Course description
Level 5 Leadership & Management
The Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management enables middle managers to gain a thorough grounding of their role and responsibilities.
It allows you to focus on their interpersonal skills and build better relationships and provides skills to effectively communicate organisational goals and values.
You will be able to confidently lead and motivate people to achieve goals, assess performance as a manager and plan to improve it.
You and your fellow course students will have access to an online learning system including electronic course media and a virtual community to share your thoughts and experiences.
Coronavirus
In these difficult times, it’s still important to stay ahead of the game. We can enable you to continue developing and improving your staff (individuals and teams) whilst the current operational challenges remain. We’ve implemented Distance Learning and the latest Video Conferencing for all Coaching, Mentoring, Team Development, Training, and 1:1 support. Should you wish to choose face to face please contact us to discuss the options to do this safely. As Government advice and guidance changes, we’ll update this page and approach ensuring you are always at the centre of everything we do.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
The Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management is designed for experienced middle managers. Learners can consolidate their experience, develop their leadership skills and prepare to take on greater management responsibility.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Following your completion of all the course days and a minimum of a Pass in all the assignments you’ll receive your ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leadership & Management at an awards ceremony to recognise the effort and success you’ve achieved.
Benefits for individuals
- Use core management techniques to drive better results
- Develop your ability to lead, motivate and inspire
- Provide strategic leadership as well as day-to-day management
- Benchmark your managerial skills
- Raise your profile in your organisation.
Benefits for employers
- Encourage strategic thinking at this level of management, to foster business improvement
- Engage middle managers with training and development – this qualification is designed to provide clear, measurable benefits to career-minded professionals
- Customise this qualification to your development needs.
Training Course Content
The course is delivered over six sessions, with three assignments to be completed with hand in dates during the programme looking at 6 broad areas;
- Working with people – a range of units including how to deal effectively with stress and conflict, manage remote workers, build excellent customer relations
- Managing yourself and personal skills – including units that focus on assessing your own leadership performance, and developing critical thinking
- Providing direction – such as leading teams to achieve organisational goals and objectives, and making strong and informed management decisions.
- Facilitating innovation and change – for example, build a culture of continued improvement, and lead people through change
- Achieving results – such as managing for efficiency and effectiveness, and managing projects that get results
- Using resources – including managing facilities and managing information.
Course modules including practical training and reflection;
- Develop your leadership styles
- How to make a financial case
- Managing projects in organisations
- Understanding the skills, principles and practice of effective coaching and mentoring
- Develop individual mental toughness
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Continuing Studies
The Level 5 certificate follows a similar academic approach to a Graduate / Degree qualification. With the ILM as the academic authority this course is recognised nationally and even worldwide.
Career Paths
The Level 5 Certificate is for new managers or senior technicians aspiring for promotion to a more senior level in their organisation.