The New ILM Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring

"The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage."

  • Are you looking for ways to enhance leadership performance both for yourself and your team?
  • Are you making the most of the talent in your organisation?
  • Would you like to develop your coaching and mentoring skills?

    Insight designs and delivers high impact pro- grammes tailored to enable Senior Managers and Learning & Development Specialists to more effectively enhance the performance and encou- rage effective leadership in their organisation.

    The ILM Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring.

    It is widely recognised that leadership develop- ment is becoming increasingly important as public, private and ‘third’ sector organisations experience almost constant change in their pressurised environments. Today, leadership development depends upon being able to develop appropriate attitudes, values and behaviours and maximising the potential of each person in the organisation.
    The ILM Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring aims to equip practi- sing senior leaders and managers or those working in a learning and development role with the knowledge, skills and confidence to perform effectively as coaches and mentors.

    The main purpose of the qualification is to become highly effective as Executive Coach and Mentor to enhance the impact and performance of the most influential people in your organsiation.

    The programme has two primary objectives:

  • to enable participants to understand the nature and role of executive coaching and mentoring
  • to develop the high-level skills that participants need to perform effectively in these roles

    Our programme is delivered by qualified coaches with significant experience across the UK and Europe. Our focus is to: -
  • Develop practical and powerful skills which make an immediate impact and support lasting improvements
  • Improve individual and team performance
  • Help you to develop personal and organisatio- nal coaching and mentoring capacity

    The programme is challenging, engaging and enjoyable and priced to give you excellent value for money.

    Programme Building Blocks:
  • Six days of structured workshop sessions, delivered via three 2-day events
  • Coaching practice with volunteer coachees, minimum 12 hours per delegate
  • Peer coaching and support between the workshop sessions
  • Coach supervision in small peer learning sets
  • Individual tutorial 1-2-1 coaching and supervision from our experienced Coaches via telephone and Email support

    Core content and programme style
    Our programme delivers a robust theoretical introduction to coaching blended with a strong practical emphasis on the development of core coaching skills and a high transfer of learning back into the workplace.

    Key skills cover:
  • Clarity on the unique characteristics and benefits of coaching and its differences from other related disciplines
  • Advanced communication skills, tools and techniques to build rapport and to enhance senior managers’ performance
  • Building and maintaining effective coaching relationships, managing challenging scenarios and engaging stakeholders in the process
  • Identifying diverse values and beliefs, overcoming limiting attitudes and enhancing creativity
  • The specifics of coaching ‘at the top’ – personal commitment and integrity of the coach
  • Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of coaching – tools to measure the benefits for individuals and organisations

    Our programme works with ‘Real-play’ practice sessions using relevant scenarios and professional actors to ensure the highest levels of realism for the delegates. Intensive feedback from our expert tutors and peers will help develop highest levels of self-awareness and skills to equip the delegates with the capacity to coach with confidence.

    Please use the below link to download:
  • A programme leaflet that gives you more information on the content of the qualification

    For further information please contact Insight at:

    Phone: 01633 222 006
    or Email: sandra@insight-hrc.co.uk


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