What is the Certified Energy Management Specialist?

The Certified Energy Management 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 11 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.

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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 Energy Management Specialist

Certified Energy Management Specialist: 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

Prioritisation and Focus

Prioritisation and managing competing demands
Running meetings that produce decisions
Operational planning and workflow management
Power, coalitions and organisational politics
Leading under ambiguity and complexity
Strategic learning and the adaptive organisation
Culture as a strategic asset
Leading strategic change
Developing strategic capability in others
The executive transition: from function to enterprise
Setting and communicating strategic direction
Leading through other leaders
Building and running a top team
Working with a board and governance
Executive presence and credibility

Performance and Difficult Conversations

Managing performance day to day
Difficult conversations and managerial courage
Building and leading a team
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
Risk assessment and judgement
Managing trade-offs and dilemmas
Decision rights and governance

Decisions, Budgets and Resources

Decision making for managers
Managing budgets and resources
Operational planning and workflow management
Reporting quality and governance
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
Management accounts and dashboards

Managing Upward and Developing

Managing upward and across
Developing your own management practice
Developing strategic capability in others
Managing performance through coaching
Forecasting and planning
Coaching challenging situations
Measuring coaching impact
Digital leadership and business transformation
Data literacy and analytics for leaders
Leading technology adoption and change
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Managing distributed and digital teams
Dashboards, metrics and management information
Cybersecurity and information governance for leaders
Innovation platforms and experimentation

From Doing to Managing

The transition from doing to managing
Delegation and appropriate autonomy
Developing your own management practice
Reputation and personal brand
Attachment and developmental theory
Time management and personal productivity
Prioritisation and focus
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Growth mindset and continuous learning
Managing pressure and difficult conversations
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Building support networks and mentors
Reflective practice and self-leadership
Sustaining high performance over time
Ethical leadership and integrity

Delegation and Autonomy

Delegation and appropriate autonomy
Building and leading a team
Managing performance day to day
Project and programme oversight
Managing risk and controls
Balancing short-term delivery and long-term value
Innovation management and creative problem-solving
Change leadership models (Kotter, ADKAR, Lewin)
Diagnosing readiness and managing resistance
Building a compelling case for change
Leading large-scale transformation
Peer support and consultation
Organisational culture and behaviour change
Business model and market innovation
Sustaining change and embedding new behaviours

Risk and Governance

Board, governance and C-suite dynamics
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Corporate governance and accountability
Governance in different ownership models
Compliance frameworks and programmes
Enterprise risk management (ERM)
Compliance monitoring and testing
Compliance reporting and disclosure
Building a compliance culture
Data analytics for assurance
Compliance monitoring systems
Supply chain visibility and control towers
Supply chain risk identification and mapping
Risk assessment and prioritisation
Demand management and controlling maverick spend

Strategic Context

Corporate strategy and portfolio choices
Growth strategy: organic, M&A and partnerships
Organisational resilience and adaptive strategy
Strategic leadership at scale
Building strategic relationships and coalitions
Negotiation strategy and tactics
Designing a strategic or change intervention
Technology strategy and investment
Strategic alignment across an organisation
Organisational design as a strategic choice
The strategic narrative
Strategic sourcing process and RFx
Pricing strategy and models
Competitive bidding and tender management
Designing a sourcing or supply strategy

Evidence and Data

Data modelling and database design
NoSQL and modern data stores
Data warehousing and data lakes
ETL, data pipelines and engineering
Data analytics and visualisation
Big data technologies and platforms
Data privacy and protection
Farm management information systems and data platforms
ETL/ELT and data pipelines
Big data platforms (Spark, Hadoop)
Data architecture and integration
Market research design and methods
Qualitative and quantitative research
Translating insight into strategy
Duty of care and risk management

Technology

Performance management systems and KPIs
Record-keeping and data protection
Practice management systems
Ethics of technology in practice
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 and data-driven go-to-market
Digital marketing strategy
Digital credit and alternative data
Performance management systems and cycles
Safety management systems (ISO 45001)
The finance function and digital transformation

Projects and Delivery

Operational planning and resource management
Marketing planning and budgeting
Campaign planning and execution
Account planning and whitespace analysis
Leading campaigns and sales projects
Team leadership in field and project settings
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Implementation planning and risk management
HACCP principles and prerequisite programmes
Advisory service design and delivery
Communication planning and management
Building project relationships
Project management software and tools
Scheduling and planning tools

People Administration

Loyalty programmes and rewards
Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Reward strategy and total reward frameworks
Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Workforce management and scheduling
Employee relations, discipline and fair process
Employee engagement and what actually drives it
Talent, succession and workforce learning
Applicant tracking systems and recruitment analytics

Culture and Engagement

Leading across cultures and geographies
Board and investor engagement
Values-based decision-making
Safety culture and leadership
Managing resistance and engagement
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Worker engagement and empowerment
Resilience, wellbeing and stress management
Motivation theories and engagement
Creating a coaching culture
Buyer behaviour and the customer journey
Advocacy and policy engagement
Client feedback and satisfaction
Evidence-based improvement
Precision agriculture principles and site-specific management

Customers and Market

Customer and journey analysis
Designing a service or experience improvement
Queue management and service flow
Self-service and digital support
Customer experience strategy
Customer journey mapping
Voice of the customer programmes
Design thinking for service
Reducing customer effort
Customer effort and sentiment analysis
CRM systems and customer data
Governance of service standards
Responsible and ethical service
Service KPIs: CSAT, NPS, CES, SLAs
Continuous improvement in service

Legal and Policy

Regulatory reporting and audits
Regulatory liquidity ratios (LCR, NSFR)
Contract law and formation
Contract exit and renewal
Managing risk and difficult cases
Accounting concepts, principles and the regulatory landscape
The regulatory and legal environment
Regulatory mapping and obligations
Regulatory change management
Managing regulator relationships
Employment relationship and the psychological contract
Contract types and risk allocation
Contract administration and variation
Contract performance and exit
Contract governance and compliance

Supply and Procurement

The procurement cycle and operating models
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Public versus private procurement
Supply markets and the enabling environment
Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Public procurement frameworks and principles
Capstone scoping: a real sourcing or supply challenge
E-procurement and procure-to-pay systems
AI, blockchain and digital supply chains
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Fair trade and responsible supply
Lessons learned and development
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Procurement and contract value

Ethics and Standards

Executive ethics and the leader’s shadow
Corporate social responsibility and sustainability
Legal and regulatory responsibility
Ethical decision-making under pressure
Sustainability and climate responsibility
Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
Sustainability and responsible sourcing
Ethical and reputational risk
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Professional ethics and conduct in security
Corporate responsibility and community
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

Learning and Knowledge

Training needs analysis
Cognitive load and learning science
The learning and development profession
Learning strategy and business alignment
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Facilitation skills and presence
Virtual and hybrid facilitation
Blended and hybrid learning design
Motivation and self-directed learning
Learning strategy and roadmaps
Building the learning brand
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Designing and facilitating groups
Lessons learned and knowledge management

Diversity and Global Practice

Diversity, inclusion and inclusive leadership
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
Nomination, succession and diversity
Grades, standards and export certification (GlobalG.A.P.)
Financial inclusion and the evolving customer
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Digital accessibility and inclusion
Global sourcing and trade
The agricultural sector: systems, actors and global food value chains

Sustainability

Stakeholder capitalism and ESG
Corporate social responsibility and community impact
Monitoring, evaluation and sustainability plan
Sustainability certification and standards
Social media customer care
Responsible and sustainable banking
Social performance and outreach
Sustainable and green banking
Sustainability and green IT
Control environment and risk assessment
Emerging assurance areas (ESG)
Integrated and sustainability reporting
The project environment and stakeholders
Sustainability and social impact in projects
Market analysis and environmental scanning

Leadership and Management

Stakeholder management and relationships
Cost management and value creation
Succession and the leadership pipeline
Public speaking and thought leadership
Capstone scoping: a real leadership challenge
Category management and strategy development
Supplier relationship management (SRM)
Data quality and master data management
Crisis management and recovery
Security governance and management systems
Board and management reporting
Issue and problem management
Servant leadership and self-organising teams
Negotiation and conflict management
Team leadership and motivation

People and Development

Developing talent and succession
Workforce planning and the capability gap
Learning transfer and capability building
Talent review and succession in practice
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Aligning teams around strategy
Team formation and effectiveness models (Tuckman, Lencioni)
Managing team performance and dynamics
Cross-functional and matrix teams
Leading remote and hybrid teams
High-performance team rituals and cadence
Competency framework development
Succession planning and talent pipelines
Talent sourcing channels and pipelines
Facilitation, coaching and mentoring

Performance Management

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
Yield, productivity and profitability metrics
Linking CX to business performance
Net Promoter Score and satisfaction metrics
Strategy execution and the balanced scorecard
Performance measurement and scorecards
Managing underperformance and risk
Security KPIs and metrics

Operations

Organisational design and operating models
Process and control documentation
Quality assurance of audit
Competitive bidding processes
Business process mapping
The HR function: roles, operating models and value creation
Quality assurance and standards
L&D operating models and governance
Climate-smart agriculture: productivity, adaptation, mitigation
Continuous improvement of finance processes
Expected credit loss and portfolio quality
Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Quality planning and assurance
Quality control and continuous improvement
Integrated risk and quality control

Financial Management

Financial acumen: budgets, P&L and cash
Psychoeducation and workshops
Health financing: budgets, insurance and out-of-pocket realities
Preparing financial statements
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Budget vs actual and variance
Cost and profitability analysis
Data visualisation for finance
Communicating financial results
Cost-benefit and investment appraisal
Make-versus-buy and total cost of ownership
Cost and price analysis
Supplier financial and operational risk
Total cost of ownership versus purchase price

Communication

Influencing and presenting insights
Professional and persuasive communication
Transaction monitoring and suspicious reporting
Control monitoring and reporting
Crisis communications
Stakeholder communications
Ethics in communications
Communications strategy and planning
Internal communications
Presentation and public speaking
Professional report and presentation
Professional report writing
Managing sensitive communications
Risk registers and reporting
Proposal development and donor reporting

Decision Making

Executive time, attention and decision cadence
Management reporting and decision support
Capital structure and financing decisions
Setting strategic priorities and choices
Strategic decision-making under uncertainty
Structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis
Make, buy or ally: boundary decisions
Decision support and insight
Writing advisory reports that drive decisions
Backlogs, user stories and prioritisation
Escalation and decision-making
Problem loans, restructuring and recovery
Evidence, judgement and scepticism
Make-versus-buy decisions
Root-cause analysis and problem solving

Change

Measuring change and transformation impact
Digital transformation in banking
Foreign exchange and treasury operations
Operational risk and resilience
Technology governance and change control
Foreign exchange and hedging
Change management and adoption
Communication strategy in change programmes
Large-scale transformation and agile ways of working
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Designing an intervention or programme
Sales and marketing transformation
Measuring growth and transformation impact
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Digital and market transformation

Stakeholders and Influence

Stakeholder mapping and analysis
Influencing without authority
Managing conflict constructively
Conflicts of interest and fairness
Integrity, confidentiality and conflicts
Relationship management and cross-selling
Wealth, SME and corporate relationships
Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Stakeholders, agency and accountability
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Negotiation with buyers, suppliers and financiers
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms
Conflict resolution over land, water and resources
Data products and stakeholder value

Certified Energy Management Specialist

Certified Energy Management Specialist

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