What is the Certified Executive Strategy Specialist?

The Certified Executive Strategy 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.

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Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

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Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Executive Strategy Specialist

Certified Executive Strategy 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

Strategy at the Executive Level

Setting and communicating strategic direction
The executive transition: from function to enterprise
The strategic narrative
Executive presence and credibility
Cost-effectiveness and value-for-money analysis
Preparing financial statements
Executive ethics and the leader’s shadow
Management accounts and dashboards
Budget vs actual and variance
Leading in crisis and under scrutiny
Forecasting and planning
Data visualisation for finance
Decision support and insight
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches

Designing the Decision Cadence

Executive time, attention and decision cadence
Building and running a top team
Leading through other leaders
Growth, lactation and productivity
Feeding for reproduction and performance
Reproductive physiology and cycles
Artificial insemination and reproductive technologies
Value-chain and supply-chain finance
Measuring ERP value
Digital learning strategy
Innovation and experimentation in learning
Designing a learning programme or curriculum
Design review and quality assurance

Running the Executive Forum

Building and running a top team
Executive time, attention and decision cadence
Time value of money and discounting
Pricing, contribution and product decisions
Attachment and developmental theory
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Designing a governance, compliance or policy solution
Codes of conduct and values
Organisational design principles and structures
Attrition, engagement and productivity analytics
Communication strategy in change programmes
Embedding values and behaviours

Translating Strategy into Commitment

Setting and communicating strategic direction
Leading through other leaders
The strategic narrative
Category management and strategy development
Sourcing strategies and portfolio (Kraljic)
Negotiation strategy and planning
Strategic customer relationships
Strategy as a coherent set of choices
Strategic positioning versus operational effectiveness
Strategic options and real options thinking
Corporate portfolio strategy and parenting advantage
Income capitalisation and investment value
How insurance works: risk pooling and the value chain

Board Oversight of Strategy

Working with a board and governance
The strategic narrative
Peer support and consultation
Scaling technologies and business models
Record-keeping and data protection
Advisory service design and delivery
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
The value of customer-centricity
Innovation in service delivery
Journey and process redesign
Customer service and CX strategy
Designing voice-of-customer programmes
Sustaining strategic customer focus

Sustaining Direction Through Disruption

Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Setting and communicating strategic direction
Leading across cultures and geographies
Customer journey and experience design
Retention, loyalty and lifetime value
SME lending and value-chain finance
Communications strategy and planning
Category management and strategy
Supplier development and innovation
Client feedback and satisfaction
Financial inclusion strategy
The HR function: roles, operating models and value creation
Strategic analysis: PESTLE, SWOT and Porter’s Five Forces
Lessons learned and development

Strategic Context for Executives

Translating insight into strategy
Psychoeducation and workshops
Customer experience strategy
Competitive bidding processes
Learning strategy and business alignment
Real options and strategic investment
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Reward strategy and total reward frameworks
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Digital marketing strategy
Key account management strategy
Building strategic customer relationships
Competitive and market intelligence

Enterprise Performance Management

Managing schedule and budget performance
Agile metrics and velocity
Setting objectives and marketing KPIs
Funnel, pipeline and conversion metrics
Customer and brand health metrics
Dashboards and performance reporting
Capacity and performance management
Setting objectives, indicators and targets
Linking CX to business performance
Net Promoter Score and satisfaction metrics
Performance management in service
Performance management systems and cycles
Completion, engagement and impact metrics
Performance measurement and KPI dashboards
Interpreting financial performance

Executive Decision Making

Issue and problem management
Backlogs, user stories and prioritisation
Escalation and decision-making
Portfolio management and prioritisation
Decision-making and problem solving
Data-driven decision-making
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Data-driven decision support and analytics
Prioritising experience investments
Problem loans, restructuring and recovery
Evidence, judgement and scepticism
Root-cause analysis and problem solving
Management reporting and decision support
Capital structure and financing decisions
Make-or-buy and outsourcing decisions

Financial Stewardship

Communicating financial results
Cost-benefit and investment appraisal
Project budgeting and financial control
Funding, cash flow and financing
Financial risk in projects
Cost estimation and budgeting
Time and cost control
Strategic alignment of investments
Marketing planning and budgeting
Budget, ROI and feasibility analysis
Carbon markets and climate finance
Options appraisal and cost-benefit
Cost of accidents and prevention value
Legal, cost and feasibility analysis
Make-versus-buy and total cost of ownership

Risk, Governance and Assurance

Project governance frameworks
Compliance and regulatory projects
Leading project governance
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Risk identification and analysis
Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
Risk response and contingency
Quality planning and assurance
Integrated risk and quality control
Data quality and governance
Programme governance and assurance
Reporting quality and governance
Duty of care and risk management
Managing risk and difficult cases
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations

Stakeholder and Investor Relations

Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Designing an intervention or programme
The project environment and stakeholders
Stakeholder and sponsor management
Stakeholder rights and fair treatment
Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Stakeholder identification and analysis
Stakeholder engagement strategy
Managing expectations and influence
Building project relationships
Influencer and affiliate marketing
Evidence-based practice
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms
Relationship management and retention
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration

Executive Communication

Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Professional case study and presentation
Communicating with families and carers
Professional writing and reports
Psychoeducation and public communication
Writing advisory reports that drive decisions
Reporting to boards and executives
Monitoring, control and reporting
Professional documentation and presentation
Communication planning and management
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Communicating technical information to diverse audiences
Data quality, analysis and reporting
Professional report writing and presentation

Evidence for Executive Judgement

Data privacy and consent
Data ethics and customer privacy
Data protection and customer privacy
Data, analytics and customer insight
Data analytics in audit
Digital and alternative-data credit
Data migration and cleansing
Reporting and enterprise analytics
Data governance in enterprise systems
Data visualisation and financial storytelling
Evidence-based financial recommendations
Diversity and pay-equity analytics
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
Data collection and analytics
Predictive safety analytics

Leading Change

Digital transformation and IT strategy
Variations, claims and delay: managing change on site
Change talk and readiness
Habit change and behaviour design
Change control and configuration
Organisational change management
Change and adoption in projects
Agile and digital transformation projects
Measuring change and project impact
Baseline setting and change control
Sales and marketing transformation
Future of work and workforce transformation
Large-scale transformation and agile ways of working
Risk assessment and safety planning
Treatment planning and review

Operating Model

Continuous improvement of finance processes
Discipline, conduct and fair-process management
Managing complexity and comorbidity
Productivity, collaboration and workflow tools
Process improvement and lean thinking
Productivity and efficiency improvement
The procurement cycle and operating models
Reinsurance and capacity management
The vehicle sales process from enquiry to delivery
Capacity planning and line balancing
In-process quality control and inspection
Designing a banking solution or process
Principles of credit and the lending process
Automation, RPA and straight-through processing
Process and control documentation

Talent and Capability

Building a coaching culture
Measuring coaching and mentoring impact
Capability and skills frameworks
Succession and the leadership pipeline
Nomination, succession and diversity
Leadership and management development
Coaching models and frameworks (GROW)
Organisation development principles and practice
Competency framework development
Succession planning and talent pipelines
Talent sourcing channels and pipelines
Facilitation, coaching and mentoring
High-potential identification and talent reviews
Knowledge management and capability building
Creating a coaching culture

Portfolio and Delivery Oversight

Emerging project technologies
Programme management principles
Measuring programme success
Leading project teams
Workplace and organisational contexts
Building high-performing project teams
Product and portfolio strategy
Leading campaigns and sales projects
Team leadership in field and project settings
Goal setting and action planning
Portfolio of evidence and reflective practice
Designing a safety programme or control
Innovation portfolio and the three horizons
Programme governance
Programme cycle management in NGOs

Technology at Enterprise Level

Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Bancassurance and digital insurance models
Accountability and follow-through
Ethics of technology in practice
Automation in project delivery
Digital disruption and modern go-to-market
Digital and data-driven go-to-market
Email and marketing automation
Marketing technology stack
CRM and marketing automation platforms
Wellbeing and resilience coaching
Measuring coaching outcomes
Digital permits and inspections
Automation and safety technology
Outcome and process measures

Market and Customer Perspective

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
Customer and employee satisfaction
Market and interest-rate risk
Know Your Customer and enhanced due diligence
Customer segmentation and needs analysis
Market analysis and environmental scanning
Customer personas and insight
Value proposition design and messaging
Go-to-market and channel strategy

Culture and Engagement

Engagement, motivation and energisers
Cost concepts, classification and behaviour
Stakeholder engagement plan
Building an ethical culture
Employee engagement models and drivers
HR's role in culture, values and employer brand
Safety culture and leadership
Managing resistance and engagement
Worker engagement and empowerment
Innovation culture, incentives and psychological safety
Motivation theories and engagement
Strengths, flow and engagement
Meaning, purpose and values
Building trust and engagement
Motivation and engagement

Operating Across Borders

Evidence-based practice and research literacy
Cross-cultural and global inclusion
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Practice management systems
Global sourcing and trade
Psychometric and screening tools
Transfer pricing and international tax
Cross-border data and transfers
Global and comparative HR contexts
Global sourcing and international trade
International and cross-border tax
Leading groups and workshops
The consulting mindset and trusted advisor positioning
Diagnosing client problems before prescribing solutions

Legal and Regulatory Environment

Policy administration and customer service in insurance
Insurance regulation and consumer protection
Vendor, venue and supplier contracting for events
Regulation of transport: authorities, conventions and licensing
Tariffs, regulation and the economics of essential services
Structuring engagements: scope, deliverables and expectations
Subcontractor and supplier management
Regulation, ethics and misinformation in media and telecoms
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Goal setting and contracting
Discovery interviews and evidence gathering
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management
Root cause analysis frameworks in advisory work
Presenting recommendations to senior decision-makers

Standards and Improvement

Certification and continual improvement
Design review and quality
Quality management and standards
Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Costing production: standard costs, variances and the true cost of scrap
Service quality and the passenger experience in transport
Quality management on site: inspections, hold points and defects
Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
Evidence-based improvement
Project management standards (PMI, PRINCE2)
Driving measurable banking improvement
Quality assurance of audit
Assurance engagements and standards
Continuous improvement of delivery

Negotiation and Difficult Conversations

Conflict resolution and mediation
Difficult conversations and feedback
Negotiation and conflict resolution
Negotiation tactics and behaviours
Property viewings, offers and negotiation to close
Managing difficult conversations
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Negotiation and conflict management
Conflict resolution and negotiation
Conflicts of interest and transparency
Commercial negotiation and value capture
Sponsorship and negotiation selling
Negotiation with clients and partners
Negotiation with buyers, suppliers and financiers
Conflict resolution over land, water and resources

Growth and Innovation Oversight

Growth strategy and demand generation
Innovation and new product launch
Data-driven growth
Pricing, value articulation and professional fees
Innovation and fintech collaboration
Value innovation and uncontested market space
Intellectual property and defensibility of innovation
Growth mindset and continuous learning
Business model design and innovation
Emerging tools and innovation
Innovation and continuous delivery
Ethics and independence in advisory relationships

Teams and Forums

Designing and facilitating groups
Working with referrers and multidisciplinary teams
Collaboration and teamwork
Servant leadership and self-organising teams
Facilitation and workshops
Virtual and distributed teams
Team leadership and motivation
Team development and effectiveness
Coaching and developing team members
Managing virtual and cross-cultural teams
Cross-functional collaboration with product and service
Leading remote and hybrid teams
Team diversity and inclusion
High-performance team rituals and cadence
Managing engagement risk and professional liability

Ethics and Integrity

Ethical principles and codes of practice
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Professional ethics and responsibility (PMI)
Professional standards and ethics
Marketing and sales ethics
Sustainability and responsible marketing
Projects, programmes and portfolios
Project roles and the project manager
Corporate social responsibility and community impact
Ethics, transparency and reputation
Ethics and treating customers fairly in insurance
Business case and strategic alignment
Ethics and fair customer treatment

Sustainability and Responsibility

Control environment and risk assessment
Emerging assurance areas (ESG)
Corporate social responsibility communications
Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
Project governance and assurance
The regulatory and legal environment
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Responsible and sustainable governance
ESG principles and frameworks
Environmental governance and climate risk
Governance of ESG and reporting
Sustainability and social impact in projects
Managing organisational politics
Managing resistance and readiness
Monitoring sustainability outcomes

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CEXSS certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with recognised global leadership and management competency frameworks. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CEXSS?

This certification is ideal for Managers and Team Leaders, Heads of Department and Directors, Senior Executives and Aspiring Leaders and Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in strategic leadership, organisational management and business transformation with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CEXSS 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 CEXSS internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CEXSS certification?

The Certified Executive Strategy 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 CEXSS 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 CEXSS?

The Certified Executive Strategy 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 CEXSS?

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

Can I study the CEXSS 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 CEXSS?

Graduates progress towards executive, director and C-suite leadership roles. The CEXSS strengthens your expertise in strategic leadership, organisational management and business transformation and positions you for advancement across corporates, public institutions, NGOs and enterprises.

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