ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management

Description

What is an ILM Level 5 in Leadership and Management?

The Level 5 Award, Certificate or Diploma in Leadership and Management is designed for practising middle managers, helping them to develop their skills and experience, improve performance and prepare for senior management responsibilities. This high impact ILM qualification is a multi-day programme focussed on the successful completion of work-based assignments and includes being coached to reflect on your own practice.

On the course, you will improve your ability to motivate your teams, while developing your leadership capability and management skills. You'll assess your skills, develop action plans, and create instant change in your organisation through work-based assignments and application of learning on the job.

What you will learn

Becoming an Effective Leader

In this unit, you will develop knowledge and understanding of effective leadership as required by a practising or potential middle manager.

During the unit you shall:

• Evaluate your own ability to use a range of leadership styles, in different situations and with different types of people, to fulfil the leadership role
• Use theories of emotional intelligence to review the effect of emotions on your own and others’ performance
• Review your ability to set direction and communicate this to others
• Review your ability to motivate, delegate and empower others
• Produce a personal development plan to improve your ability to lead

Developing and Leading Teams to Achieve Organisational Goals and Objectives

In this unit, you will develop an understanding and ability in developing and leading teams, as required by a practising or potential middle manager

During the unit you shall:

• Assess the effectiveness of your own organisation in measuring team performance against organisational goals and objectives
• Evaluate the role of leadership in helping teams to achieve organisational goals and objectives
• Critically review your ability to develop and lead teams to achieve organisational goals and objectives
• Implement changes to own leadership style to more effectively develop and lead teams