Course overview
The ILM Level 7 Certificate and Diploma in Leadership and Management are among ILM’s most senior qualifications.
They are designed for practising and aspiring senior managers and leaders who wish to develop their professional capability and personal ‘brand’.
These managers will be looking to make the best use of resources and understand the need to optimise the performance of their organisation.
They may also have to present arguments for change, construct business cases, lead change implementation and evaluate the impact of that change.
The Certificate in Leadership and Management consists of one, flexible mandatory unit that allows students to identify and work on the areas of leadership and management specific to their own work context and career path.
Their work will focus on ways in which effective leadership and management skills can make a real difference to their organisation and to them as senior managers.
The Diploma in Leadership and Management consists of two additional units. The first focuses on presenting arguments for change, constructing business cases and leading change implementation. The second focuses on the creation and maintenance of a high-performance culture.
Credit Value: 20 credits (Certificate) 60 credits (Diploma)
What you'll learn
The benefits for the learner
- Understanding and knowing how to use an enquiry led evidence-based approach to develop your leadership and management capability.
- Developing and enhancing your personal ‘brand’.
- Embedding your leadership and management development in your real work.
- At the same time, you will benefit from the support provided by your executive coach/facilitator and gain an internationally recognised qualification. It is a demanding course, but the rewards can be very high.
The benefits for completing the course for your employer include:
- A senior leader and manager who has the ability to think and act strategically.
- A senior leader and manager who is confident in making informed, evidence-based decisions.
- Senior team members who are self-aware and take responsibility for their own self-development.
Recognition
Study method
- Blended
- In-class
- Online
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Duration study load
- Level 7 Certificate: 6 months
- Level 7 Diploma: 12 months
Entry requirements
There are no specific entry requirements, but participants will normally be either practising or aspiring senior managers with the opportunity to meet the assessment demands. They will normally be expected to be able to demonstrate this through holding some form of leadership and/or qualification at level 5 or above.
Assessment
Journal & portfolio of evidence e.g.
Certificate (unit one):
- use an enquiry-based research-orientated approach for leadership and management development.
- propose a valid enquiry which draws on existing organisational knowledge and current practice in leadership and management using a robust methodological approach within a realistic time frame and budget.
- undertake a robust data-driven enquiry/project that is based on an investigative proposal negotiated with senior managers and key stakeholders in your organisation.
- critically evaluate the impact on these stakeholders of the actions arising from the enquiry findings.
- evaluate the extent to which the impact of a rigorous data-driven enquiry has added value to you and your organisation.
Diploma (unit two)
- establish a business need that takes full account of the drivers for change and the strategic fit to organisational goals and priorities.
- propose, and obtain agreement for, the development of a high-level business case that draws on existing knowledge and current practice, uses a robust methodological approach, and takes account of the needs of stakeholders.
- evaluate viable high-level business case options and associated costs and benefits.
- design an appropriate change management strategy for implementing the high-level business case that takes full account of diversity, risk and performance measurement and has been informed through active participation in a learning community.
Diploma (unit three)
- establish the indicators that you will use to assess performance in your area of the business in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, financial viability, sustainability, diversity and relevance
- identify the metrics that you will use to measure and improve performance
- undertake a rigorous data-driven enquiry to assess and benchmark performance and identify risks and challenges to current ways of working
- establish metrics to drive sustainability, and performance and demonstrate value-added
- critically evaluate the impact of your work and establish strategies for developing and maintaining high levels of performance that take account of stakeholder needs, identified risks, challenges and diversity
- engage effectively with your colleagues and others to add value and ensure sustainability of high levels of performance
- critically review the outcomes of your work to establish the leadership and management skills and perspectives required to create and sustain long-term organisational success
- justify your choice of media to evidence the impact of your work and to enhance your personal brand
Delivery
Attendance Method: Blended delivery including executive coaching.
Certificate: 7 x 1-2-1 tuition sessions – monthly (MS Teams or Zoom).
Diploma 13 x 1-2-1 tuition sessions – monthly (MS Teams or Zoom).
The ILM Level 7 qualifications are delivered through inquiry-based learning (EBL). This is an approach to learning based on the investigation of questions, scenarios or problems.
For each unit of the qualification, you are required to complete an enquiry-based project. This process will involve you:
- creating questions (an enquiry) of your own. This will be derived from a real strategic-level issue/problem or opportunity within your organisation.
- identifying supporting evidence to answer your inquiry. You will gather this in your portfolio.
- explaining the evidence you have collected to stakeholders, your executive coach and your assessor.
- connecting this explanation to the knowledge you have obtained from your investigations.
- creating an argument and justification for the explanation, by way of an Executive Summary.
This approach will help you develop a number of skills including self-reliance, independence and the ability to identify, investigate and solve problems and achieve results.
Learning activities for both blend theory and practice in order to achieve lasting impacts for both the organisation and the student.
Subjects
One module:
- Developing leadership & management capability through enquiry
Three modules:
- Developing leadership & management capability through enquiry
- Developing a high-level business case
- Developing and maintaining a high-performance culture and optimising resources
About Academy of Leadership & Management
At The Academy of Leadership & Management, we focus on developing leaders, managers, coaches, mentors and business advisers through practical work-based and distance learning programmes. All our courses lead to globally recognised qualifications from an awarding body e.g. ILM or the Small Firms Development Initiative (SFEDI). We are also an Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) approved academy.
We offer distance learning courses in the following subject areas:
- Leadership & Management
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Business & Enterprise
- Business Advice & Consulting
- Education
Our development programmes are available to both individual students and employers who want to develop their people at an organisational level. Our courses are delivered online – making for a flexible and cost-effective learning option which can fit into a busy schedule. We also have a strong track record of designing tailored in-house programmes suitable for employers. Additionally, we also provide programme management, accreditation and learning consultancy services.
