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How to Become a Manager



Whether you’re giving feedback, holding interviews or training your team, managing people is both rewarding and challenging. Keen to become a manager? Here’s our quick guide to what’s involved and the skill set you’ll need.

What Qualifications Do Managers Need?



Managers with professional qualifications earn on average
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more over the course of their careers



It’s perfectly possible to work your way up from an entry-level job to a management role. In fact, according to the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) only one in five managers have recognised management qualifications.

However, there are lots of advantages to gaining qualifications. You’ll sharpen your skills, increase your knowledge, earn more and improve your chances of future promotion.

There are several ways to gain management qualifications.

Study with the CMI or the ILM

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) are the UK’s best-known management training providers. They offer qualifications in a wide range of areas including team-leading, strategic management, management and leadership, business and enterprise and coaching and mentoring.

If you sign up to study with the CMI or the ILM you’ll gain the knowledge and skills you’ll need to deal with even the trickiest of people management situations. You’ll also become a member, which gives you access to useful research, learning materials and networking opportunities.

Both the CMI and the ILM offer awards (which take 1-3 months), certificates (which take 3-6 months) and diplomas (which take up to a year). Both have recently started to offer intermediate and higher-level apprenticeships in team leading and management. And both offer the option of studying online, in the classroom or in-house. So how do you know whether you’d be better off studying with the CMI or the ILM?

CMI or ILM?

CMI


  • Has 70,000 members
  • Holds a Royal Charter since the 1950s
  • Has a more established reputation
  • Offers qualifications from leve 2 (new managers) to level 8 (senior managers & directors)
  • Provides knowledge-based courses with an academic focus
  • Offers longer units which cover topics in-depth
  • Offers a small range of short CPD courses
  • Offers sector-specific qualifications for the healthcare industry, the armed forces and the police

ILM


  • Has 25,000 members
  • Is an organisation within the City and Guilds Group
  • Dates back to 2001
  • Is best known for its supervisory and level 3 management programmes
  • Offers qualifications from level 2 (team leaders) to level 7 (Senior leaders, CEO)
  • Provides courses with a more vocational, competence-based focus
  • Offers specialist qualifications in areas including operations management, sales management, waste management and facilities management.

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Do a Degree

Every year companies recruit new graduates into management. While having a management or business degree can increase your chances of landing a leadership role, employers are often equally interested in your degree class, skills and personal qualities.

Many employers run structured training programmes aimed at developing good leaders. Known as graduate training schemes, these usually require a 2:1 degree and sometimes lead to a permanent managerial role.

Master’s?

If studying at postgraduate level appeals, why not apply to do a master’s degree? You could study management in general or focus on a particular area of management, such as marketing management. Postgraduate diplomas are also available and your employer may allow you time off to study or pay your fees.

£0,000
Average Salary for a Manager

Typical Duties for a Manager

Managers oversee a department or team of employees within a company or organisation. As well as being excellent communicators and good at taking charge, they need to be fair-minded, positive and persuasive. If you become a manager your responsibilities are likely to include:


  • Communicating the company’s vision
  • Setting goals
  • Looking after the health and safety of employees
  • Giving positive and negative feedback
  • Dealing with concerns/disciplinary issues
  • Communicating with senior management
  • Highlighting success
  • Interviewing and training new employees

Skill Set for a Manager


  • The ability to lead by example

  • Good communication skills

  • The ability to see the big picture

  • The ability to remain calm under pressure

  • A talent for motivating team members

  • Time-management skills

What Next?

Think you’d make a good manager? Give yourself a head start by applying for one of our professional management courses. Check out the full range on our website.

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