Lead at the most senior level. This executive qualification develops visionary strategic leadership, transformational capability, and the board-level thinking required to guide organisations through complexity and change.
The pinnacle of CMI credential. For those leading organisations, setting strategy, and shaping the future.
CEO, CFO, COO, or other C-level roles. This qualification provides formal recognition of your visionary strategic leadership and executive capability at the highest organisational levels.
Leading major business functions or divisions. Develop board-readiness, strategic thinking, and the executive presence required to influence at the highest levels.
Leading transformation, managing strategic change, or developing board strategies. Formalise your strategic and transformational leadership with an executive credential.
Sitting on boards or strategic governance groups. This qualification strengthens your strategic thinking, governance acumen, and board-level effectiveness.
This qualification is where strategy becomes reality. You’ll develop capability in visionary leadership, transformational change, board-level governance, and building organisational legacy.
Work-based learning means you apply everything to real strategic challenges: the board decisions you lead, the transformations you guide, the organisations you shape. This is leadership at the highest level.
Typical study is 12-15 hours per week over 6-12 months, designed to work with executive schedules and board commitments.
Develop visionary strategic capability, transformational leadership, and board-level governance for the most senior organisational roles.
Nine advanced modules at executive level covering visionary strategy, transformational leadership, and board-level governance.
Developing organisational vision, setting strategic direction, and creating transformational strategy at the highest level.
Board structure, governance frameworks, board-level decision-making, and executive director effectiveness.
Executive ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and stakeholder accountability.
Leading transformational change, managing organisational complexity, and building adaptive organisations.
Strategic risk management, organisational resilience, scenario planning, and managing strategic uncertainty.
Developing executive presence, executive wisdom, and the personal mastery required for the highest level.
Managing board relationships, investor relations, external stakeholder engagement, and market influence.
Global business context, systems thinking, international strategy, and whole-system leadership.
Demonstrate visionary strategic leadership through a comprehensive strategic project or organisational dissertation.
Build evidence from real board-level and strategic projects. Your portfolio demonstrates visionary thinking, transformational capability, and strategic impact at the highest level.
Deep reflections on your strategic leadership journey. How have you shaped organisational strategy? What transformation have you led? Demonstrates executive wisdom and foresight.
A rigorous conversation with a senior CMI assessor at C-level. Present your strategic leadership, discuss your organisational impact, and demonstrate board-level thinking.
Once approved, you hold the CMI Level 7 Diploma — the gold standard for executive leadership. This credential is recognised globally as proof of visionary strategic capability.
This is leadership at the highest level. You’ll develop thinking that satisfies boards, investors, and the most demanding strategic contexts.
This is about shaping futures, building legacy, and leading transformational change. It’s strategic leadership in its purest form.
Level 7 is recognised by boards and investors globally. This is a credential that carries genuine weight in the C-suite and beyond.
Your cohort is C-suite leaders, board members, and senior executives. You’ll learn with your peers and build strategic networks that last a lifetime.
Join C-suite leaders and executive directors building visionary strategic capability and leaving transformational organisational legacy.
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