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Leadership Development

Empower your leaders and managers through bespoke consultancy, coaching, in-house training, qualifications and apprenticeships.

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As organisations navigate complexity and change, strong leaders and managers have never been more important, bringing clarity, resilience and stability to the workplace.

We develop leadership and management capability through two powerful City & Guilds brands, with two distinct specialisms. The Oxford Group offers bespoke programmes, while ILM provides flexible qualifications, apprenticeships and ready-to-run workshops.

How can bespoke consultancy help with leadership development?

For over 35 years, The Oxford Group has been partnering with ambitious organisations to develop the skills, behaviours and mindsets their leaders and managers need to drive productivity, innovation and growth.

Our global network of experienced consultants at The Oxford Group work with you to craft bespoke, innovative leadership development programmes that are enriched with evidence-based approaches and impactful results. They use experiential learning for practical application, as well as one-to-one, peer and team coaching.

Programmes can be designed to support anyone in your organisation, from first-time or future managers to senior leaders.

Areas of expertise

  • Transformational Leadership
  • Management Capability
  • Talent Management
  • Coaching

What sets The Oxford Group apart?

Find out more on the The Oxford Group website

What are the options for in-house leadership development?

Internally developed leadership training

If you have an established in-house leadership or management development programme – or you’re thinking of setting one up – we can work with you to ensure it exceeds expectations.

Our expert consultants can support every aspect of internally developed training, from planning your workforce development strategy to quality assuring your programme, from reviewing your assessment processes to measuring your return on investment.

Explore the available support


Ready-to-run leadership skills workshops

If you’re looking for affordable, easy-to-run short courses that will have a big impact on employees, ILM’s leadership and management ‘workshops in a box’ are the perfect solution.

Aligned to the challenges of today’s workplaces, these 3-hour workshops build skills such as influencing, coaching, resilience and change management – the skills your managers need to lead confident and high performing teams.

What topics do the workshops cover?

    Managing Stress to Build Resilience

    Enabling High Performance

    Managing Effective Change

    Presentation Skills

    Navigating Uncertainty

    Storytelling for Leaders

    Influencing Skills

    Coaching Skills

    Psychological Safety

    Managing Hybrid Teams


Why choose ILM’s ready-to-run workshops?

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A complete package for in-house delivery

Includes facilitator notes, guidance and learner materials.



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Flexible, time efficient and repeatable

3-hour sessions that can be run virtually or in-person across multiple cohorts.



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Quality assured training you can trust

Written by experts and benchmarked against the ILM Assured framework.



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Digital credentials to boost engagement

Employees’ achievements gain external recognition, with ILM-branded digital credentials that can be added to their CVs and LinkedIn profiles.

Find out more about the workshops on the ILM website

What qualifications are available in leadership and management?

For employees wanting to take formal qualifications in Leadership, Management, Coaching or Mentoring, ILM offers globally recognised qualifications from Level 2 for team leaders to Level 7 for senior managers and C-suite.


Why choose ILM qualifications?

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Focus on practical skills over academic theory

Evidence of real-life competencies and experiences at work form part of the ILM assessments, ensuring that all learning is relevant and new skills can be immediately applied.

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Lifetime recognition

Learners at Levels 4–7 receive ILM post-nominal letters to use after their names, a prestigious way to showcase excellence and professionalism.



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Flexible learning routes

Qualifications can be tailored to fit around busy schedules, making it easier for employees to balance their professional and personal commitments while advancing their careers.

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In-house options

You can deliver ILM qualifications internally by becoming an ILM approved centre, with the choice to conduct assessments yourself or use the ILM Assessment Service to get assignments marked for you.

Find out more about ILM qualifications on the ILM website

What apprenticeships are available in leadership and management?

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Designed in close collaboration with employers, ILM’s leadership and management apprenticeships combine in-programme learning with rigorous end-point assessment.

ILM provides an end-to-end solution for the following apprenticeship standards:

  • Level 3 Team Leader
  • Level 5 Operations Manager
  • Level 6 Chartered Manager (Degree Apprenticeship)
  • Level 7 Senior Leader

Levels 5–7 have the added benefit of lifetime post-nominal letters for learners to use after their names.

Find out more about ILM apprenticeships on the ILM website