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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.

Leadership Matters

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Leadership Matters is an online leadership development platform for the education sector, founded by Andy Buck and trading since 2016. Members get six diagnostic tools for leaders and staff teams, along with videos, slides and templates covering around 40 leadership topics, plus events including an annual conference. Individuals can join on their own, and a school membership covers any number of staff at that school. Trusts and local authorities are quoted separately. Its Professional Education arm offers progression pathways to an MBA, an MSc or an MA with the University of Buckingham, aimed mainly at people who have finished a senior leader apprenticeship with Captiva Learning. An advisory service also works with organisations on talent strategy. Individual membership costs £99 a year plus VAT. School membership runs from £195 to £745 a year plus VAT depending on pupil numbers, with 20% off three-year terms and a 10-day free trial. The Masters pathways cost £5,995 to £7,940 plus VAT, and eligible apprentices can apply for a bursary. It states that it has over 21,000 users and 900 clients on five continents. Its brand and customer assets are held by LM Education Ltd and are due to move to a new parent company, Leadership Matters Ltd.

Leadership Trust

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Leadership Trust is a leadership development organisation based at Chelsea Parkfields near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, founded in 1975. Its programmes aim to change how leaders behave, using residential courses, outdoor challenges, peer feedback and coaching. Cultivate, for emerging leaders, runs for 12 months with five residential days, four virtual half-day workshops and four one-to-one coaching sessions. Leadership in Management, for experienced leaders, centres on a five-and-a-half-day residential, with coaching before and after across six months. It also designs programmes for senior leaders, executive teams and whole organisations, and offers one-to-one and three-way coaching that includes the leader's sponsor. Prices are not published, and the website lists no accreditations. The organisation was set up by David Gilbert-Smith, who had commanded the Special Air Service (SAS) Training Wing, and behavioural psychologist Janet Richardson. It is now the trading name of Leadership Trust Training and Development Limited and is part of Chelsea Group. Its case studies include WashCo, which reports turnover rising from £12m to £18m.

Learning Performance Institute

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The Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) is a professional body for workplace learning and development professionals, set up in 1995. It offers individual membership at four grades, team membership and the LPI Capability Map, a framework for assessing and benchmarking the skills of learning teams. It accredits learning departments, learning providers and learning technologies, and runs certifications such as the Certified Online Learning Facilitator course, which takes 18 hours online plus 12 hours of self-study. It also runs the Learning Awards, the LEARNING LIVE conference and networks for learning leaders. Annual membership costs £109 for Affiliate, £182.50 for Associate, £192.50 for Member and £212.50 for Fellow. The Fellow grade is for senior learning leaders with at least seven years' experience, three of them at a strategic level. Entry to the Learning Awards is free. It is registered in London as The Learning and Performance Institute Limited, incorporated on 17 October 1995, and its chief executive is Edmund Monk.