GIA Certified Strategic Planning Professional


Future foresight, strategic planning and corporate performance management constitute the critical set of leadership competencies required to succeed in today’s fast changing world.

This advanced strategic planning program is about envisioning the corporate future and designing the road map that will help corporate leaders in translating their shared vision into everyday performance reality.

Certified Strategic Planning Professional (GIA-CSPP®) brings together the latest strategic thinking concepts, strategic planning techniques and Balanced Scorecard best-practices. Upon successful completion of this interactive program, participants will be empowered to effectively lead their organization’s strategic planning efforts.

  • The duration of the program is 5 days
  • The language of the program is English / Arabic
  • The language of the certification exam is English / Arabic
  • CEOs & Leaders
  • Strategic Planning Directors
  • Strategic Planning managers
  • Divisional Directors & Functional Managers
  • Strategic Planning team leaders
  • Strategic Planning advisors
  • Balanced Scorecard Specialists
  • Corporate Performance Managers
  • Planers, Researchers and Analysts

This certification program consists of multiple number of interactive workshops that will help participants to:

  1. Develop a clear understanding of the relationship between Strategic Foresight and Strategic Planning
  2. Articulate future strategic direction (future vision, grand mission and corporate values)
  3. Conduct strategic analysis and identify the corporate SWEET (Strengths, Weaknesses, Emerging Opportunities and Emerging Threats)
  4. Develop SMARTER strategic objectives
  5. Design strategy map and develop the balanced scorecard
  6. Build strategic initiatives portfolio and align initiatives with strategic objectives
  7. Strategy cascading, execution and performance review and reporting

Yes, there are still spaces. Training Program pages will be marked once they are full.

Each training day covers 5-6 training contact hours with coffee breaks. Day time training usually starts at 08:30 and finishes at 14:30 each day. Evening virtual training usually starts at 18:00 and finishes at 22:30 each day. Please check the program details for the starting and ending time of your chosen training program.

The price of the GIA-CSPP assessment and certification is USD120. You will also receive a 15% discount on your next online assessment and certification fee.

The GIA-CSPP certification is achieved by taking and passing an online assessment upon completion of the training.  

The Professional GIA-CSPP assessment is comprised of 60-80 multiple choice and true and false questions that must be completed in 120 minutes. The pass mark is 75%. You have 2 attempts for the assessment.

Please click the ‘About Program’ button for more details on How to become an GIA-CSPP®, Certification Requirements and Investment. If you require any further assistant.

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