CMI Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice Level 7 (RQF)

CMI Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice Level 7 (RQF)

This Course at a Glance

• Your one-stop shop to get prepared for CEO or business director roles
• Advance your coaching, entrepreneurial and strategic abilities
• Achieve our highest Level 7 CMI qualification
• Equivalent to a Master’s Degree
• For anyone aged 19 and over
• 100% online course
• No exams

About Your Diploma

This Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice is the perfect course for you if you want to rise to the top of your game as a CEO, director or senior manager in a business. Not only will it develop your professional management and leadership practice, but it will also equip you with a host of top-level specialist skills.

Think Bigger. Achieve More.

For any business to be a success in today’s competitive and evolving market, it needs a strategic vision and a way of achieving it that can adapt as the need arises. If you’re going to become the person that drives this vision and makes it a reality, you need a host of critical skills. Being agile, creative, knowledgeable, and resilient, to name just a few.

This Level 7 Diploma is equivalent to a Master’s Degree at university and is designed to build you up to this position by teaching you about strategic leadership in an organisational context. It also covers common challenges, theoretical perspectives, and methods, as well as the behaviours and skills you need to improve your professional practice.

What sets this diploma apart from the other Level 7 CMI courses we offer is that it also provides you with a comprehensive skillset in specialist areas that are bound to make you stand out from other leaders of this level.

Become The Best

Besides learning to think strategically to achieve business goals, you will also be taught the value of:

• An entrepreneurial mindset - identify opportunities, inventions, and solutions that will set you apart from competitors
• Performance optimisation - explore the influence and impact of leadership theories, culture, wellbeing, development and design, policy and strategy
• Coaching - support, motivate and empower individuals and teams in a conversational and insightful way

Getting Started

learndirect is the leading UK online course provider, helping students of all lifestyles to achieve success through online education. This CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice is a nationally recognised qualification that will help you reach the top of the ladder as a leadership and management professional.  

Learn Best Practice

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) provides the highest standard of education in the management and leadership domain. This is because it’s the benchmark professional body for the management and leadership sector, and the only sector-related organisation that can award Chartered status to leadership and management professionals.

Your Education On Your Terms

Say goodbye to worrying about fitting your education around your lifestyle. With no classes or timetables, our online courses allow you to move through the materials at your pace and get qualified when you’re ready.

Plus, if you aren’t already a CMI member, you will gain access to a free Affiliate membership with the CMI for the duration of your studies!

Modules

Unit CMI 701: Strategic Leadership

Guided Learning Hours – 36

Total Unit Time – 110

Credits – 11

Upon completion of this unit, you will:

• Understand the role and context for strategic leadership
• Understand the behaviours and skills for strategic leadership

Unit CMI 702: Leading and Developing People to Optimise Performance

Guided Learning Hours – 34

Total Unit Time – 100

Credits – 10

Upon completion of this unit, you will:

• Understand the principles for leading and developing people
• Understand leadership and development strategy

Unit CMI 711: Entrepreneurial Practice

Guided Learning Hours – 32

Total Unit Time – 90

Credits – 9

Upon completion of this unit, you will:

• Understand entrepreneurship in strategic contexts
• Understand the principles of entrepreneurial practice

Unit CMI 612: Coaching Skills for Leaders

Guided Learning Hours – 15

Total Unit Time – 70

Credits – 7

Upon completion of this unit, you will:

• Understand the benefits, types and application of coaching used by leaders
• Know the skills, techniques and approaches required by leaders to coach

Entry Requirements

Experience in a senior manager role is required. As this is a higher level qualification, learners will be expected to have an excellent command of written English, including knowledge, understanding and application of referencing. In addition, learners will need to demonstrate, through the work presented, that they have completed their own research and reading into the subjects being studied.

Minimum age restriction

You must be aged 19 or older to enrol on this course.

Average completion timeframe

The average time it takes to complete the course is 18 months.

Assessement requirements

Your assessments will consist of: Q&A, Case Studies, Essay, Reflections

Placement or Practical required

Learners do need to be in an appropriate work setting to allow them to satisfy the criteria of the qualification.

If placement or practical required, when?

Learners need to be in an appropriate work setting for the duration of the course.

Is Membership Required?

Membership is required and purchased by us.

Observation by us required

Learners will be observed by a work-based mentor during the course.

Certification Timeframe

You should receive your certificate in 12 weeks, but that can be extended if an EQA sample is required.

Course Fees

All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.

*You will have access to the course for 24 months.

There are no exams involved in this course. Instead, you will evidence your understanding by passing a range of assessments.

Please note that you will need to sign and date a Statement of Authenticity to confirm the assessments you submit have been completed by yourself and not a third party.   

CMI

Upon successful completion of this online course, you will have achieved a nationally recognised Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice (qualification number: 603/4837/9).

The Chartered Management Institute is a professional institution for management based in the United Kingdom.

This Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice will get you ready to take on some of the highest roles in leadership and management so that you can drive businesses towards success and help their workforce flourish in the process.

With this qualification, you can become a:

• CEO

• Director
• Regional Manager
• Senior Manager
• Specialist Manager (with expertise in areas like finance, HR, IT, marketing, quality, risk, sales etc.)

Further Qualifications and Prospects 

Following this Level 7 CMI Diploma, you could study a host of complementary courses. These will help you further understand the needs of your workforce and ensure your business runs smoothly.

You could learn more about:

• Business Law
• Marketing and PR
• Mental Health in the Workplace

And so much more! View all the courses that are available for business professionals on our website.