CPEA Certified Personal Executive Assistant™

The Certified Personal Executive Assistant programme has been designed by an award-winning former assistant and now specialist EA trainer, to provide training, which is relevant, progressive, and able to help you future-proof your career. It is ideal for any executive assistant who wants to elevate their role within an organization and ensure maximum return on investment to their team and executive. The role is evolving, and we need to do the same to remain relevant. The content is practical and immediately implementable and having a certification will elevate your brand value and differentiate you in a crowded talent pool.

• Increased awareness of the most important skills required in the modern workplace: we will unpack and define the skills required to be successful in the future, not only within the profession but more broadly in the world of work.

• Improved foundational activities of the role: understanding the importance of doing the basic elements of the role with precision and how important these foundational activities are to your success and that of your team.

• Enhanced communication skills: we will explore and expand your communication abilities with proven methods which will create impact. We will also explore how to communicate more assertively, in difficult situations or in times of crisis.

• Improved efficiency and productivity: we will explore ways in which you can add more value to your teams and level up professionally beyond your current baseline. You will be able to benchmark international best practices and techniques with which you can individualize your role for the future.

• Enhance self-awareness and credibility: gain a better understanding of how to build solid relationships with stakeholders, how to create trust and show accountability. We will also explore how to build a powerful personal brand.

This highly practical course has been specifically designed for: Assistants Executive Assistants Personal Assistants Office Managers Chief of Staff HR practitioners or line managers of teams of executive assistants who would like to keep abreast of the role’s evolution, the traits and skills of top tier executive assistants and how to maximize performance within their teams.

The GAFM was founded in 1996 by the original founders of the Graduate Leadership Society. The Founders of our Standards Board are CEOs, Executives, Professors, and industry experts from around the globe. We desire to raise education standards and ethics in the business and management industries. The Standards Policy Board awards specialized board certifications, designations, and charters in the fields of: finance, accounting, management, and consulting fields to qualified professionals who have completed internationally recognized or accredited exams & education, government recognized degrees and documented management credentials and experience. Since 1996, the Academy has been promoting accredited graduate standards for certification in business, management, law, and finance. Since the inception with the founding of the Graduate Institute of Leadership in 1996, the Academy has been focused on quality assurance with accredited education, exams, assessment, education, ethics, and continuing education. Further, applicants must also have the necessary experience in practice, research or publications in their respective areas of expertise.