ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring

Course Overview

The Institute of Leadership and Management Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring qualification equips practising managers and professionals with the knowledge, skills and confidence to introduce coaching and mentoring into the workplace and perform effectively as management coaches. 

Explore the management of coaching as well as developing skills, confidence and competence of coaching at a managerial level. This qualification will enable you to increase efficiencies, retain talent, set and drive positive behaviours while providing a platform for effective communication.

The Institute of Leadership and Management Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring qualification is designed for managers with responsibility for coaching and mentoring as part of their day-to-day role. This qualification will support you through a transition into a development role in your organisation.

A skilled coach or mentor is an invaluable asset to any organisation. As well as increasing confidence and motivation, ILM’s coaching and mentoring qualifications improve management performance, conflict resolution and communication and interpersonal skills.

Our latest research has found that coaching and mentoring can positively impact the workplace in a variety of ways:

• Stronger teams.

• Support for talented employees.

• Improved ability to align the organisation’s culture and ethos with employees’.

• A more inclusive culture.

• Improved employee satisfaction scores and staff retention.

• Increased independent thinking and working.

Delegates will carry out supervised coaching and mentoring sessions and review and plan professional development. This is a highly practical, experiential and for many, transformational course which focuses on the development and refining of coaching competencies, combined with learning tools, techniques and approaches.

Benefits for individuals include:

• Powerful, inspirational communication skills.

• Increased openness to opportunities for personal learning and development.

• Ability to create targeted performance improvements for self, individuals, teams and businesses.

• Develop the ability to support others through change, and become resilient when challenged.

• Develop self-awareness and leadership capability. 

Benefits for the organisation include:

• An enhanced commitment of individuals and their delivery of continuous improvement and better engagement.

• Higher organisational performance and productivity.  

• Facilitates the adoption of a new culture or management change. 

• Supports cost reduction and business growth.