Leading Advanced (ILM Level 3)

Day 1 – Introduction to Leadership

• Differences and similarities between leadership and management, and the need for each of them
• Range of at least three leadership models (such as trait, contingency, situational, distributive, servant oblique leader, transactional/transformational) and their significance for task performance, culture and relationships
• Leadership behaviours and the sources of power
• Identification, development and appropriate choice of personal leadership styles and behaviours
• The role of trust and respect in effective team leadership
• Supervised practice or simulation to develop the ability to apply knowledge and skills

Day 2 – Solving Problems & Making Decisions
• Simple ways to recognise, investigate and analyse problems
• Objective setting in relation to problem
• Brainstorming and creative thinking techniques
• How to evaluate options
• The importance of adequate and relevant information for effective decision-making
• Identification of what information is relevant to specific decisions
• Simple decision making techniques
• Effective presentation of a case – i.e. providing facts and evidence, not just opinion
• Monitoring and review techniques to evaluate outcomes of problem solving activities

Day 3 – Managing Performance
• The differing objectives of stakeholders in the organisation – customers, employees,
partners, owners, the community
• First line manager’s responsibility for managing team and individual performance and
meeting objectives
• The relevance of SMART objectives, and how to set them
• How to set performance standards
• How to measure performance against agreed standards
• A range of methods for measuring performance and how to select the ideal one
• Techniques for performance monitoring and evaluation
• How to interpret variances in performance and take appropriate action
• Range of performance improvement techniques available to the manager

Day 4 – Management Presentations
• Individual presentations based on the work based assignment completed by each learner
on the course. Line managers to attend.

For accredited Learners:
Complete One Mandatory Unit by distance learning using the ILM Super Series Books:

• M3.09 - Giving Briefings and making presentations in the workplace

Choose one unit form the following:
• M3.11 Building the team
• M3.14 Managing Conflict
• M3.21 Organising & delegating
• M3.30 Understanding the communication process in the workplace
• M3.31 Influencing others at work
• M3.34 Understanding workplace information systems

Assessments
1. M3.01 Work Based Assignment - written management report of approx 2,500 words
2. M3.09 Oral presentation - 15 minute management presentation based on the WBA
3. M3.26 Reflective Review – written report approx 700 – 1000 words
4. Reflective review - on the chosen distance learning topic

Funding: Potential funding available from Train to Gain/East Midlands Business, enabling businesses to access £500 lump sum towards training and a further pot of matched funding to a maximum value of £500. The criteria is as follows:

• Companies must not have accessed funding towards training previously from Train to Gain
• Company size: 10-249 employees
• Funding targeted at 1 x Director or Senior decision maker per organisation

Duration: 3 days (Unaccredited), 4 days (Accredited)

Unaccredited Version

9.00am to 5.00pm Days 1&2 and 9.00am to 3.00pm Day 3

Accredited Version

9.00am to 5.00pm