Announced
Cohort 3 · 2027 · Certified Professional Leader
Enrollment opens Feb 1, 2027- Starts May 8, 2027 · Saturdays
- 50 leaders · Makati + Zoom
Where managersbecome leaders.
The Certified Professional Leader pathway: eight months, one Saturday a week, in Makati and live online, in a cohort of fifty.
Certified leadership for the managers Philippine organizations are asking to lead more.
2
cohorts a year
50
leaders per cohort
32
Saturday sessions
8
in person, in Makati
Cohorts
Two cohorts a year. Fifty leaders each.
Dates and seats are live from the enrollment system. Reserve a seat, join a waitlist, or open the portal of a cohort in progress.
Enrollment open
Cohort 2 · 2026 · Certified Professional Leader
12 seats left- Starts Nov 14, 2026 · Saturdays
- 50 leaders · Makati + Zoom
In progress
Cohort 1 · 2026 · Certified Professional Leader
Session 26 of 32 next- Starts Apr 4, 2026 · Saturdays
- 50 leaders · Makati + Zoom
Completed
Pilot Cohort · 2025 · Certified Professional Leader
19 leaders certified- Starts May 3, 2025 · Saturdays
- 24 leaders · Makati + Zoom
The pathway
Explore the four parts
Every part opens and closes in the room in Makati, with six live sessions online in between. Each ends with work you present.
Part 1 · Weeks 1–8
Leading Self
2 in person · 6 live online- 8 Saturday sessions
- Opens and closes in Makati
Part 2 · Weeks 9–16
Leading Teams
2 in person · 6 live online- 8 Saturday sessions
- Opens and closes in Makati
Part 3 · Weeks 17–24
Leading the Business
2 in person · 6 live online- 8 Saturday sessions
- Opens and closes in Makati
Part 4 · Weeks 25–32
Leading Transformation
2 in person · 6 live online- 8 Saturday sessions
- Opens and closes in Makati
Curriculum
All thirty-two sessions, Saturday by Saturday.
- Session 1 of 32In person
Kickoff: the leader's mandate
Week 1 · Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Session 2 of 32Live online
Self-awareness and leadership identity
Week 2 · Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Session 3 of 32Live online
Executive presence and communication
Week 3 · Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Session 4 of 32Live online
Decision-making under uncertainty
Week 4 · Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Session 5 of 32Live online
Managing energy, time and attention
Week 5 · Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Session 6 of 32Live online
Feedback: giving it and receiving it well
Week 6 · Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Session 7 of 32Live online
Ethics and judgment
Week 7 · Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Session 8 of 32In person
Practicum: your leadership charter
Week 8 · Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Sessions 1 and 8 of every part meet at the Aventris Learning Suite, Makati. Part 1 in detail ›
In the room
The first and last session of every part happen in person.
The kickoff where a cohort becomes a group, and the practicum where you present your work to faculty and peers, both at the Aventris Learning Suite in Makati. The six sessions in between are live on Zoom, one Saturday morning at a time, so the pathway fits around a full-time role.
See the formatFaculty
Taught by people who have run the room.
Academic depth and years of leading teams and businesses in the Philippines. Names shown here are placeholders until Aventris confirms its faculty.
Dr. Carmela Bautista
Program Director
Leadership and organizational behaviour
Ramon Villaluz
Faculty
Strategy and finance for leaders
Isabel Ong-Reyes
Faculty
Executive coaching and presence
Nathaniel Dizon
Faculty
Change and transformation
Certification
A credential employers can check.
Every Aventris certificate carries a serial number and a QR code. Scan it, or type the code, and the Institute’s verification page shows who it was issued to, for which program and cohort, and whether it is still valid.
- Issued only when the completion rule is met: at least six of eight sessions in every part
- Records are kept permanently; a certificate can be reissued or revoked, and the verification page reflects it
- The verification page shows no contact details, only name, program, cohort and status
For companies
Enroll a team of managers in one cohort.
One invoice in the company’s name, seats held together, and a progress view for the sponsor. Tell us how many leaders and which cohort, and we reply within one business day.
Talk to the InstituteTalk to us
Enrolling a team? Talk to us.
Companies nominating several leaders, or wanting an invoice in the company's name, can write to us here. Every message lands in the Institute's inbox with a status your team can track.
- institute@aventrisglobal.com
- Phone
- +63 2 8000 0000
- Sessions
- Aventris Learning Suite, Makati, and live on Zoom