CA-AM Certification Exam Prep Workshop (Face-to-Face)

Do you want to validate and strengthen your alliance management expertise? Increase your alliance IQ? Then plan to attend the Certificate of Achievement – Alliance Management (CA-AM) Prep Workshop as it explores and reinforces key alliance concepts that are covered in the CA-AM exam.

This interactive professional development workshop will review key alliance concepts and then move to a case scenario analysis and robust group discussion. Each segment will then conclude with a summary of key takeaways. In addition, this workshop will support the foundation of concepts, principles, and proven best practices that can be rapidly applied to daily activities to improve alliance results and become a credible and effective partner.

Based on the principles covered in The ASAP Handbook of Alliance Management: A Practitioner's Guide, this review workshop will address the following areas covered in the CA-AM exam:

• Alliance Life Cycle Framework
• Strategic Rationale and Readiness
• Alliance Selection
• Alliance Execution
• Planning and Organizing Skills
• Management and Leadership Skills

ASAP professional alliance management certification translates into better business outcomes in several ways. It:

• Streamlines and reduces your alliance team's time and effort in supporting partnerships
• Strengthens the connection between strategy and day-to-day implementation
• Helps foresee and mitigate significant partnership and alliance risks
• Fosters greater value creation through partnership and alliance insights, lessons learned, and enhanced efficiency
• Improves partnership and alliance portfolio success rates

Workshop Bundle Includes:

Participation in full-day in-person workshop and access to the e-version of The ASAP Handbook of Alliance Management: A Practitioner's Guide. Also included in the workshop fee is the online exam. Taking the CA-AM Certification Exam Prep Workshop is a requirement for becoming CA-AM certified.

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About the Facilitator

Annick De Swaef is a dynamic leader whose career has been defined by a steadfast commitment to driving transformative change in complex and challenging business environments. As the Managing Director and Transition Executive at Yocoto BV in Belgium, Annick excels at enhancing corporate collaborative capabilities and restoring focus and balance during times of organizational upheaval. With her team, she specializes in guiding companies through critical transitions, such as leadership changes, restructuring, and strategic pivots, all while ensuring that stakeholder engagement remains central to the process.

Annick's expertise in strategic alliances is demonstrated by her role as a longstanding member of the Global Advisory Board for the International Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP). In this capacity, she has contributed to shaping global standards and best practices for strategic partnerships across industries. Before joining Yocoto, Annick served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Belgian Road Research Centre, where her leadership was instrumental in streamlining R&D programs, professionalizing financial management, and representing the organization on both national and European levels. Her tenure was marked by her ability to align diverse interests and drive strategic initiatives that elevated the organization’s standing within the industry. Annick’s entrepreneurial spirit is further showcased by her founding and leadership of Consensa Consulting, where she provided strategic consulting services to a wide range of national and international clients. Her work spanned multiple industries, demonstrating her versatility and deep understanding of global business dynamics. In addition to her professional achievements, Annick is passionately committed to the principles of humanism in business. She has devoted significant time and energy to this cause, leading a self-funded research project that resulted in her upcoming ebook, Your Conversation Tomorrow - Humanism in Business. Her work underscores her belief in the importance of placing human values at the core of corporate decision-making and strategy.

 ASAP certification is a way of demonstrating commitment to the profession. It encourages you to keep working on continuous education and personal development, and on helping to develop the body of knowledge.

Christoph Huwe, CSAP, PhD, Senior Director, Strategic Alliance Management, Bayer AG Pharmaceuticals