Coaching & Mentoring

In today's marketplace where skilled individuals are at a premium, organisations are facing the prospect of potentially losing top-end expertise as well as having to develop and motivate their existing workforce and encourage a cultural shift towards creating a positive learning environment where knowledge and experience is readily shared. Coaching is a highly effective way of helping individuals to develop their performance to very high standards and the combined use of coaching and mentoring within an organisation can be powerful tools for developing leadership capability and facilitating change by nurturing talent, enabling learning and development and encouraging personal growth and career development.

Who are the Coaching and Mentoring qualifications for?

The use of structured coaching and mentoring programmes can aid this process and accredited programmes and qualifications from The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) are now available for individuals at different levels within your organisation. Each of the coaching and mentoring qualifications are designed for a different type of candidate, occupying a different organisational role and using coaching or mentoring for a particular purpose.

The ILM Level 3 Award in Workplace Coaching for Team Leaders and First Line Managers &
ILM Level 3 Certificate for Professional Workplace Coaches
This qualification is designed to provide practising and potential team leaders and first line managers with the knowledge, skills and confidence to perform effectively as workplace coaches as part of their normal work role. In addition, the Certificate aims to equip participants seeking to move into a development role within their organisations or as a freelance workplace coach. The focus of the qualifications are to use coaching as an improvement tool, helping team leaders and first line managers understand coaching and improve their own skills and pass on their experience and expertise to others.

The ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring &
ILM Level 5 Diploma for Professional Management Coaches and Mentors
This qualification is designed to provide practising managers with the knowledge, skills and confidence to perform effectively as coaches or mentors as part of their normal work role. In addition, the Diploma aims to equip participants seeking to move into a developmental role within their organisations or to freelance as a management coach or mentor. These programmes support managers in understanding coaching and mentoring, improving their own skills and in actively supporting the growth and development of their organisations by enabling learning and development in line with the change process.

The ILM Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring &
ILM Level 7 Diploma for Professional Executive Coaches and Leadership Mentors
This qualification is designed to provide practising senior leaders and managers (or those working in a training and development role) with the knowledge, skills and confidence to perform effectively as coaches/mentors as part of their normal work role. In addition the Diploma aims to equip participants seeking to move into a development role within their organisations or to freelance as an executive coach or leadership mentor. It is widely recognised that leadership comes through personal development and growth, the acquisition of a range of critical leadership skills and an insight into other people and oneself. These programmes will help individuals understand executive coaching and leadership mentoring whilst becoming effective mentors and executive coaches for senior managers and others wishing to become more effective leaders.

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