How long does this certification take?

The programme takes 10 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 Intermediate Level certification.

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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 Business Networking and Relationship Expert in South Sudan

Executive Summary

Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert (CNET) delivers a rigorous Intermediate-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing.

This 10 Weeks programme is structured around recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CNET 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 Business Networking and Relationship Expert

Acronym

CNET

Who Should Enrol?

Counsellors and Therapists
Coaches and Wellbeing Practitioners
Social and Community Workers
Helping-Profession Practitioners

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

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards senior counselling, clinical and practice-leadership roles

Professional Recognition

Credential aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards

Leadership Capability

Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex counselling functions

Organisational Impact

Design and implement counselling systems that drive performance and measurable results

Compliance Readiness

Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to counselling

Global Employability

Qualify for counselling roles across clinics, NGOs, schools, community organisations and private practice worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Counselling Theories, Models and Approaches

✦Assessment, Case Formulation and Treatment Planning

✦Therapeutic Skills, Alliance and Communication

✦Specialised Populations and Presenting Concerns

✦Coaching, Wellbeing and Positive Psychology

✦Professional Ethics and Governance

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

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

Foundations and Professional Context of Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert

Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
The helping relationship and its purpose
History and scope of counselling and coaching
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Ethical principles and codes of practice
The self of the practitioner
Cultural competence and diversity
Confidentiality, consent and safeguarding
The evidence base for talking therapies
Wellbeing and the biopsychosocial model
Career pathways and professional development

Cost, Currency and Exit

Correlation, causation and experiment design
Technical debt and system lifecycle
Delivering technology change that people adopt
Automation and where it genuinely pays
Preparing financial statements
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Vendor selection and managing technology suppliers
Interpreting financial statements
Cost, performance and FinOps
Business continuity and disaster recovery
IT operations and service management
Reporting quality and governance
Data storytelling and communicating findings
Incident and problem management
Management accounts and dashboards

Lifecycle and Replacement

Technical debt and system lifecycle
Systems integration and the single source of truth
Requirements and the specification gap
Forecasting and planning
Risk management and security frameworks
Governance, compliance and standards (ISO 27001)
KPIs and performance reporting
Emerging threats and defensive strategy
Decision support and insight
Reporting automation
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Peer support and consultation
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Innovation management and R&D

Where Computing Should Sit

Cloud, infrastructure and the connectivity constraint
Cybersecurity fundamentals and the human factor
Data protection and privacy by design
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Duty of care and risk management
Data and interoperability
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Emerging-technology evaluation
Client feedback and satisfaction
Business models for new tech
Ethics and responsible innovation
Evidence-based improvement
User adoption and change
Risk and regulatory considerations
Managing risk and difficult cases

Connectivity as a Design Constraint

Cloud, infrastructure and the connectivity constraint
Delivering technology change that people adopt
Requirements and the specification gap
The business analysis discipline and role
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Process modelling and mapping
Designing and facilitating groups
Stakeholder and gap analysis
Data and information requirements
Psychoeducation and workshops
Designing an intervention or programme
Managing scope and change
Bridging business and technology
Capstone scoping: a real technology problem
Requirements and analysis

Integration and Authoritative Sources

Systems integration and the single source of truth
Data quality and the fitness-for-purpose test
Cloud, infrastructure and the connectivity constraint
Wireless, mobile and edge networking
Cloud platforms and services
Containerisation and Kubernetes
Serverless and microservices
Platform engineering and reliability (SRE)
Monitoring, observability and logging
Network security and zero trust
Cost, performance and capacity management
ETL/ELT and data pipelines
Big data platforms (Spark, Hadoop)
Streaming and real-time data
Data architecture and integration

Security of the Estate

Cybersecurity fundamentals and the human factor
Data protection and privacy by design
Systems integration and the single source of truth
Managing resistance and upskilling
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Scaling technology and teams
Measuring digital transformation impact
Professional ethics in technology
Data ethics, privacy and protection
Professional case study and presentation
Evidence-based practice
Treatment planning and review
Digital accessibility and inclusion
Governance, risk and compliance
Sustainability and green IT

Ethics and Standards

Digital ethics and algorithmic accountability
Ethics, responsibility and digital citizenship
Ethical and responsible technology
Artificial intelligence: capability, limits and responsible use
Responsible and sustainable governance
Professional standards and self-regulation
Digital ethics and responsible AI
Business ethics and ethical frameworks
Ethical decision-making
Building an ethical culture
AI, ethics and algorithmic accountability
Marketing and sales ethics
Brand safety and responsible marketing
Sustainability and responsible marketing
Managing complexity and comorbidity

International Context

Cross-border data and transfers
Transfer pricing and international tax
Cross-cultural and global inclusion
Global and comparative HR contexts
Global sourcing and international trade
International and cross-border tax
Workplace and organisational contexts
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Grades, standards and export certification (GlobalG.A.P.)
Global sourcing and trade
The agricultural sector: systems, actors and global food value chains

Sustainability

Continuous environmental improvement
Integration with quality and environment
Supply markets and the enabling environment
Sustainability and responsible sourcing
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
Sustainability reporting and disclosure
Embedding sustainability in sourcing
Industrial utilities, energy and process safety interfaces
Energy efficiency and demand management
Mine water, tailings and environmental management
Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
Change talk and readiness
The regulatory and legal environment
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism

Learning and Knowledge

Deep learning and neural networks
Supervised and unsupervised learning
Instructional design models (ADDIE, SAM)
Cognitive load and learning science
The learning and development profession
Learning strategy and business alignment
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Blended and hybrid learning design
Motivation and self-directed learning
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Knowledge management and capability building
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Habit change and behaviour design
Complaint data and learning

Health and Safety Context

Accountability and follow-through
Wellbeing and resilience coaching
Health records, data and confidentiality
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach
Strengths, flow and engagement
Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
Health financing: budgets, insurance and out-of-pocket realities
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Risk assessment and safety planning
Automation and safety technology
Toolbox talks and safety communication
Resilience, wellbeing and stress management
Event risk, safety and contingency planning

Technology Foundations

Building digital capability in an organisation
LAN, WAN and network design
Software design patterns and quality
Big data technologies and platforms
Network design, LAN/WAN and topologies
Cloud data platforms
The technology landscape and trends
Systems analysis, design and modelling
Digital transformation strategy
System performance and reliability metrics
Designing a technical solution or system
Managing technology teams and technical work
Software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Digital transformation roadmaps
Innovation and technology investment

Data and Evidence

KPIs and metric design
Self-service analytics
Predictive and prescriptive analytics
Data products and stakeholder value
Data literacy and adoption
Turning insight into decisions
Servers, storage and data centres
Continuous improvement and DevOps metrics
Data structures and algorithms
Metrics, velocity and flow
Master data and configuration
ETL, data pipelines and engineering
Data analytics and visualisation
Data privacy and protection
Statistics and exploratory data analysis

Governance and Risk

Version control and collaborative development
Quality assurance and code review
IT governance frameworks (COBIT)
Enterprise architecture governance
Risk, compliance and audit
Cyber risk management
Project governance and risk
Compliance and audit in ERP
Testing, quality assurance and defect economics
Grant compliance and restricted funding management
NGO governance, boards and registration
Change control and configuration
Leading project governance
Project budgeting and financial control
Financial risk in projects

Legal and Regulatory

Smart contracts and dApps
Regulatory awareness (GDPR and beyond)
Vendor, contract and asset management
Regulatory and privacy requirements
Meaning, purpose and values
Compliance and regulatory projects
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management
Policy, institutions and the enabling environment for agriculture
Advocacy and policy engagement
Regulatory compliance and market requirements
Record-keeping and data protection
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Goal setting and contracting
Regulatory and fair-treatment obligations

Delivery and Projects

Agile and product operating models
Continuous improvement in delivery
IT project and portfolio management
Leading IT projects and change
Agile delivery and iterative development
Goal setting and action planning
Projects, programmes and portfolios
Project management standards (PMI, PRINCE2)
The project environment and stakeholders
Project roles and the project manager
Project governance and assurance
Programme management principles
Programme governance and assurance
Measuring programme success
Leading project teams

Leadership and Decisions

Identity and access management
Vulnerability management
Training and change management
Vendor and partner management
Upgrades and roadmap management
Turning analysis into a decision
IT service management and support operations
Patching and change management
DevOps, CI/CD and release management
CI/CD and release management
IT service management and ITIL
Incident, problem and change management
Configuration and asset management
IT financial management and value
Ethics and responsible leadership

Capability and Training

Front-end and back-end development
Web and mobile application development
Proposal development and donor reporting
Attachment and developmental theory
Lessons learned and development
Measuring coaching outcomes
Scaling delivery capability
Project management plan development
Schedule development and optimisation
Team development and effectiveness
Coaching and developing team members
Sales enablement and coaching
Gender, youth and social inclusion in agricultural development
Career pathways and continuing professional development
Setting professional goals and a personal development plan

Change and Adoption

Technology governance and change control
Foreign exchange and hedging
Change management and adoption
The finance function and digital transformation
Regulatory change management
Large-scale transformation and agile ways of working
Outcome and process measures
Managing resistance and engagement
Evidence-based practice and research literacy
Managing resistance and capability building
Digital transformation and IT strategy
Measuring CX transformation impact
Digital transformation in banking
Managing resistance and reskilling
Foreign exchange and treasury operations

Operations and Service

Service strategy, design and transition
Continual service improvement
Incident response process
ERP concepts and business processes
Process optimisation and RPA
Natural language processing
IT operating models and organisation
IT service and product mindset
Quality, defects and reliability
APIs and service design
Data governance and quality
Quality planning and assurance
Quality control and continuous improvement
Integrated risk and quality control
Data quality and governance

Cost and Investment

Roadmapping and investment
Finance, procurement and supply modules
Budget vs actual and variance
Cost and profitability analysis
Data visualisation for finance
Communicating financial results
Cost-benefit and investment appraisal
Funding, cash flow and financing
Cost estimation and budgeting
Managing schedule and budget performance
Strategic alignment of investments
Access to finance, grants and investment
Financial and technical feasibility analysis
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Prioritising experience investments

Stakeholders and Vendors

ERP platforms and vendors
Stakeholder mapping and business partnering
Presenting and influencing
Negotiation with vendors
Relationship management and retention
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Influencing and presenting insights
Managing difficult stakeholders
Stakeholder mapping in banking
Negotiation and influencing
Relationship management and cross-selling
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Stakeholders, agency and accountability
Fair treatment of stakeholders
Shareholder and stakeholder rights

Communication and Documentation

Business intelligence and reporting
Professional and technical documentation
Cryptography and secure communications
Communicating vision and telling stories
Executive communication and presence
Cross-cultural communication
Risk registers and reporting
Tax provisioning and reporting
Transfer pricing documentation
Vehicle documentation, compliance and consumer protection
The media and telecommunications landscape
Professional documentation and presentation
Communication planning and management
Reporting and dashboards
Project data, reporting and analytics

Users and Customers

Managing user and customer expectations
Scaling innovation to production
Digital user experience and accessibility
Customer experience transformation
Customer service and CX strategy
Designing voice-of-customer programmes
Sustaining strategic customer focus
Customer and journey analysis
Designing a service or experience improvement
Operational efficiency and productivity
Customer experience strategy
Building strategic customer relationships
Customer success and retention
Customer lifetime value and profitability
Customer data platforms and segmentation

Strategic Context

IT strategy and business alignment
Innovation and experimentation culture
Data-driven and platform business models
Automated testing strategies
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Sourcing strategies and portfolio (Kraljic)
Negotiation strategy and planning
Manufacturing strategies: make-to-stock, make-to-order and batch versus flow
Content strategy across platforms
Emerging tools and innovation
Business case and strategic alignment
Scaling technologies and business models
Practice management systems
Psychometric and screening tools
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations

Security

Risk, security and feasibility analysis
Security by design
Awareness and security culture
Claims investigation and fraud indicators
Cybersecurity and fraud technology
Fraud risk and controls
Cybersecurity governance
Data breach and incident governance
Cybersecurity and information governance
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Leading security teams
Aligning security with business goals
Security risk assessment and proportionate response
Security technology selection and operation

Performance Measurement

Performance tuning and optimisation
Scalability, availability and performance
IT KPIs, SLAs and scorecards
Concurrency and performance
Performance and load testing
Measuring IT value and performance
Performance and optimisation
Performance scorecards and reviews
Investment principles and objectives
Performance management systems and cycles
Learning KPIs and scorecards
Marketing and sales KPIs and dashboards
Capacity and performance management
Setting objectives, indicators and targets
Livestock records, performance and productivity metrics

Procurement and Supply

Third-party and supply-chain risk
Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
The procurement cycle and operating models
Public versus private procurement
Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Supply market analysis and Porter’s forces
Fair trade and responsible supply
Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution
Ethics of technology in practice
Working with referrers and multidisciplinary teams
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Supply market analysis
Supply analysis, gaps and scenario planning
Inventory management and optimisation

Workforce

Workforce management and scheduling
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
Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Fit-gap analysis and selection
Malware and attack analysis

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Establish a comprehensive understanding of Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert principles aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards
Apply evidence-based methods to improve counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing
Master counselling theories, models and approaches and assessment, case formulation and treatment planning
Apply therapeutic skills, alliance and communication and specialised populations and presenting concerns in real-world settings
Lead risk management, quality and compliance relevant to your field
Design stakeholder engagement and professional communication strategies
Use data-driven decision-making and performance-measurement tools effectively
Apply internationally recognised best practice to advance your career in counselling

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CNET certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CNET?

This certification is ideal for Counsellors and Therapists, Coaches and Wellbeing Practitioners, Social and Community Workers and Helping-Profession Practitioners, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CNET 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 CNET internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CNET certification?

The Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert 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 CNET 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 CNET?

The Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert 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 CNET?

The Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CNET 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 CNET?

Graduates progress towards senior counselling, clinical and practice-leadership roles. The CNET strengthens your expertise in counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing and positions you for advancement across clinics, NGOs, schools, community organisations and private practice.

Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert

Certified Business Networking and Relationship Expert

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

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