Advanced Certificate in Driving Versatile Excellence
- Innovation & Business Improvement
- Leadership & Management
This module is conducted on-campus.
To use your SkillsFuture Credit, please submit your claim through our payment portal. Do not submit the claim manually via the SkillsFuture page. Please refer to our step-by-step guide here.
12 days
Weekdays (9am - 6pm)
Who Should Attend
- Leaders and Managers across General Management, Operations, Human Resource (HR), Commercial and Project Functions
- Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Business Owners
- Anyone stepping into a broader leadership role, leading change in their organisation, or wanting to lead confidently in a digitalisation-enabled future
PREREQUISITE
There are no prerequisites for this programme. As this programme is conducted in English, participants should be proficient in reading, writing, and communicating in English.
Overview
The Advanced Certificate in Driving Versatile Excellence empowers professionals and managers to become agile, future-ready leaders capable of thriving in complex, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled business environments. The programme develops the essential leadership competencies required to navigate digital transformation, build resilient teams, make informed decisions, and foster meaningful stakeholder relationships in an increasingly dynamic workplace.
Through an integrated curriculum covering adaptive leadership, strategic decision-making, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution, participants will gain practical tools to enhance their leadership effectiveness and inspire high performance across diverse teams and environments. Emphasis is placed on developing the human capabilities that technology cannot replace, enabling leaders to create trust, strengthen engagement, and sustain organisational success amid constant change.
Participants will be equipped to lead with confidence, influence with purpose, and adapt with agility, positioning themselves and their organisations for long-term success in the future economy.
The Advanced Certificate in Driving Versatile Excellence is a collaboration between SMU Academy and Universal Stage (UStage), a consultancy-based training company, to equip leaders with the versatile capabilities to lead their people and enterprises in a digitalisation-enabled future.
ABOUT UNIVERSAL STAGE
Universal Stage is a result-oriented consultancy and integrative learning firm founded to provide enterprises and learners with holistic solutions that work. Through business-centric management consulting and consultancy-based training programmes, Universal Stage serves as the stage for transformative growth for progressive enterprises that wish to create business value, and for individual learners who want to realise higher potential in their work and life.
Universal Stage's mission is to work alongside its customers to question existing approaches and deliver transformative solutions that increase business, work and personal value in a sustainable manner. Its core values are built on collaboration, leveraging the collective efforts of every stakeholder it works with. The firm works hand in hand with business owners, management, operations teams, employees and learners to jointly take on complex issues and emerge victorious together, guided by its motto: It's better with US.
What sets Universal Stage apart is its commitment to being hands-on with business owners and their management teams on some of the most challenging consulting projects in the industry. By translating the deep insights gained from executing complex consulting cases into transferable training programmes, Universal Stage has shared its experience with a growing number of learners. Harnessing both its consultancy expertise and training capabilities, the firm infuses the essence of both strengths to deliver a truly comprehensive and integrative solution for its customers.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the 12-day course, participants will be able to:
- Apply adaptive leadership approaches to lead effectively in digital, hybrid, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled work environments
- Utilise critical thinking and structured decision-making frameworks to address complex organisational challenges
- Analyse and interpret data, digital insights, and AI-generated outputs to support strategic decision-making
- Demonstrate emotional intelligence, empathy, and resilience to foster team engagement, wellbeing, and psychological safety
- Apply effective communication and conflict resolution strategies to strengthen stakeholder relationships and collaboration
- Manage interpersonal and organisational challenges arising from technology-driven change and evolving workplace dynamics
- Develop personalised leadership and capability development plans aligned with future workforce requirements
- Foster inclusive, resilient, and high-performing teams capable of succeeding in rapidly changing business environments
Topic/Structure
To achieve the Advanced Certificate in Driving Versatile Excellence, participants will need to complete the following modules offered by SMU Academy:
- Multiplying Success - The Versatile Leadership Accelerator
- Thinking Dynamically for Strategic Decision-Making
- Cultivating Emotional Intelligence Across Evolving Contexts
- Navigating Conflicts for Tomorrow’s Challenges
The modules need not be taken in sequential order and can be taken in separate cohorts.
Assessment
As part of the requirement for Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA), there will be an assessment conducted at the end of every module. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.
Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment for each of the 6 modules within 2 years in order to be awarded the digital Advanced Certificate in Driving Versatile Excellence issued by SMU Academy.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
| EMPLOYER-SPONSORED | |||
|
PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
|
Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
|
$3,924 (After SWDA Funding 70%) |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
$3,924 (After SWDA Funding 70%) |
|
Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
|
International Participant |
$13,080 (No Funding) |
$13,080 (No Funding) |
$13,080 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme for Mid-Career Individuals
A SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career) top-up of $4,000 will be provided to Singaporeans aged 40 years and above to further offset out-of-pocket course fees for this programme.
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Employer Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Employers who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
Intake Information
| Modules | Dates |
|---|---|
| Multiplying Success - The Versatile Leadership Accelerator | To be advised |
| Thinking Dynamically for Strategic Decision-Making | To be advised |
| Cultivating Emotional Intelligence Across Evolving Contexts | To be advised |
| Navigating Conflicts for Tomorrow’s Challenges | To be advised |
