisfaction

Safety and Environment

Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
Health financing: budgets, insurance and out-of-pocket realities
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Risk assessment and safety planning
The project environment and stakeholders
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Market analysis and environmental scanning
Brand safety and responsible marketing
Customer and brand health metrics
Brand health and measurement
Toolbox talks and safety communication
Supply markets and the enabling environment
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
Event risk, safety and contingency planning

Records and Documentation

Knowledge management and capability building
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Customer retention in the vehicle ownership cycle
Vehicle documentation, compliance and consumer protection
Record-keeping and data protection
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Professional documentation and presentation
Customer success and retention
Relationship management and retention
Retention, loyalty and lifetime value
Process and control documentation
Tender planning and documentation
Customer retention, loyalty and lifetime value

Ethics and Anti-Corruption

Professional ethics and integrity
Conflicts of interest
AI, ethics and algorithmic accountability
Ethical supply chains
Culture, ethics and behaviour change
Conflicts of interest and transparency
Professional roles, ethics and standards for agricultural practitioners
Conflict resolution over land, water and resources
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Peer support and consultation
Ethics and fair customer treatment
Ethics and treating customers fairly in insurance
Regulation, ethics and misinformation in media and telecoms
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Sustaining ethical, effective practice

Public and Donor Context

Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach
Preparing financial statements
Interpreting financial statements
Psychoeducation and public communication
Media and public communication
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Financial statement and cash-flow analysis
Presentation and public speaking
Financial statements and the accounting equation
Public speaking and thought leadership
Public versus private procurement
Public procurement frameworks and principles
Contract oversight in the public sector

Standards and Certification

Integrated risk and quality control
Data quality and governance
The business case for productivity, quality and sustainability
Data quality, analysis and reporting
Sustainability certification and standards
Traceability, recall and quality assurance systems
Quality management systems and audits
Quality monitoring and coaching
Coaching and quality monitoring
Service quality and turnaround metrics
Quality assurance of audit
Service quality and the passenger experience in transport
Quality management on site: inspections, hold points and defects
Reporting quality and governance
Duty of care and risk management

Governance Practice

Regulatory mapping and obligations
Managing regulator relationships
Compliance reporting and disclosure
Building a compliance culture
Risk-based internal audit
Control testing and evidence
Regulatory and digital transformation
Regulatory and legal duty
Professional standards and self-regulation
Integrity, confidentiality and conflicts
Anti-corruption and financial-crime ethics
Client feedback and satisfaction
Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
Contract types and risk allocation
Contract governance and compliance

Legal and Regulatory

Regulation of transport: authorities, conventions and licensing
Evidence-based improvement
Lessons learned and development
Subcontractor and supplier management
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Goal setting and contracting
Stakeholder rights and fair treatment
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management
Land rights, tenure and equitable resource use
Managing refunds, disputes and goodwill
Handling difficult customers and disputes
Contract law and formation
Contract exit and renewal
Payroll, statutory deductions and employment cost

Financial Oversight

Accountability and transparency
Management accounts and dashboards
Budget vs actual and variance
Cost and profitability analysis
Data visualisation for finance
Communicating financial results
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Accountability and follow-through
Meaning, purpose and values
Earned value and forecasting
Cost-benefit and investment appraisal
Budgeting techniques and the budgeting cycle
Flexible budgets and rolling forecasts
Responsibility accounting and cost centres
Cost reduction and efficiency programmes

Risk and Resilience

Insurance, risk transfer and retained risk
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Employment compliance and the HR risk agenda
Designing and facilitating groups
Risk assessment methodology and matrices
Dynamic and site-specific risk assessment
Residual risk and ALARP
Risk registers and monitoring
Communicating risk to the workforce
Psychoeducation and workshops
Business continuity and recovery
Managing risk and difficult cases
Wellbeing and resilience coaching
Financial risk in projects
Risk identification and analysis

Data and Reporting

Findings, reporting and remediation
Data collection and analytics
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Predictive safety analytics
Data-informed and evidence-based decisions
Data literacy and analytics for leaders
Dashboards, metrics and management information
Cybersecurity and information governance for leaders
Data quality and master data management
Sustainability reporting and disclosure
Comparable sales analysis and market evidence
Analytical techniques and bias
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches

Stakeholders and Oversight

Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Managing difficult stakeholders
The regulatory landscape and central banking
Stakeholder mapping in banking
Regulatory duty and accountability
Regulatory compliance and central-bank rules
Regulatory reporting and audits
Regulatory liquidity ratios (LCR, NSFR)
Stakeholder and gap analysis
Stakeholder communications
Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Performance measurement and KPI dashboards
Board reporting and information flows
Regulatory change management
Onboarding and induction programme design

Leadership and Decisions

Sales performance and pipeline management
Liquidity and funding management
Investment portfolio management
Thought leadership
Category management and strategy
Key account management and account planning
Tenders, proposals and the bid decision
Change management and adoption
Performance management systems and cycles
Theories and models of leadership and management
Project management principles and lifecycle
Designing an intervention or programme
Financial, management and cost accounting distinguished
Management reporting and decision support
Conflicts of interest management

People and Conduct

Managing resistance and capability
Talent review and succession in practice
Managing resistance and capability building
Principles of teaching, training and learning
Workforce and shift management in retail
Scaling delivery capability
Land-use planning, capability and degradation management
Roles, standards and professional conduct
Workforce management and scheduling
Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Talent sourcing channels and pipelines
High-potential identification and talent reviews
Professional ethics and codes of conduct in HR
Workforce planning and the capability gap

Operations and Quality

Quality management and standards
Productivity and efficiency improvement
The procurement cycle and operating models
Supplier development and improvement
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Policy administration and customer service in insurance
The vehicle sales process from enquiry to delivery
In-process quality control and inspection
Costing production: standard costs, variances and the true cost of scrap
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Tariffs, regulation and the economics of essential services
Certification and continual improvement
Design review and quality
Process improvement and lean thinking
Mineral processing and beneficiation

Programmes and Change

Goal setting and action planning
Habit change and behaviour design
Projects, programmes and portfolios
Project roles and the project manager
Project governance and assurance
Project governance frameworks
Compliance and regulatory projects
Change control and configuration
Leading project governance
Organisational change management
Change and adoption in projects
Campaign planning and execution
Account planning and whitespace analysis
Leading campaigns and sales projects
Soil chemistry, pH and cation exchange capacity

Technology and Data Risk

Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Bancassurance and digital insurance models
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Evidence-based practice
Practice management systems
Agile and digital transformation projects
Portfolio and resource management systems
Automation in project delivery
Emerging project technologies
Digital disruption and modern go-to-market
Digital finance, mobile money and payment operations
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
Treatment planning and review
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)

Third Parties and Procurement

Supply market analysis
Payables, procurement controls and supplier fraud
Supply analysis, gaps and scenario planning
Contractor and visitor safety
Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Capstone scoping: a real sourcing or supply challenge
Fair trade and responsible supply
Vendor, venue and supplier contracting for events
Managing complexity and comorbidity
Vendor selection and management

Sustainability and ESG

Responsible and sustainable banking
Social performance and outreach
Sustainable and green banking
Control environment and risk assessment
Emerging assurance areas (ESG)
Corporate social responsibility communications
Workplace and organisational contexts
Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
Responsible and sustainable governance
ESG principles and frameworks
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Monitoring sustainability outcomes
Policy, institutions and the enabling environment for agriculture
Gender, youth and social inclusion in agricultural development
Corporate social responsibility and community impact

Communication and Disclosure

Professional presentation and defence
Communicating vision and telling stories
Executive communication and presence
Cross-cultural communication
Transparency, fairness and value for money
The media and telecommunications landscape
Change talk and readiness
Professional case study and presentation
Communicating with families and carers
Writing advisory reports that drive decisions
Reporting to boards and executives
Crisis communications
Ethics in communications
Communications strategy and planning
Internal communications

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CPOC certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with OECD principles, ISO and recognised governance and compliance standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CPOC?

This certification is ideal for Governance and Compliance Officers, Policy and Regulatory Analysts, Risk and Audit Professionals and Company Secretaries and Board Advisors, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in corporate governance, compliance, policy and accountability with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CPOC certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 11 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 CPOC internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CPOC certification?

The Certified Point of Competitiveness Analyst 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 CPOC 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 CPOC?

The Certified Point of Competitiveness Analyst 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 CPOC?

The Certified Point of Competitiveness Analyst carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CPOC 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 CPOC?

Graduates progress towards senior governance, compliance and policy-leadership roles. The CPOC strengthens your expertise in corporate governance, compliance, policy and accountability and positions you for advancement across corporates, regulators, government and civil-society organisations.

Certified Point of Competitiveness Analyst