The Manchester Leadership Development Programme
ILM Recognised Development Programme with ILM Level 7 Award
A practical, accelerated leadership development programme for leaders and managers moving forward in their careers.
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The role of a leader is crucial and complex. No matter which industry or sector you are from our programme provides you with the opportunity to become more confident, more efficient and more effective.
The Manchester Leadership Development Programme is a short, flexible, accredited, open leadership development course.
It inspires and guides you to think creatively, organise differently and develop a mind-set which is critical for leadership.
The programme
The Manchester Leadership Development Programme explores the core modules for business success – leadership, leading teams, finance, strategy, innovation and project management. Accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), it combines skills development with one-to-one leadership coaching.
The programme is delivered face-to-face over five consecutive and intensive days. Please explore the programme below or view the course overview >>
We can also deliver the programme online to a closed cohort of your employees. The online programme includes five intensive days that are delivered weekly. Please contact us to discuss in more detail.
Leadership in Practice
Dr Courtney Owens
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Leadership and Organisational Psychology
This module is an interactive session which focuses on you as a leader. Using Hogan Psychometric Assessment, you will discover your strengths, your blind spots, how your leadership changes under pressure and how you can improve. Areas covered include:
- Before you lead others, know and lead yourself
- How your personality influences your leadership
- Leading at your best vs. leading under pressure
Leading Teams and Talent
Dr Paul Evans
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Leadership Development
Leading Teams and Talent focuses on practical application. During the session you will learn the principles for building and leading a high performing team and understand talent development and the impact on team dynamics. Area covered include:
- Motivation and influence
- Effective vs dysfunctional teams
- Developing diverse talent
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Finance for Management
Nigel Moody
Financial and Development Consultant
This module is led by an expert in commercial finance, who will give you the knowledge and tools to join in the financial conversation and make a valuable contribution, even when finance is not your background. You will be taken step-by-step through the key financial documents every leader must understand, interpret and be able to question. Areas covered include:
- Commercial business management
- See company financial accounts in 3D
- Develop your own uniquely business dashboard
Strategy and Innovation
Dr Mike Kennard
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Strategy and Innovation
This one day interactive session encourages you to think more strategically about choice, whilst giving you the tools and process for promoting innovation in everyday work. Challenging the assumptions that the two are separate areas, it brings strategy and innovation to life through leadership, because successful leaders know that they cannot do one without the other. Areas covered include:
- Strategic tools, strategic choice and creating great strategy
- Strategy, opportunity and risk
- Driving innovation as a process
Project Management
Dr Alec Waterworth
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Project Management
The project management module takes real world examples of projects and applies the common sense, tools and theories you need to achieve results. Throughout the session you progress step-by-step through each stage of a project, learning valuable best practices and avoiding common pitfalls. Areas covered include:
- Lifecycle, processes, tools and techniques
- Success and failure: evaluation and decision making
- Planning, execution and closing
ILM Level 7 Award in Leadership and Management
Dr Mike Kennard
Programme Director
This module takes your learning from the programme and applies it to your working world. You will develop a work-based project, focusing on a real-life challenge or opportunity for your organisation. By applying your learning from different leadership modules through reflective practice, you will critically assess the effectiveness of your leadership. During the module you will:
- Undertake a series of online webinars
- Be supported by academic experts
- Create a 2,500 project assessment for a Level 7 Award from the Institute of Leadership and Management.
- A real challenge or opportunity from your workplace
- Use your knowledge to develop a plan to deliver value
Leadership Coaching
As part of the course, you undertake one-to-one professional coaching sessions with a qualified leadership coach. Using insight from your Hogan Leadership Psychometric assessment, you will work on the areas most important to your personal development as a leader. The coaching will help you to:
- Become more self-aware as a leader
- Have a deeper understanding of any obstacles you must overcome
- Build your ability to lead with greater confidence.
Key information
Whilst studying with us you will develop your critical thinking and be able to apply this throughout your career. Leadership is a skill set that is required across all sectors.
How you benefit
The programme is designed to help you understand how to get the best out of your business, giving you the capability to master the challenges and opportunities you face as a manager and a leader.
- Develop increased self-awareness as a leader
- Understand your team and how to get the best from them
- Build your confidence to ask difficult questions and make informed decisions
- Gain a practical understanding of financial management
- Construct a framework for thinking more strategically
- Learn a proven process for promoting innovation
- Hone your project management skills with a toolkit for delivering major projects
- Design a work-based project to apply your learning and deliver business impact
Our highly experienced team will ensure everything about your programme runs smoothly. From booking on to the course to keeping you focused on your business challenge they aim to make your Alliance MBS experience as enjoyable and stress free as possible.
We can’t promise that in five days we can make you the perfect manager, but we do commit that you will leave with the knowledge and skills—and the confidence to put them to use—to be the best manager you can be.
Participant profile
The course attracts leaders, managers, directors, department heads, CFOs and CEOs from a wide range of disciplines including: sales, marketing, quality, engineering, health and safety, operations, logistics, customer service, legal and IT.
Professionals from diverse sectors and backgrounds work together around common themes, benefitting from the opportunity to network, generate ideas and share best practice.
I've been a manager for a number of years, and largely I've been managing on instinct. Leadership is a gradual thing, but reflecting on the coaching and mentoring elements of the programme and the practice we've done, I'm very confident that I can develop these skills and see how they work in the real world.
When booking your place on the online version of the Manchester Leadership Development Programme, you can choose from a number of options.
Full Programme Modules + ILM Award + Coaching - £3,745 per person
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ILM
Award
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Leadership
Coaching
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ILM
Membership
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Project Support Webinars
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eLearning
Resources
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Core Modules + ILM Award - £2,650 per person
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ILM
Award
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Leadership
Coaching
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ILM
Membership
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Project Support Webinars
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eLearning
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Core Modules + Coaching - £2,995 per person
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ILM
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Leadership
Coaching
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ILM
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Project Support Webinars
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eLearning
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When booking your place on the face-to-face Manchester Leadership Development Programme, you can choose from a number of options.
Full Programme Modules + ILM Award + Coaching - £4,990 per person
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Modules
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ILM
Award
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Leadership
Coaching
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ILM
Membership
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Project Support Webinars
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eLearning
Resources
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Lunch /
Refreshments
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Core Modules + ILM Award - £4,490 per person
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Modules
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ILM
Award
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Leadership
Coaching
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ILM
Membership
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Project Support Webinars
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eLearning
Resources
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Lunch /
Refreshments
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Core Modules - £3,990 per person
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Modules
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ILM
Award
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Leadership
Coaching
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ILM
Membership
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Project Support Webinars
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eLearning
Resources
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Lunch /
Refreshments
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Core Modules + Coaching - £4,740 per person
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Modules
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ILM
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Leadership
Coaching
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ILM
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Project Support Webinars
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eLearning
Resources
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Lunch /
Refreshments
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Delegate testimonials
Frequently asked questions
If you have any other questions about the Manchester Leadership Development Programme, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
What qualification do I get?
Every delegate that completes the pre-work and attends the core modules will receive a certificate of completion from The University of Manchester. In addition, those who choose the ILM project option, provided they submit and pass their work-based project, will receive a Level 7 Award in Leadership and Management from the ILM*.
*Institute of Leadership and Management
What support will I have?
All delegates will be supported by the programme director, who oversees the programme in its entirety and provides academic support throughout. The programme administration team are also on hand to answer any questions and provide support with practical considerations, as well as the eLearning team who are able provide technical support for our online learning platform.
Is accommodation included?
Accommodation is not included in the course fees, however, we can provide a list of local hotels within easy reach of the campus. Alternatively, there is a preferred rate at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, located on campus, which is available to delegates who have booked onto this programme. To find out more about the preferred rate, please visit this link.
What is included in the fees?
The modules only option includes an online induction, all tuition, all materials, three Hogan Psychometric reports (HMVP, HPI and HDS), lunch and refreshments during the taught modules, and access to our eLearning resource platform for 6 months.
The leadership coaching element also includes an induction to coaching and 3 x 1-hour one-to-one leadership coaching sessions with a qualified and Hogan-accredited coach.
The ILM award project also includes three action learning sets / online support for your project, 12 months membership with the ILM, access to the ILM website and resources for 12 months.
Does this count towards an MBA?
Anyone who has completed the Manchester Leadership Development Programme and is successfully accepted onto the Global MBA will be able to join, and will receive exemptions for up to 3 electives. You will also receive discount on the full price of the MBA. This must be mentioned at the time of application.