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ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management)

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ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management) is an awarding body for leadership, management and coaching qualifications, based in Burntwood, Staffordshire. It awards qualifications from Level 2 to Level 7, each offered as an award, certificate or diploma, along with management apprenticeships at Levels 3, 5, 6 and 7 and T Levels in England. Its coaching and mentoring qualifications run from a Level 2 mentoring award for team leaders up to Level 7 certificates and diplomas in executive coaching and mentoring and in coaching supervision, aimed at senior leaders, human resources and organisational development professionals, and professional coaches. Learners study through approved centres, either local training providers or distance learning providers. Employers can also become approved centres, or have their own programmes certified through ILM Assured. An award takes 10 to 120 hours of study, a certificate 130 to 360 hours and a diploma 370 hours or more. ILM does not publish fees on its website, though it helps employers find government-funded qualifications and apprenticeships. It states that about 70,000 people register for an ILM qualification each year through a network of more than 2,000 approved centres. The ILM name dates from 2001, when the Institute of Supervision and Management merged with NEBS Management, the City & Guilds examining board for supervisory studies. The membership body separated from City & Guilds in 2016 and is now the Institute of Leadership, while ILM is a trademark of City & Guilds Limited. Learners on ILM coaching and mentoring qualifications get 25% off membership of EMCC UK, the UK branch of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.

Impact Factory

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Impact Factory is a London training company for communication and leadership skills, founded in 1991 by Jo Ellen Grzyb and Robin Chandler. It runs open courses of one, two or five days, usually for 6 to 8 delegates, as well as in-house programmes designed with each client, executive coaching and two-hour one-to-one skills sessions held online. Topics include leadership, management, presentation, assertiveness, influencing and negotiation. Some open courses are hybrid and can be attended in person at the Business Design Centre in Islington or remotely. Two trainers work with every group, and each trainer completes a two-year in-house development programme. Executive coaching costs £495 an hour plus VAT, with sessions usually lasting at least two hours. The five-day Communicate with Impact course is £2,750 plus VAT per person. It is accredited as a continuing professional development (CPD) provider by The CPD Standards Office (provider number 21717), and it displays Cyber Essentials certification and a Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award. It states that it has trained more than 175,000 delegates and worked in over 50 countries.

Impact International

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Impact International is an experiential leadership development company founded in 1980 in the English Lake District, with an office in Ambleside. It works with corporate, public sector and non-governmental organisation (NGO) clients on leadership development, team development, change management, executive and performance coaching, and wellbeing at work. Its programmes are built on experiential learning and are delivered in person, online and in blended formats. Industries listed on its website include automotive, energy and utilities, financial services, health and pharmaceuticals, and technology, media and telecoms. Programme lengths are not published. Prices are not published. Its website lists offices in the UK, Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific, says it has more than 400 staff, and names clients including Google, PepsiCo, Santander, Experian and Thomson Reuters. It states that Training Industry named it a Top 20 Leadership Training Company for the 16th consecutive year in 2026, that it signed the United Nations Global Compact in 2006 and that it received an EcoVadis Gold rating in 2015.

In Professional Development

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In Professional Development (INPD) is a management and leadership training provider based in Appley Bridge, Greater Manchester, founded in 2018. It runs open and in-house programmes for directors, senior leaders and managers, most lasting 2 to 5 days, delivered online, in London or Manchester, or at the client's site. Many lead to Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 5 or Level 7 awards and certificates, including a Level 7 Certificate in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring, assessed by written assignments. After its 5-day Executive Mini MBA Accelerator or Directors Development Programme Accelerator, learners can take a postgraduate certificate (PG Cert) validated by the University of Chester. It also offers one-to-one and team executive coaching, typically 6 to 12 sessions of 60 to 90 minutes over 3 to 6 months, from a pool it says has more than 150 coaches. Individual places are listed from £1,400 plus value added tax (VAT) for the 2-day Finance for Non-Finance Managers course to £3,250 plus VAT for the Directors Development Programme Accelerator. In-house group delivery is listed from £2,750 plus VAT per day, and coaching prices are not published. It states that it became a CMI approved centre in June 2019. The company, In-Professional Development Ltd (number 10777587), was incorporated in May 2017, and its website names clients including Siemens Energy, the National Health Service (NHS), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Toyota and KPMG.