Award, Certificate and Diploma in Strategic Management Certificate and Diploma in Executive Leadership ILM Level 7

To equip learners with the knowledge and skills required to take responsibility for their own development as leaders Aim

Formulate personal development objectives based on the outcomes of assessment and diagnostic tools. Take responsibility for own personal development and effectiveness in the leadership role. M7.04 Programme objectives

Action learning set 1 To identify sources of feedback that leaders can access and seek that will enable them to understand their strengths and their development needs

Sources of feedback Aptitude tests Personality tests Team behaviour tests Intelligence tests Reflection Feedback from peers, subordinates, others Achievement of KPIs/Performance assessment

Learning styles To identify: learning opportunities available how to make best use of these learning styles and how that might impact on learning opportunities what action can they as leaders take to enable learning setting learning objectives evaluation

Learning styles Concrete experience Reflective observation Abstract conceptualisation Active experimentation

Setting standards

Behavioural objectives (Bloom’s Taxonomy) Cognitive Concerned with the intellectual processes of the learner Example: learner demonstrates knowledge of a subject, or ability to perform conceptual operations such as analyse the causes of a problem Affective Aim to change attitudes, emotions, values or interests of learners Example: learner demonstrates ability to move from team leader to manager Psychomotor Concern physical skills such as typing, driving, playing the piano

Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation Level 1 – Reaction level What learners think or feel about the learning event Level 2 – Immediate/learning level What learners actually learned from the event Level 3 – Intermediate/job behaviour level The effect of the learning on the learner’s job behaviours Level 4 – Ultimate/results level The effect of the learning on the results of the organisation, i.e. organisation performance Level 5 – Return on Investment level The value for money in the learning has yielded more in return than the cost

Personal Development Plan Name: A.Candidate Covering the period from: 1 st January 20XX To: 30 th June 20XX What do I want/need to learn?What will I do to achieve this?What resources or support will I need? What will my success criteria be? Target dates for review and completion Keep up to date with current developments in management and leadership practice Regularly read professional journals Access to professional journals Be aware of relevant developments in management and leadership On going Understand what is involved and required of me to successfully complete the course. Attend Tutorial 1ILM Tutorial 1Understand what involved31/1/XX The company Absence Management Policy Attend “Absence management” course Understand the company approach to reducing staff absence 12/01/XX Understand the my personal leadership style and how fits with employer’s culture Complete workbooks and workshops for Units M7.02 & M7.03 Workbooks and workshopsUnderstand how to maximise my leadership potential and effectiveness 28/2/XX Understand how to undertake succession planning Research on the web, journals and text books Access to web, journals and text books To enable better planning for forthcoming retirements in the finance department 31/3/XX

To equip learners with the knowledge and skills required to take responsibility for their own development as leaders Aim

Formulate personal development objectives based on the outcomes of assessment and diagnostic tools. Take responsibility for own personal development and effectiveness in the leadership role. M7.04 Programme objectives