WBSLCP Women in Business Strategic Leadership Certification Program™

This certification program will have two tracks: one for self-development and the other for strategic thinking and execution. This program will help you gain self-insight to lead with lasting influence and build your strategic thinking skills to gain a clear advantage for your company. You will set a clear and passionate direction for your own goals in leadership, and become reenergized about your career by empowering yourself with a realistic action map for building your own unique and effective approach to leadership. You will also learn the universal characteristics of leadership that apply globally to all contexts and companies that enhance job satisfaction in others. These characteristics are the key to achieving strategic outcomes and influencing individuals and teams, and apply in large and small ways: whether trying to successfully accomplish specific projects or when effectively driving a clear and purposeful vision.

• Gain crucial leadership skills that organizations demand.

• Increase your confidence and be comfortable with risk-taking.

• Find your true, dynamic voice as a leader and shape an authentic leadership message.

• Identify yourself, and be identified, as a total, professional manager and leader, adding value to the organization.

• Learn how to lead with courage and conviction.

• Learn how to navigate organizational politics.

• Network and learn with a diverse group of women from different industries and countries in an international environment

• Develop a personal action plan to implement back at work

• Learn and practice new skills using real-business-world examples and exercises

You are a female professional on a leadership career path.  You want to know how to progress to a higher level of leadership in your organization or you have been given such a role. You want to enhance your leadership competencies and increase your impact and confidence. You want to navigate effectively as a leader in a strategic business world. You want to increase your access to opportunities for career advancement, managing glass ceiling and gender balance challenges.This highly practical course has been specifically designed for:

• Public or private sector experience as a middle manager or a senior manager/leader.

• Departmental / Divisional Director

• Senior Managers / Executives

• Experienced Team Leaders with line management responsibilities

• Experienced Programme Leaders

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.