Executive Leadership Education Prospectus

The Global Leader in Technical Education
for the Digital Infrastructure Industry

Executive
Leadership
Education

cnet-training.com/executiveeducation UK +44 (0)1284 767100
[email protected] U.S. 302-526-1977

‘Education is the most
powerful weapon which
you can use to change
the world’

Nelson Mandela

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Contents

4 The CNet Difference
6 Key Statistics
8 Executive Leadership Education
10 Leadership

11 Finance

12 Strategic Human Resources
Management

14 Strategic Leadership in Context

15 Meet the Executive Leadership
Education Team

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The CNet
Difference

Customer Focused,
Quality Driven

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The Global Leader in Technical Education
for the Digital Infrastructure Industry

International award-winning education company, CNet Training has been designing and
delivering technical education programs since 1996. Today, officially the largest education
provider in the world dedicated to the digital infrastructure industry, including the data
centre and network infrastructure sectors, CNet Training is recognised throughout the world
for being the global industry leader and the only industry dedicated education provider to
award both internationally recognised qualifications and professional certifications, starting
at level 3 and culminating with level seven Masters programs. CNet is also pleased to be
an Associate College of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, UK.

What makes CNet unique?

Invested in Education

CNet is serious about education and has originated the highly acclaimed Global Digital
Infrastructure Education Framework. The framework offers sector professionals an
opportunity to plan education programs that meet their exact requirements. It is recognised
and respected all over the world and provides designations that have become key skills
reference points that allow those holding them to clearly demonstrate their ability and
experience.

Dedicated

CNet is dedicated only to designing and delivering education for the data centre sector,
meaning the company is 100% focused on ensuring their education programs continue to
include the best and most informed content that is relevant and valuable to their learners.

Internationally Recognised Qualifications

CNet is an Approved Centre to provide qualifications by Pearson, the world’s largest
education company and delivers the internationally recognised Masters Degree in Data
Centre Leadership and Management as an Associate College of Anglia Ruskin University.

Chosen by Major Global Organisations

CNet is the chosen education provider by many of the world’s most influential organisations
who trust CNet to educate their teams. So trusted is CNet Training’s expertise that it
also designs and delivers vendor-specific programs for many of the world’s leading
manufacturers of data centre and network infrastructure solutions.

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Our Key Statistics

“We value the education CNet Training provides to our team members helping us
attain our goal of maintaining world class data centres.”
“CNet Training’s programs are super informative.
You learn about things you would have never thought of.”

CNet Training’s Global Reach

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23 100%
Years designing and customer
delivering award winning focused and
quality driven
technical education
65,000+
World’s Educated
ONLY and Certified
Masters Individuals
Degree in
Data Centre Leadership 250,000
and Management
Teaching
121+ days
Nationalities
taught delivered

171 Education
Available in
Delivery
locations 35 countries
each year across the globe

Multiple global The Chosen
industry education
awards provider

won by the world’s most

influential organisations

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The world has changed and with it the demands of Executive
business leaders across the globe. The data centre sector Leadership Education
is more exposed than most to the volatility and technical
advancement associated with digital infrastructure.
Leaders in this sector must be technically and
commercially astute. They must have the capacity to
traverse complexity and ambiguity whilst delivering on
organisational strategy. Data centre leaders are charged
with reimagining how the future of digital infrastructure
will deliver on commercial, community and environmental
expectations.
These leadership capabilities are built on learning from
past industrial ages and re-envisioned for the ‘second
machine age’. Harnessing insight from key players and
organisations within the data centre sector itself and the
academic insight of the CNet Training team, the Executive
Leadership Education suite of programs delivers
contemporary, Master of Business Administration (MBA)
style learning with the convenience of short executive
sessions.
The CNet Training Executive Leadership Education
Programs meld industry expertise with academic rigor
providing senior data centre leaders with insight and the
capability to meet current and future demands of a sector
at the frontier of the fourth industrial revolution.

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Leadership

The forth industrial revolution demands different capabilities of leaders
than in the past. As such the evolution of leadership is scrutinised,
compared, and contrasted with emerging leadership paradigms of the
current global business landscape. Technology, the changing nature
of organisations, shifting attitudes to work and changing capabilities of
leaders are examined in context.

Finance

All leaders must have the capacity to engage confidently with matters
of corporate finance. Examining business planning, budgeting and
risk analysis is central to a leader’s role as is decision making and the
capacity to critique and enact M&A activity within the business.

Strategic Human Resources Management

The demands of contemporary workforces are influenced by rapidly
changing competency profiles and the very nature of work. Leaders must
understand how workforces are blending with digital ‘workers’ to deliver
more productive, effective and engaged outcomes for organisations and
the people in them.

Strategic Leadership in Context

This capstone program scrutinises and critiques current and emerging
leadership topics within the dynamic context of the data centre sector.
It examines contemporary issues such as inclusion, corporate social
responsibility, automation and artificial intelligence as they apply to
organisational structure, corporate intent and leadership.

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Executive Leadership Education

Leadership

Overview

The aims of this session are to provide delegates with an insight into the evolution
of leadership and management practice with a view on critical leadership for the
second machine age.
Content will address global shifts in the nature of work and the demands of leaders
to manage within a highly volatile and uncertain business context.
Delegates will be encouraged to critique traditional notions of western leadership
and to recognise their own capabilities and development needs by using the GC®
Index diagnostic.

Learning Outcomes

u Generate a critical view of the contemporary workplace and leadership
capabilities required to be an effective leader in the data centre sector

u Critically appraise the leadership and management demands of different
workplace contexts and determine appropriate behaviours, values and
capabilities

u Review current workplace demands with a view to enacting appropriate
leadership in a volatile global business context

u Analyse and situate emerging leadership capabilities to deliver appropriate
strategic outcomes

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Finance

Overview

This session aims to equip delegates with a functional overview of accounting and
finance in an organisation. It is designed to provide non-financial managers with
the capacity to engage with business planning, budgeting, risk analysis and other
operationally based finance tools.
The session provides an operational overview of investment appraisal and other
strategic activities. It is not designed to create financial accountants from operational
leaders/managers.

Learning Outcomes

u Identify and apply contemporary finance and accounting practices for decision-
making and business planning

u Determine appropriate finance and accounting tools to underpin managerial
practice and strategic objectives

u Critically appraise the use and efficacy of finance and accounting tools in the
role of decision-making

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Strategic Human
Resources Management

Overview

Recognising the tectonic shifts in the way work is undertaken, conceived, rewarded and managed is key to leading in a
complex and ambiguous business context.
This session aims to provide delegates with an overview of contemporary workplace challenges and assists them to devise
robust leadership and managerial responses.
The session will allow delegates to determine current state and future workforce challenges with a view to critically appraising
traditional responses and to identify context specific strategies for more effective reactions to emerging issues.

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Learning Outcomes

u Recognise and critically appraise emerging issues impacting on contemporary organisations
u Devise and appraise responses to current and emerging strategic challenges such as skills and labour challenges,

the changing nature of work, globalisation and inclusion
u Determine and analyse leadership responses to capability demands current and potential
u Generate a robust response to contemporary workforce challenges and determine future workforce, cultural and leadership

demands in the face of automation and other digital technologies

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Strategic
Leadership
in Context

Overview

This capstone session unites the learning from the previous
sessions via collaborative and immersive activities.
These include but are not limited to environmental scanning,
business planning, resource deployment, technical
appraisals, cultural assessments, personal reflection and
strategic alignment exercises.
Delegates will be challenged in teams and as individuals.
This session will blend the challenges posed by both
strategic and human factors faced by the data centre sector.

Learning Outcomes

u Establish and analyse the contextual demands of leaders in a volatile and uncertain
business landscape

u Determine and apply relevant approaches, resources and capabilities to ensure
operational and strategic alignment to external demands

u Critically appraise traditional and current business practices for emerging challenges
and business demands

u Reflect and make improvements to personal leadership, management and technical
capabilities to appropriately respond to demands of an executive role

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“Our dedicated and experienced team are available
to talk through any queries you may have about
the Executive Leadership Education programs.”

Meet our Executive
Leadership Education Team

Dr Terri Simpkin Emily Jessup

Higher and Further Education Principal Client Services Coordinator

Terri is the co-author of the Masters Degree in Data Emily supports clients during the application
Centre Leadership and Management. Terri has enjoyed process of the higher level programs, including
a successful career which spans academic leadership the Executive Leadership Programs and the
at Anglia Ruskin University, general management and Masters Degree in Data Centre Leadership and
human resources management in the private sector. She Management. Emily brings much experience to
has worked with SMEs, large corporate clients, industry the team and receives great feedback from the
associations and government agencies in Australia for help and guidance she provides throughout the
over a decade. She holds qualifications in business program application and verification processes.
management and degrees in both Human Resources Emily is the first person to contact should you
Management and Commerce. have any queries about the programs.

+44 (0)7774 717 629 +44 (0)1284 718 413
[email protected] +44 (0)7738 836 981
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Jill Baldwin
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Higher and Further Education Program Leader

Jill supports the coordination and development of
the Masters Degree in Data Centre Leadership and
Management. She joined CNet Training from Anglia
Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK and brings with her a
vast experience of corporate education, online program
development and learner support. She is also an
expert in team based learning and innovative education
methods in higher education. Her background includes
learning and development in corporate organisations
such as Barclays.

+44 (0)7795 413 249
[email protected]

The Global Leader in Technical Education
for the Digital Infrastructure Industry

Executive
Leadership
Education

cnet-training.com/executiveeducation
[email protected]
UK +44 (0)1284 767100
U.S. 302-526-1977