Course Overview

Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications are internationally recognised and cater for all levels of management, offering a clear route to career progression. The Level 3 qualification is particularly suited to practising team leaders seeking to move up to the next level of management, as well as managers who need to lead people through organisational change, budget cuts or other pressures.

This course develops the skills and knowledge to lead, organise and motivate teams. The qualification is founded on work-based learning, with assessments based on projects that relate to the employer and ensure learning is always relevant and applied.

Course Content

Course content

Understanding Leadership

Unit: 8600-308

Credit value: 2

Guided learning hours: 6

Gain a better understanding of leadership styles and qualities, with a review of your own leadership qualities and potential

Solving Problems and Making Decisions

Unit: 8600-300

Credit value: 2

Guided learning hours: 9

Learn how to describe a problem, its nature, scope and impact; gather and interpret information to solve a problem; evaluate options to make a decision; and plan, monitor and review the implementation and communication of decisions

Benefits for the individual

• Gain a range of key management skills
• Put new skills into practice in your own role
• Build your leadership capabilities
• Motivate and engage teams
• Manage relationships confidently
• Develop your leadership skills using your own knowledge, values and motivations

Benefits for the organisation

• Effective and confident first-line managers

• Better relationships and communication in teams

• Measurable results: workplace-based assessment ensures new skills are effectively transferred to your business

• A broad range of optional units: this qualification can be tailored to your organisation’s learning and development needs