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The ILM Level 7 Diploma for Executive and Senior Level Coaches & Mentors is ILM’s most senior coaching qualifications. The programmes are designed for senior managers or Human Resources/Organisational Development professionals who wish to develop their expertise in coaching and mentoring or to establish coaching practices at an organisational level. They are also ideal for professional coaches and mentors looking to enhance and accredit their experience with a nationally recognised qualification.

The Diploma requires students to demonstrate their ability to plan, deliver, and review at least 60 hours of coaching and mentoring in the workplace. The course is delivered through a unique blend of executive coaching, supervision, work-based learning, and coaching practice. Students define a set of objectives designed to have a real impact on their individual coaching practice.

There are no specific entry requirements, but participants are typically practicing or managers or consultants with a coaching or mentoring role, capable of meeting the assessment demands, often evidenced by holding leadership and/or qualification at level 5 or above.

The ILM Level 7 qualification caters to professional coaches and mentors, as well as senior managers and Human Resources/Organisational Development professionals with significant responsibility for coaching and mentoring within their organisations.

The themes in the certificate programme:

1. Skills, Principles, and Practice of Effective Coaching and Mentoring: This theme focuses on imparting essential skills, principles, and best practices necessary for effective coaching and mentoring within organizational settings.
2. Undertaking Effective Coaching and Mentoring: This segment entails the practical application of coaching and mentoring techniques, where students are tasked with delivering a minimum of 60 hours of coaching sessions in the capacity of both coach and mentor.
3. Reviewing Your Practice as a Coach and Mentor: Here, participants engage in reflective exercises to evaluate and enhance their coaching and mentoring practices, fostering continuous improvement and professional development in their roles.
4.  Professional practice: It is expected that you will spend much of your time coaching or mentoring more clients, so that you can bring the total number you have coached to between seven and nine for a minimum of 60 hours, in accordance with the standard, and recording the outcomes.

Benefits for Individuals:

• Gain insights into building the context, strategy, culture, and processes for coaching and mentoring at a senior level.
• Understand and analyse different coaching and mentoring models and their impact.
• Learn to evaluate the effectiveness of coaching and mentoring within an organization.
• Critically review your own communication skills, emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, and values to assess your competence as a coach or mentor.
• Plan, deliver, and review coaching and mentoring engagements with clients at a senior and strategic level.

Benefits for Employers:

• Implement coaching in complex working environments or at a senior and strategic level.
• Ensure that your organization’s coaches and mentors are equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge, and ethical understanding.
• Benchmark your organization’s coaching approach against the latest industry practices.
• Foster a coaching and mentoring culture where senior managers and leaders support development and performance improvement.

The programme is delivered and assessed by a team of experienced coaches from the Academy of Leadership and Management. 

Learning Activities:

• Online learning modules
• Monthly coaching/supervision sessions with an experienced executive coach/supervisor (a minimum of 20 hours)
• Completion of Reflective Reviews to help track progress
• Practical activities guiding students through the coaching process from contracting to evaluation
• Regular feedback from coaches, supervisors, and the assessment team

All students receive study membership of the Institute of Leadership & Management for the duration of their course.

The programme spans 9-12 months and includes 9 1-2-1 tuition sessions, conducted via MS Teams or Zoom.

Participants would be expected to dedicate between 5-8 hours per week undertaking the modules and to complete the assignments.

The assessment comprises practically focused assignments based on the participant's role, organisation, and CPD as a coach.

Participants earn 37 credits upon successful completion of this course.

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