EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE

Develop the executive judgment leaders need above, across & beyond delivery.

A personalized, fifty-hour executive development program built around twelve RAPL™ modules and an integrated capstone.

WHO IT’S FOR

Senior leaders accountable for strategic work they don't personally deliver

RAPL™ is not project management training for executives. It develops the executive judgment, governance capability, integration skill, sponsorship discipline & value leadership senior leaders need.

  • CEOs, COOs and business-unit leaders accountable for strategic outcomes.
  • CIOs, CHROs, CFOs and chief transformation officers who sponsor, govern or enable strategic work.
  • PMO, delivery and execution-office leaders bridging strategy and operations.
  • Senior leaders in functions that shape, enable or depend on AI and transformation initiatives.
50
HOURS

Total executive development hours

12
MODULES

Mapped to the twelve RAPL™ capabilities

12–18
COHORT

Senior leaders per cohort

Live
CAPSTONE

Real strategic work, not a simulation

CURRICULUM

Twelve modules. Four phases. One integrated program.

The certificate moves through the same value cycle RAPL™ describes — from diagnosing the right work, through governing and protecting it, to landing the value in operations.

01 DEFINE

Diagnose the Work

02 DEFINE

Choose the Work

03 DEFINE

Translate the Work

04 GOVERN

Select the Shape

05 GOVERN

Integrate the System

06 GOVERN

Sponsor Delivery

07 PROTECT

Protect Value and Risk

08 PROTECT

Align Stakeholders

09 PROTECT

Govern Investment

10 LAND

Optimize in Flight

11 LAND

Drive Adoption

12 LAND

Sustain Benefits

OUTCOMES

What you leave with.

Not a certificate of attendance — a structured personal development intervention.

01

A personal baseline across all twelve RAPL™ capabilities, measured against the demands of your seat.

02

Decision frameworks, briefs and tools you can apply in your live work during the program.

03

A peer cohort of senior leaders confronting the same kind of work — and a network that continues afterward.

04

A structured development path through the four phases — Define, Govern, Protect, Land.

05

An integrated capstone that turns learning into a personal leadership intervention for a real strategic challenge.

STEP 1

Baseline

A capability baseline and seat-demand assessment at the start, mapped to the twelve RAPL™ capabilities & the consequences of weak performance in your role.

STEP 2

Cohort work

A 12–18 person cohort of senior leaders working through the four phases, with case material drawn from real strategic, AI and transformation work.

STEP 3

Capstone

A personal leadership intervention on a live strategic challenge — assessed against the RAPL™ capabilities, peer-reviewed & applied in your work.

OUTCOMES

A program from SnS Coaching and Consulting Services.

The Executive Certificate is delivered through SnS Coaching and Consulting Services, and built around the same RAPL™ Leadership Framework published on this site.

What this program is not

  • Project management training for executives.
  • A replacement for PMO, change or delivery specialists.
  • A generalist leadership program that ignores the work.
NEXT COHORT

Apply for the next Executive Certificate cohort.

Spaces are limited to preserve cohort depth. The next cohort opens enrollment quarterly.