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Three self-paced programs that build on each other:

• AI Fluent: Foundations for Executive Leaders — how AI assistants work, where they fail, and how to use the CLEAR Framework to turn a vague question into a prompt that returns a real answer. No tech background required.
• The AI-Enabled Leadership Primer — core strategic leadership frameworks for women stepping into greater influence, with an AI coach in your corner.
• The AI-Enabled Executive: Decision Practicum — the advanced program for senior women ready to run the hardest parts of the executive job: financial fluency, AI governance and risk, and crisis leadership, built through high-stakes simulation.

Each program issues a digital badge on completion. Complete all three and you earn the Certificate in AI-Enabled Executive Leadership.You are not required to take all three. Many people take one and stop, which is a legitimate outcome.

No. The pathway is self-paced and open enrolment. You can start today and there is nothing to apply for and no cohort to wait for.Two things still involve a conversation first: 1:1 executive coaching and the standalone Board Readiness program. Get in touch and we'll help you work out the right fit.

Mid-to-senior women moving toward executive, C-suite, or board-level responsibility. Most participants have 8–20 years of experience and lead teams or functions. That said, the three programs have different centres of gravity. AI Fluent suits anyone in leadership regardless of level. The Primer is built for women stepping into greater influence. The AI-Enabled Executive: Decision Practicum assumes you are at or near director level and are already handling budget, risk, or a P&L. If you are facing the credibility gap, the sponsorship gap, or the double bind, you are in the right place.

Yes. The sequence is enforced, because each program assumes the one before it. AI Fluent comes first and is included in the price of the AI-Enabled Leadership Primer, so you never pay for it twice. The Primer is then a required prerequisite for The AI-Enabled Executive: Decision Practicum, whose financial and governance work assumes you can already read organizational power and put a real decision to an AI coach. One consequence worth knowing: because the sequence is enforced, finishing The AI-Enabled Executive: Decision Practicum means you have completed the full pathway. Your certificate is issued automatically alongside your final badge, with nothing to claim or apply for.

Yes. There is no gatekeeping and no approval step. If you're earlier in your leadership career, start with AI Fluent. It's the lowest-cost entry point and everything else stacks on top of it. If you are a first-time or aspiring manager, Action-Driven Leadership: AI-Powered Foundations for First-Time Managers is built specifically for that stage.

AI Fluent covers how AI assistants generate output, where they break down, responsible and ethical use, and the CLEAR Framework for building prompts that return usable answers. The AI-Enabled Leadership Primer covers the strategic leadership mindset, the shift from execution to shaping strategy, organizational power and politics, coalition building, and strategic visibility. The AI-Enabled Executive: Decision Practicum covers enterprise financial acumen (reading a P&L for signal, building and defending a business case), AI strategy and governance (risk frameworks, controls, monitoring), and crisis leadership under pressure. Across the pathway there are more than 30 applied exercises. There are no lectures. Board readiness is no longer part of this pathway. It now runs as its own dedicated program.

Case studies are retrospective. You analyse a decision someone else made years ago, in an industry that may no longer exist, knowing how it turned out. The simulation work here is active. You step into a live situation and make the call: defending an investment case against challenge, running an AI initiative through a full risk assessment, working a crisis through to a decision you have to justify. The AI coach reacts, pushes back, and generates feedback on your framing, language, and strategic positioning. It's practice with consequence, without career risk.

Fully online and fully self-paced. No travel, no scheduled sessions, no time zone to accommodate. You work through the material and the simulations whenever it suits you.

A dedicated coaching assistant built for the program you're in. It's not a general-purpose chatbot with a leadership prompt attached. It runs scenario practice, pressure-tests your thinking before a real conversation, and works through reflection exercises with you. You engage with it throughout each program rather than at the end.

Each program issues a verifiable digital badge:Because the programs are sequenced, completing The AI-Enabled Executive: Decision Practicum means the pathway is complete. The Certificate in AI-Enabled Executive Leadership is issued automatically at that point.

Through Certifier.io, within 24 hours of completing a program. You'll receive a separate email with a link to claim it, and from there it takes a couple of clicks to add to LinkedIn. Each badge carries its earning criteria with it, so anyone who clicks through sees exactly what you did rather than a logo with nothing behind it. If the email doesn't arrive, check your spam folder first, then contact us.

No. Badges and certificates are stamped with the curriculum edition rather than an expiry date, so what you earned stays valid and it's clear which version of the material you completed. Because AI governance moves quickly, alumni are invited back when a new edition is released.

The certificate is issued by Her Executive Ascent and is not tied to an academic accrediting body. What it carries instead is verifiable criteria: a credential ID that resolves to a record showing exactly what was completed.

Every program includes a dedicated AI coach for scenario practice, decision pressure-testing, and reflection. Live coaching with a human is available separately. 1:1 executive coaching packages can be added at any point, and are also available to alumni and enterprise partners. If you want that, get in touch and we'll match you with the right coach.

It depends on the program:AI Fluent is yours permanently because prompting is a skill you'll want to refresh for years, and the CLEAR Framework is worth returning to. The other two run on a 12-month window, which covers the material, the exercises, and the simulation scenarios.Enterprise partners receive extended access for enrolled seats.

Yes. Every learner gets access to a community with dedicated channels for connecting with others working through the same material, alongside a resource library that keeps growing. Completing The AI-Enabled Executive: Decision Practicum also unlocks the Alumni channel, which carries resources aimed specifically at people who have finished the full pathway.

Stronger executive confidence, better decision-making under pressure, more clarity in how they position themselves, and real fluency in AI governance and enterprise risk conversations. You can read testimonials from previous participants here.

Practical outputs are the point. You build usable assets as you go: a stakeholder and power map, a strategic visibility plan, a defended business case, an AI risk assessment, and a crisis playbook. These are built against your real situation, not a fictional company.

Both. Individuals gain capability and stronger positioning. Organizations see leadership pipeline readiness, better retention of high-potential women, and stronger internal promotion rates.

Yes. We work with organizations to deploy the pathway across high-potential leadership talent, with seat bundles priced at a discount to the individual rate. Enterprise engagements can include tailored curriculum modules, executive sponsor briefings, progress analytics, and consolidated badge reporting so you can see who has completed what. Contact corporate@herexecutiveascent.com for a tailored proposal.

Partners typically look at leadership pipeline velocity, retention of high-potential women, and internal promotion rates. Replacement cost for a senior leader is commonly estimated at 150 to 200 per cent of annual salary, which tends to reframe the conversation quickly.We also provide a sponsorship request template that individual employees can use to build the business case to their own manager. Download it from our Pricing page.

Yes. Lori Lalonde is available for keynotes, executive roundtables, panels, and internal leadership summits. Topics include AI governance and leadership, the credibility gap, executive presence, and the future of women in enterprise power structures. Submit a request through the Contact page with your event details.

Pricing for each program, the full pathway, 1:1 coaching, and enterprise seat bundles is on our Pricing page. Payment plans and employer sponsorship support are available. If you're planning to take more than one program, check the pathway pricing before buying individually.

Often, yes. This kind of program usually qualifies under standard Learning and Development allocations, particularly because the curriculum covers enterprise technology enablement and strategic risk rather than general leadership skills.We provide a sponsorship request template that makes the business case in language your manager and finance team will recognize. It's free to download from our Pricing page.

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