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Your CMI Level 6 Management and Leadership qualification will include:

DISTANCE LEARNING
- On-demand digital content
- Personalised learning
- Online and in-person engagement

BABINGTON ONLINE
- Bespoke learning materials
- Purpose built learning platform

LEARNER CENTRIC
- Dedicated leadership mentor
- Get support via telephone and email
CMI Level 6 Management and Leadership qualification
Whether you’re new to your role, or you’ve been in a management position for years, with the CMI level 6 Management and Leadership qualification you’ll discover brand new ways of thinking about leadership. You’ll be supported by an expert leadership mentor, who can impart their knowledge and experiences of leading from the top.
The CMI Level 6 Management and Leadership qualification helps you to open up and explore your approach and perspectives of leadership and management, helping you to effectively manage organisational change, and consider your ethical approach to leadership.
Our CMI Level 6 qualifications are about far more than memorising information. Throughout the programme, you will learn a great deal about yourself through a combination of leadership profiling and reflective learning from our online learning platform. By recording your journey in your own personal leadership development blog, you’ll find it easier to track and learn from your progress.
This level of qualification is ideally set for those who are seeking to delve into their mindset and consider how their personal development impacts their leadership style, especially when dealing with, and leading change in their organisation.
Develop at your own pace
Rather than spending four years studying towards a degree in leadership and management, you can achieve the equivalent with CMI in around 18 months. The interactive materials within our online learning platform and face-to-face delivery help you to develop at your own pace. Rather than taking you back to school, our assessments are more representative of the professional environment you are used to.
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SUITED TO |
Directors, Senior Managers, Senior Managers working at operational level, and those aspiring to board level
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LOCATION |
Online learning
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ENROLMENT |
Online: Flexible start
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DURATION |
Award: 1 – 3 months
Certificate: 3 – 6 months
Diploma: 12 – 18 months
CMI Level 6 Award
The CMI Level 6 Award is an excellent introduction to understand what exactly makes up an organisation’s culture.
CMI Level 6 Certificate
The CMI Level 6 Certificate looks at how as a leader you can shape and influence your organisation’s culture, and how to manage a change process to achieve your objectives.
CMI Level 6 Diploma
The CMI Level 6 Diploma builds on the fundamentals understanding an organisation’s culture and will aim to equip you with the knowledge and skills to manage change. You will look at strategic leadership practices you can undertake as a leader so you can make a smooth transition for your organisation.
CMI Level 6 Management and Leadership qualification overview
What you will learn
The Award contains the following unit:- 6001: Managing organisational culture
The Certificate contains the following units:
- 6001: Managing organisational culture
- 6003: Planning a change process
The Diploma contains the following units:
- 6001: Managing organisational culture
- 6002: Ethical organisational management
- 6003: Planning a change process
- 6004: Leading equality and diversity
- 7001: Personal leadership development as a strategic manager
- 7013: Developing performance management strategies
What's included
- Personal leadership mentor
- 24/7 Access to BabingtonOnline (unit dependent)
- Five-factor personality profiling
- Personal leadership development blog
- Access to exclusive leadership community forum
- Regular online chat sessions with other leaders
- Regular one-to-ones with your mentor
- Video insights from your mentor
- Suggested reading
- Online submission of assessment materials
Assessment
- Professional discussions and reflective blogging on a range of leadership topics
- Time-constrained scenario-based assessments
Prerequisites
Experience in a middle management role or a role that involves leadership of a whole business unit, or large area of an organisation, or a degree.Progression
Upon successfully completing a level 6 qualification, you can either progress to other qualifications at CMI Level 6, such as Certificate or Diploma, or progress to CMI Level 7.Career path
You will be eligible for a wide range of roles in strategic and operational management, such as Director, Head of Department, Site Manager, Operations Manager, Operations Director.Payment
Please contact an adviser for further information on course prices, CMI membership and additional costs.