What is the Certified Power BI Specialist?

The Certified Power BI Specialist is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Soft Skills & Personal Dev..

How long does this certification take?

The programme is 11 Week and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are internationally recognised and carry CPD credits, making them valuable for career advancement worldwide.

What level is this certification?

This is a Advanced Level certification, suitable for professionals with relevant experience or background in the field.

You can enrol by emailing info@leadership.co.ke, contacting us via WhatsApp at +254 722 223 084, or filling the enrolment form below.

Certified Power BI Specialist (CPBIS) | Online Certification

Executive Summary

Certified Power BI Specialist

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Power BI Specialist (CPBIS) delivers a rigorous Advanced-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in human resource management, talent development and organisational effectiveness.

This 11 Week programme is structured around SHRM, CIPD and ILO Labour Standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CPBIS holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification

Certified Power BI Specialist

Acronym

CPBIS

Who Should Enrol?

Data Quality and Fitness — applied to your own work
Causation and Comparison — applied to your own work
Sources, Integration and Truth — applied to your own work
Protecting the Data You Analyse — applied to your own work
Delivering Analysis People Use — applied to your own work
From Question to Decision — applied to your own work

Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

All study materials and study guide
Access to GLI online learning portal
Online examination and assessment
Digital certificate and digital badge
Physical certificate (shipped to you)
CPD credits for professional bodies
GLI alumni network membership
Facilitator and tutor support
Resource downloads and reference library
Automatic enrolment confirmation

Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards CHRO and senior people-management roles

Professional Recognition

Credential aligned with SHRM, CIPD and ILO Labour Standards

Leadership Capability

Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex human resource management functions

Organisational Impact

Design and implement human resource management systems that drive performance and measurable results

Compliance Readiness

Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to human resource management

Global Employability

Qualify for human resource management roles across multinationals, NGOs and international organisations worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Data Engineering and Management

✦Analytics, Machine Learning and AI

✦Performance, Reward and Employee Relations

✦HR Strategy, Analytics and Workforce Planning

✦Employment Law, Compliance and HR Governance

✦Professional Ethics and Governance

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Power BI Specialist

Certified Power BI Specialist: industry context, trends and professional standards
Computing fundamentals and IT concepts
The role of IT in business and value creation
IT operating models and organisation
Hardware, software and systems overview
The technology landscape and trends
IT professional roles and standards
Digital transformation and IT strategy
Ethics, responsibility and digital citizenship
IT service and product mindset
Career pathways and professional development

Data Quality and Fitness

Requirements and the specification gap
Systems integration and the single source of truth
Turning analysis into a decision
Cloud, infrastructure and the connectivity constraint
Platform engineering and reliability (SRE)
Monitoring, observability and logging
Automation and where it genuinely pays
Cost, performance and capacity management
ETL/ELT and data pipelines
Technical debt and system lifecycle
Streaming and real-time data
Data architecture and integration
Cloud data platforms
Statistics and exploratory data analysis
Supervised and unsupervised learning

Causation and Comparison

Correlation, causation and experiment design
Turning analysis into a decision
Data quality and the fitness-for-purpose test
Maintenance, refactoring and technical debt
Data modelling and database design
SQL and relational databases
NoSQL and modern data stores
Data warehousing and data lakes
ETL, data pipelines and engineering
Business intelligence and reporting
Data analytics and visualisation
Big data technologies and platforms
Data privacy and protection
Network design, LAN/WAN and topologies
TCP/IP, DNS and routing

Sources, Integration and Truth

Systems integration and the single source of truth
Data quality and the fitness-for-purpose test
Data protection and privacy by design
Managing user and customer expectations
Negotiation with vendors
Leading IT projects and change
Team leadership in technology
Analytical techniques and bias
Preparing financial statements
Identity and access management
Cryptography and secure communications
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Cloud and data security
Reporting quality and governance

Protecting the Data You Analyse

Data protection and privacy by design
Cybersecurity fundamentals and the human factor
Data quality and the fitness-for-purpose test
Management accounts and dashboards
Evaluation metrics and monitoring
Dashboards and data storytelling
Visualisation tools and design
KPIs and metric design
Self-service analytics
Predictive and prescriptive analytics
Budget vs actual and variance
Data products and stakeholder value
Data literacy and adoption
Turning insight into decisions
Systems analysis, design and modelling

Delivering Analysis People Use

Delivering technology change that people adopt
Turning analysis into a decision
Correlation, causation and experiment design
Cost and profitability analysis
Compliance and audit in ERP
Data governance in enterprise systems
Forecasting and planning
Measuring ERP value
Data visualisation for finance
Decision support and insight
Communicating financial results
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Performance and optimisation
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Ethical principles and codes of practice

From Question to Decision

Turning analysis into a decision
Data quality and the fitness-for-purpose test
Correlation, causation and experiment design
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Ethical and responsible technology
IT service management and ITIL
Service strategy, design and transition
Incident, problem and change management
Peer support and consultation
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Configuration and asset management
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Duty of care and risk management
Continual service improvement
IT strategy and business alignment

Users and Customers

User adoption and change
Scaling innovation to production
Digital user experience and accessibility
Agile and product operating models
Business model and market innovation
Buyer behaviour and the customer journey
Voice of the customer and feedback
Account opening, KYC and customer due diligence
Supply market analysis and Porter’s forces
Capacity and production planning
Supplier market analysis and competition
Operational efficiency and productivity
Customer experience strategy
Customer journey mapping
Voice of the customer programmes

Strategic Context

Innovation management and R&D
Innovation and technology investment
Business models for new tech
Ethics and responsible innovation
Digital transformation strategy
Innovation and experimentation culture
Data-driven and platform business models
Automated testing strategies
Emerging threats and defensive strategy
Building strategic customer relationships
Competitive and market intelligence
Stakeholder engagement strategy
Strategic alignment of investments
Competitive analysis and differentiation
Product and portfolio strategy

Security

Risk, security and feasibility analysis
Risk management and security frameworks
Security by design
Incident response process
Record-keeping and data protection
Cyber risk management
Awareness and security culture
Incident and problem management
Fraud risk and controls
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Procurement fraud, collusion and bid rigging
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Claims investigation and fraud indicators
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Cybersecurity and fraud technology

Performance Measurement

Concurrency and performance
Performance and load testing
Measuring IT value and performance
System performance and tuning
Cost, performance and FinOps
Performance tuning and optimisation
Scalability, availability and performance
IT KPIs, SLAs and scorecards
System performance and reliability metrics
Setting objectives, indicators and targets
Livestock records, performance and productivity metrics
Contract performance and exit
Operations performance and throughput
Contract performance, remedies and variations
Risk treatment and countermeasures

Procurement and Supply

Finance, procurement and supply modules
Third-party and supply-chain risk
Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
The procurement cycle and operating models
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Public versus private procurement
Supply markets and the enabling environment
Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Demand and supply planning (S&OP)
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Fair trade and responsible supply
Inventory service levels and the cost of stockouts
Emergency, humanitarian and constrained procurement
Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution

Workforce

The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Workforce management and scheduling
Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
Employee voice, surveys and action planning
Employee and manager self-service
Cost of workforce and ROI of HR interventions
Workforce reporting and storytelling with data
Future of work and workforce transformation
Customer (employee/manager) satisfaction

Ethics and Standards

Data ethics, privacy and protection
Artificial intelligence: capability, limits and responsible use
Digital ethics and algorithmic accountability
Professional ethics in technology
Ethics, confidentiality and professional conduct in HR
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
Ethics and duty of care
Professional ethics and duty of care
Legal and regulatory responsibility
Ethical decision-making under pressure
Sustainability and climate responsibility
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Corporate social responsibility and community impact
Animal welfare standards and ethical husbandry
Ethics and fair customer treatment

International Context

Global sourcing and international trade
Cross-cultural and global inclusion
Global and comparative HR contexts
International and cross-border tax
Client feedback and satisfaction
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Grades, standards and export certification (GlobalG.A.P.)
Global sourcing and trade
Data storytelling and communicating findings
Patching and change management
Scaling technology and teams

Sustainability

Sustainability and green IT
Integration with quality and environment
Sustainability and responsible sourcing
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
Sustainability reporting and disclosure
Embedding sustainability in sourcing
Industrial utilities, energy and process safety interfaces
Energy efficiency and demand management
Mine water, tailings and environmental management
Integrated and sustainability reporting
The project environment and stakeholders
Evidence-based improvement
Sustainability and environmental duty
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)
Environmental legal compliance

Learning and Knowledge

Deep learning and neural networks
The learning and development profession
Learning strategy and business alignment
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Blended and hybrid learning design
Motivation and self-directed learning
Learning strategy and roadmaps
Building the learning brand
Aligning learning to performance
Leading the learning function
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Learning transfer and capability building
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Lessons learned and knowledge management

Health and Safety Context

Safety culture and leadership
Safety communication and campaigns
Influencing and safety leadership
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Confidentiality and health data
Driving measurable safety improvement
Designing a safety programme or control
Job safety analysis (JSA) and task risk
Managing risk and difficult cases
Contractor and visitor safety
Predictive safety analytics
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Health records, data and confidentiality
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach

Technology Foundations

Software design patterns and quality
Measuring digital transformation impact
Digital accessibility and inclusion
Bridging business and technology
Capstone scoping: a real technology problem
Designing a technical solution or system
Software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Digital transformation roadmaps
Emerging-technology evaluation
Vendor selection and managing technology suppliers
Managing technology teams and technical work
Building digital capability in an organisation
LAN, WAN and network design
The finance function and digital transformation
Learning technologies and the LMS

Data and Evidence

Master data and configuration
Reporting and enterprise analytics
Data and interoperability
Dashboards, reporting and the metric that misleads
Servers, storage and data centres
Continuous improvement and DevOps metrics
Data and information requirements
Data structures and algorithms
Metrics, velocity and flow
Baseline surveys and data collection tools
Yield, productivity and profitability metrics
Influencing and presenting insights
Data ethics and customer privacy
Service quality and turnaround metrics
Data protection and customer privacy

Governance and Risk

Project governance and risk
Risk and regulatory considerations
Testing, quality assurance and defect economics
Version control and collaborative development
Governance, risk and compliance
Quality assurance and code review
Governance, compliance and standards (ISO 27001)
IT governance frameworks (COBIT)
Enterprise architecture governance
Risk, compliance and audit
Governance of service standards
Designing and facilitating groups
Model risk and provisioning (IFRS 9)
Regulatory compliance and central-bank rules
Regulatory reporting and audits

Legal and Regulatory

Vendor, contract and asset management
Regulatory and privacy requirements
Smart contracts and dApps
Regulatory awareness (GDPR and beyond)
Contract exit and renewal
Psychoeducation and workshops
Accounting concepts, principles and the regulatory landscape
The regulatory and legal environment
Regulatory change management
Health and safety legal duties
Employment relationship and the psychological contract
Regulatory compliance and biosafety
Regulatory compliance and market requirements
Regulatory and fair-treatment obligations
Data privacy and consent

Delivery and Projects

Agile delivery and iterative development
Continuous improvement in delivery
IT project and portfolio management
Innovation and continuous delivery
Agile and digital transformation projects
Scaling delivery capability
Building project management maturity
Measuring change and project impact
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Quality and delivery metrics
Project management maturity assessment
Agile marketing and experimentation
Campaign planning and execution
Account planning and whitespace analysis
Leading campaigns and sales projects

Leadership and Decisions

Training and change management
Vendor and partner management
Upgrades and roadmap management
IT service management and support operations
IT operations and service management
DevOps, CI/CD and release management
CI/CD and release management
IT financial management and value
Vulnerability management
Value and benefits management
Requirements gathering and management
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Housing, welfare and environmental management
Pasture, forage and rangeland management
Dairy, poultry, and small-ruminant enterprise management

Capability and Training

Front-end and back-end development
Web and mobile application development
Supplier dependency, development and continuity
Real estate development and project appraisal
Proposal development and donor reporting
Attachment and developmental theory
Designing an intervention or programme
Lessons learned and development
Measuring coaching outcomes
Project management plan development
Schedule development and optimisation
Supplier development and innovation
Training needs analysis
Continuing professional development
Measuring development impact

Change and Adoption

Managing resistance and upskilling
Soil chemistry, pH and cation exchange capacity
Digital and market transformation
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
Customer experience transformation
Digital and self-service transformation
Measuring CX transformation impact
Digital transformation in banking
Managing resistance and reskilling
Foreign exchange and treasury operations
Foreign exchange and hedging
Measuring change and transformation impact
Managing resistance and capability building
Variations, claims and delay: managing change on site
Change talk and readiness

Operations and Service

Process optimisation and RPA
Natural language processing
Quality, defects and reliability
Process modelling and mapping
APIs and service design
ERP concepts and business processes
Designing a service or experience improvement
Self-service and digital support
Design thinking for service
Service analytics and dashboards
Emerging service technologies
Process and control documentation
Quality assurance of audit
Competitive bidding processes
Business process mapping

Cost and Investment

Roadmapping and investment
SME lending and value-chain finance
Microfinance and group lending
Financial inclusion and agency banking
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Impact, blended and concessional finance
Total cost of ownership
Investment principles and objectives
Alternative investments
Ration formulation and least-cost feeding
Financial inclusion strategy
Costing methods: absorption, marginal and activity-based
Cost-volume-profit and break-even analysis
Standard costing and variance analysis
Budgeting techniques and the budgeting cycle

Stakeholders and Vendors

Stakeholder mapping and business partnering
Presenting and influencing
ERP platforms and vendors
Stakeholder and gap analysis
Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Stakeholder identification and analysis
Vendor selection and management
Managing expectations and influence
Building project relationships
Influencer and affiliate marketing
Evidence-based practice
Stakeholder and sponsor management
Stakeholder rights and fair treatment
Negotiation with buyers, suppliers and financiers
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms

Communication and Documentation

Professional and technical documentation
Project data, reporting and analytics
Document and configuration management
Integrated marketing communications
Dashboards and performance reporting
Professional presentation and pitching
Reporting to leadership
Media and public communication
Risk assessment and safety planning
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Communicating technical information to diverse audiences
Professional case study and presentation
Communicating with families and carers
Professional writing and reports
Psychoeducation and public communication

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Data Quality and Fitness — applied to your own work
Causation and Comparison — applied to your own work
Sources, Integration and Truth — applied to your own work
Protecting the Data You Analyse — applied to your own work
Delivering Analysis People Use — applied to your own work
From Question to Decision — applied to your own work

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CPBIS certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with SHRM, CIPD and ILO Labour Standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CPBIS?

This certification is ideal for HR Managers and Directors, HR Business Partners, Learning and Development Managers and Employee Relations and OD Specialists, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in human resource management, talent development and organisational effectiveness with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CPBIS certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 11 Week and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CPBIS internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CPBIS certification?

The Certified Power BI Specialist is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 449 and Live Virtual at USD 649. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CPBIS certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CPBIS?

The Certified Power BI Specialist is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CPBIS?

The Certified Power BI Specialist carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CPBIS while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CPBIS?

Graduates progress towards CHRO and senior people-management roles. The CPBIS strengthens your expertise in human resource management, talent development and organisational effectiveness and positions you for advancement across multinationals, NGOs and international organisations.

Certified Power BI Specialist

Certified Power BI Specialist

Certification at a Glance

Who Should Enrol?

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Programme Modules

What You Will Achieve

How to Get Certified

Common Questions

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