9EOI Strategy Facilitator Certification
Facilitate Strategy with Ease & Impact Using the Proven 9EOI Method (Nine Elements of Organizational Identity)
Become a trusted strategy facilitator. Get certified in the method that helped create billions of dollars in value for businesses from startups to global enterprises. 9EOI integrates 20 years of experience and best practice tools into one powerful framework.
Who is 9EOI Certification for?
Confidently hold eye-level strategy conversations with leaders and coach teams through strategy processes with ease and impact. 9EOI is for individuals with experience in leadership coaching, workshop facilitation, or consulting. Executives and senior leaders, board directors, consultants, corporate trainers, chiefs of staff qualify for the program as well.
Ideal for
Facilitators, consultants, certified coaches; business leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, chiefs of staff, strategy directors & managers, PMO leads
Includes
Comprehensive 9EOI resource library: workshop specifications, questionnaires, assessments, slide decks, templates, etc.
Schedule
3 half-day live sessions
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Format
Virtual cohort + virtual 1:1 session via zoom
Interactive training
Price
US$ 2,490
What's in it for You and Why it Works
Alex Brueckmann is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of three books. In The Strategy Legacy and Creating the Strategy Legacy he details the why, what, and how of using the Nine Elements of Organizational Identity to facilitate impactful strategy.
Over 20 years, Alex has honed the tools and methods that he combined into the powerful 9EOI model and the 8-step process.
9EOI certification equips you with the complete toolbox from Alex’s extensive work with businesses from startups to global corporations.
This certification will help you to consistently facilitate strategy initiatives that deliver impact, results, and trustful relationships with your clients. Whether you are an internal facilitator, and an external partner.
Becoming a trusted facilitator at the highest level
What’s included
- Access to the proven set of digital tools and templates: Executive interview guides, workshop frameworks, and templates that have been refined through years of practice, ensuring structured, repeatable success.
- Note: Permission to use the 9EOI digital resources in your own work is included in this certification.
- 1:1 session with Alex Brueckmann to support you in driving learning from this training into action and results.
- 9EOI exclusive: digital copy of ‘Creating the Strategy Legacy’. This field guide details the resources to create tangible outcomes: questionnaires, checklists, facilitation notes, assessments, and more.
- Digital copy of the Wall Street Journal bestseller ‘The Strategy Legacy’ outlining the 9EOI framework and its practical application in organizations.
Main learning goals
- Qualify as a trusted facilitator to secure a seat at the boardroom table: Develop the skills to confidently lead strategic conversations and be seen as a valued partner in shaping the future of an organization.
- Use the 9 Elements of Organizational Identity (9EOI) to unlock strategic clarity: This ensures that every part of the strategy is aligned with the core purpose, mission, and values, driving cohesive decision-making across the organization.
- Facilitate strategic conversations with measurable outcomes: This drives that strategic conversations beyond high-level aspirations to result in specific, measurable goals that the team can act on.
- Apply the 8-step process for strategy implementation: This includes prioritizing key initiatives, aligning resources, setting the right goals, and mitigating risks for consistent implementation.
- Move from strategic choices to execution with confidence: Gain the ability to translate high-level strategic decisions into specific, actionable tasks. Assign responsibilities, set timelines, and ensure accountability to drive strategy execution.
Your 5 steps to become a top tier strategy facilitator
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Want to join a cohort at office hours in the APAC region?
For example Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore etc.
If you are interested, email alex@brueckmann.ca
Frequently Asked Questions
9EOI is a program for experienced professionals, facilitators, and coached who want to master the skill of facilitating strategy. This is not an entry level program.
You should have relevant education or experience in one of the following:
- Executive coaching
- Workshop facilitation
- Business strategy
- Executive / senior leader
- Chief of Staff
- Board Director
- Consultant
- Corporate trainer
- Similar professional experience or education
If you are not yet eligible for 9EOI certification, please get in touch and we will provide you with specific resources and suggestions to help you meet the entry criteria. This is a complimentary service.
The certification process takes approximately 5 weeks. This includes the virtual training session, completing your self-paced assessment, and the 1:1 review session with Alex Brueckmann.
Yes, we offer 9EOI certification as in-house program. For requests, please email alex@brueckmann.ca
Virtual certification training is delivered in English via Zoom. You will receive all details such as meeting links, material downloads, and other key information via the 9EOI online portal (you get immediate access after securing your seat).
Virtual sessions:
- Attend from a private space with proper internet connection (public wifi or attending from an airport lounge etc. are not appropriate)
- Please use a headset to ensure proper sound. Also make sure your camera works. We want you to look and sound amazing.
- Download the Zoom app and familiarize yourself with its basic functionalities. You don’t want to experience any tech issues during the program.