ILM Level 7 - Diploma in Leadership and Management

The ILM Level 7 Award, Certificate, and Diploma are qualifications for senior leaders and managers, with the Award being the smallest and the Diploma the most extensive. The Award focuses on a specific, self-selected area of leadership development, while the Certificate includes a mandatory unit on data-driven management, and the Diploma builds on the Certificate by adding units on leading change and creating high-performance cultures. The Diploma offers the most credits, equivalent to a PG Certificate and a third of a Masters. 

Who is this qualification for?

The ILM Level 7 Award, Certificate, and Diploma are qualifications for senior leaders and managers, with the Award being the smallest and the Diploma the most extensive. The Award focuses on a specific, self-selected area of leadership development, while the Certificate includes a mandatory unit on data-driven management, and the Diploma builds on the Certificate by adding units on leading change and creating high-performance cultures. The Diploma offers the most credits, equivalent to a PG Certificate and a third of a Masters. 

Benefits for individuals

• Enables you to develop, implement and evaluate high-level strategies
• Enhances your strategic leadership and management development in real work
• Provides flexibility to allow you to study topics which match your development needs and context
• Enables you to evidence how completion of the award provides return on investment, by demonstrating how it aligns with your own and organisational needs
• Develops knowledge and skills to support your future career objectives
• Offers progression opportunities into further level 7 qualifications or our level 8 unit for CEOs

Benefits for employers

• Gives senior leaders the tools to develop and evaluate their own performance
• Combines leadership development with real work projects
• Ensures immediate relevance and practical benefits to the organisation with assessments emerging from the work contexts
• Enables customisation to meet the organisation’s senior leadership and development needs
• Demonstrates ROI by enabling leaders and managers to develop their leadership and management practice within real time organisational needs

To complete this module, attendees should have completed the ILM Level 5 Certificate at a minimum and have at least 5 years senior management experience.  If you are unsure if you’ll be eligible, please request a conversation with the course leader before making your booking.

Learners will study:

Level 7 - Award

Level 7 – Certificate 

Level 7 – Diploma

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For more information about this course, contact our specialist team on 01254 29 25 00 or email business@blackburn.ac.uk