ILM Level 7 Certificate, Diploma and Extended Diploma in Strategic Leadership & Management

Is this programme for you?

The ILM Level 7 Certificate, Diploma and Extended Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Management are among ILM’s most senior qualifications. The qualifications are designed for practising and aspiring senior managers and leaders who wish to develop their professional capability and personal brand.

The Certificate consists of one flexible mandatory unit 700 which helps and guides students to identify and work on the areas of leadership and management specific to their own work context and career path.

The Diploma consists of an additional unit. We have a choice of two units for students undertaking the Diploma. The first 701 focuses on presenting arguments for change, constructing business cases and leading change implementation. The second 702 focuses on the creation and maintenance of a high performance culture.

The Extended Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Management consists of another additional unit. The learner can select either unit 701 or 702 i.e. the level 7 unit not chosen for the Diploma, or the learner can choose unit 800 as the third unit in the Extended Diploma – The Impactful CEO. The Level 8 unit is suited to those who are at CEO or Deputy CEO level or aspire to be CEO in the next 12-18 months.

Programme Structure

The ILM Level 7 qualifications are delivered through Enquiry-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 enquiry. 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.

Duration

4-6 months (Certificate), 9 months (Diploma), 12 months (Extended Diploma option 1) or 17 months (Extended Diploma option 2)

Attendance Method

Online delivery including 1-2-1 executive coaching sessions (MS Teams or Zoom).

Certificate: 5 x 1-2-1 monthly executive coaching sessions

Diploma: 9 x 1-2-1 monthly executive coaching sessions

Extended Diploma

• Option 1: Three level 7 units (700, 701 and 702) 13 x 1-2-1 monthly executive coaching sessions
• Option 2: Two level 7 units and One level 8 unit (700, 701 or 702 and 800) 17 x 1-2-1 monthly executive coaching sessions

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.