ILM Recognised Programme - Management Skills for Middle Managers

Course Overview

The ILM Recognised Programme in Management Skills for Middle Managers equips you with the practical management and leadership capabilities needed to improve team performance, strengthen business understanding, and contribute more strategically to organisational success. This course helps you build the confidence to lead effectively while aligning teams, operations, and business goals in fast-paced working environments.

• Strengthen core management and leadership capabilities
• Improve team performance and organisational alignment
• Develop strategic business and operational awareness
• Lead with greater confidence and accountability

What You Will Gain?

This programme gives you the practical tools and strategic insight needed to become a more effective middle manager. You will enhance your ability to contribute to planning, improve business performance, and support organisational growth through stronger leadership and decision-making.

• Expand your strategic management perspective
• Improve understanding of business and financial performance
• Strengthen planning and decision-making capabilities
• Build stronger relationships with teams and stakeholders

You Will Learn

You will learn how business strategy connects with effective management and how leadership influences organisational success. The course also develops your understanding of financial performance, organisational structures, and the leadership approaches needed to drive sustainable results.

• Understand the link between strategy and management
• Analyse financial statements and business performance indicators
• Explore organisational structures and their business impact
• Apply leadership principles to improve team effectiveness

Who Should Attend

All executives, middle managers, managers and team leaders who want to improve their management performance and help successfully accomplish a high-performance operation will benefit from this course’s middle management training topics. This middle management training program will also greatly aid the progress of managers who must understand the bigger picture and gain additional skills in leadership, strategy, finance, marketing, and people management.

Course Methodology

The course modules, interactive workshop sessions and case studies will give you the opportunity to learn and discuss how you can mirror the success of other companies. You will receive your own unique and highly comprehensive workbook, providing: detailed notes from the course; subject matter on all the case studies; in-depth material on leadership and teams; a book list and other reference material; and a bonus soft copy.

Certification Criteria

You must meet two criteria to be eligible for an Informa Connect Academy Certificate of Completion:

• Satisfactory attendance: You must attend all sessions of the course. If, for any reason, you miss more than 2 hours of the course sessions, you will not be eligible to sit the course assessment
• Successful completion of the course assessment: Assessments will be ongoing and based on in-class participation and activities

Delivered by John

John brings extensive expertise as a strategy consultant, leadership coach, and facilitator with decades of international experience in markets across Europe, the Middle East, and beyond.

Certified by CPD UK

The CPD Certification Service is an independent accreditation centre working across all sectors, disciplines and further learning applications and supports policies of institutional and professional organisations globally.

About ILM

The ILM is the UK’s largest awarding body for leadership and management qualifications. ILM partners with over 2,000 ILM approved centres, comprising private training providers, further and higher education colleges, and employers delivering in-house management training.

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