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SML
Strategic Management & Leadership
Leadership & Strategy
Professional level
30 Hours
15 Modules
Self-paced
Learn at your own pace
Certification
Earn a CMI Credential
SML
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- Learn at your own pace, anytime and anywhere
- Structured, practical content built around real-world application
- Digital resources, tools, and templates to support your learning
- Verifiable certification recognizing demonstrated proficiency
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About the SML Certification
Learn how senior leaders think, decide and act strategically. You will analyze the environment and your organization’s capabilities, build and test strategy under uncertainty, lead people through change and digital transformation, and manage the performance, risk, financial and governance agenda that sustains long-term value.
What You Will Learn
- Explain the role, responsibilities and ethics of the strategic leader.
- Apply strategic thinking, foresight and scenario planning to decisions under uncertainty.
- Analyze the external and internal environment with PESTLE, Porter's Five Forces and value chain analysis.
- Develop purpose, vision, mission and a competitive business strategy.
- Lead organizational change using proven models such as Lewin, Kotter and ADKAR.
- Plan change communication that builds engagement and commitment.
- Design strategic performance systems with the Balanced Scorecard, KPIs and OKRs.
- Drive innovation and business model innovation.
What you take away
Skills You'll Build
Strategic Leadership
Strategic Thinking and Foresight
Scenario Planning
Strategic Analysis (PESTLE, Five Forces, Value Chain)
Core Topics
Who Is This Course For?
Senior managers
Lead strategy and people at a senior level
Department heads
Turn strategy into departmental action
Business unit leaders
Lead business units with strategic clarity
Directors and emerging executives
Build the strategic leadership executive roles demand
Strategy and transformation professionals
Lead strategy and transformation initiatives
High-potential managers moving into strategic roles
Make the move into strategic leadership
What's Included?
Self-paced modules you can revisit anytime- Digital study resources and templates
- Knowledge checks and practice assessments
- The fee includes course, examination and certification fees
Chartered Management Institute
Certification terms and policies apply
Course Outline
- What Strategic Leadership Is
- The Evolution of Leadership Thought and Styles
- Governance and the Strategic Leader
- Ethics and Integrity in Strategic Leadership
Complete the professional assessment to earn the SML credential
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