ILM AWARD IN TEAM LEADING
What is the Award?
Holding this Award in Team Leading demonstrates that you have undertaken and become qualified in the basic principles of team leadership skills and knowledge. It aims to give practising or potential team leaders the foundation for their formal development in this role.
The Award is based on the following topics:
- Developing yourself as a team leader
- Motivating the work team
- Workplace communications
- Leading your work team
Who is the Award aimed at?
The Award in Team Leading is a management level 2 programme. This Award will be for you if you are currently team leading and feel you need further help, confidence and guidance about your role or you are newly appointed to leading a team. Typically you have had no formal managerial/supervisory training or qualifications, although you may be professionally qualified.
What is the Structure of this Award?
This programme is designed to commence with an introduction, which will provide participants with information and knowledge about the course and the Institute of Leadership and Management (the awarding body). In total the programme is designed over three separate workshops (usually three weeks between workshops) with some work based and distance learning activities to undertake between workshops. The total study period for this programme is 26 hours. Candidates need to attend all three workshops.
What does the Award in Team Leading cover?
The programme is divided into four modules (or units) and they include the following:
Developing yourself as a team leader
- To understand the roles, functions and responsibilities of the team leader; and the limits of your authority and accountability
- To know how to seek, accept and respond positively to feedback on personal performance to improve workplace performance
Motivating the work team
- To understand the organisation's requirements in relation to individual performance
- To understand how to address underperformance
- To understand what motivates people
Workplace communications
- To understand the communication process
- To understand methods of communication
- To understand the importance of maintaining accurate records of one-to-one communication
Leading your work team
- To understand the difference between leadership and management
- To understand a range of leadership styles, their use and potential impact on individuals and outputs
Assessment
You be assessed on each of the four modules (units) via a Reflective Review. These Reflective Reviews ask a series of questions (usually between four and seven) that will require you to answer using real work examples and leadership practices.
Support
The BDC provides participants with group support and should the occasion arise individual and telephone support for the programme.
Enrolment
Candidates need to be practicing Team Leaders or looking towards a career development opportunity.
How much does it cost & what does it include?
The current cost is £325 per person and this includes:
- Three one day workshops
- Registration with the Institute of Leadership and Management (the Awarding Body)
- Assessment of Reflective Reviews
- Sampling by the External Verifier
- The course workbook