On this page, we’ve put together a quick list of a few of the core skills that your learners can gain from our ILM training, and why it’s such a worthwhile investment.
Many employees receive little to no formal leadership training. Even if someone has natural leadership ability, the lack of structured development puts both them and their employer at a disadvantage.
Training from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) provides individuals with the skills they need to be a leader in your business.
At HWGTA, we help local companies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire by delivering apprenticeships and ILM training. We work with employers who want to develop leaders from within. On this page, we’ve put together a quick list of a few of the core skills that your learners can gain from our ILM training, and why it’s such a worthwhile investment.
Managing people
In business, most managers step into a position of managing people without much preparation. They’re often people who’ve displayed natural leadership ability, which needs honing and tailoring to your organisation.
ILM training helps your learners think deeply about how they manage people. They’ll learn how to set goals, review performance and support the performance of their team. They’ll be encouraged to approach it as a set of actions that they’ll improve on over time.
Learning to avoid micromanagement is one of the most important parts of people management. ILM training teaches learners to guide their teams effectively and provide feedback and performance markers without taking over tasks or devaluing someone. The emphasis stays on accountability, fairness and follow-through.
Self-awareness and leadership style
One of the main problems in all leadership positions is when a leader forgets the impacts of their own behaviour. A passive-aggressive or uninterested manager will develop a negative culture in their team. ILM training helps learners reflect on how their behaviour affects others at work. They’ll learn how to examine their own leadership approaches, including how they might change when they’re under pressure or stress. They’ll also discover how their values, habits, assumptions and biases shape how they make decisions.
Leaders with these skills can make a meaningful difference to your organisation by reducing reactive decision-making and encouraging a more positive and productive working environment.
Communication at work
Good leadership is all about communicating the important information. However, too many people treat it as a sort of ‘soft extra’.
ILM training helps learners develop their communication skills. They’ll focus on how to talk in meetings, reviews and everyday conversations. Our courses also cover clarity and active listening, which are a vital part of leadership, equipping your leaders with the skills to deliver instructions and receive feedback.
Planning and prioritisation
ILM training supports managers as they learn to plan work with purpose and accept that they can’t please everyone. Learners practice target setting, understanding priorities, allocating resources and linking tasks to wider objectives. It results in your organisation getting leaders who help their teams to focus their energies where they matter most.
Decision-making at work
Every leadership role involves decision-making. ILM training helps your leaders build these decision-making skills. Our programmes encourage learners to carefully assess their options, identify the risks associated with each, and review how the potential outcomes align with your strategic goals. They’ll learn when to make decisions alone and when to involve others, helping their judgement improve over time.
Change management
Managing change doesn’t come easily to many people. As humans, most of us like things to stay the same. And yet, change is a healthy part of growth and an unavoidable aspect of life and business. ILM training prepares your future leaders to guide your teams through such changes.
As a business, you’ll need to adapt in some ways at some point. Having leaders with change management skills will make the process much smoother.
Handling conflict and challenge
Being a leader comes with challenging situations. It often involves making difficult decisions, such as reprimanding someone or even letting them go. ILM training will help your leaders learn how to
manage disagreements, address underperformance, respond to issues early and identify signs of a toxic working environment.
Invest in ILM training with HWGTA
Leadership skills develop through theory, practice, experience, reflection and the support someone needs at the right time. ILM training provides a clear structure for that development.
Here at HWGTA, we deliver ILM training as part of a wider commitment to workforce development in Hereford and Worcestershire.
So, if your organisation is looking ahead and planning its future leadership structure, now’s the time to look at who leads the work and how prepared they feel. Have a conversation with us about our ILM training to get that process moving and cement your business’s future.