Leadership & Management
Leadership & Management
Professional Certificate in Leadership & Management
Leadership is an important function of management which helps to maximize efficiency and to achieve organizational goals.
CMD Group present this dynamic and practical Professional Certificate in Leadership & Management, which is accredited by ITOL and includes personalised Leadership Coaching to further leverage your professional development.
Leadership and management are terms that are often considered synonymous. It is essential to understand that leadership is an essential part of effective management.
As a crucial component of management, remarkable leadership behaviour stresses upon building an environment in which each and every employee develops and excels.
Leadership Coaching provides awareness in to your own personal traits and behaviours as they relate to successful leadership. This leadership coaching adds a whole new dimension to the programme, allowing you to extend your development in a personalised, reflective and actionable way.
This programme has been designed specifically to benefit your professional abilities in any leadership role. It is based on “The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership” as defined by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner. Their book “The Leadership Challenge” will be the textbook for the programme.
This programme is about how you as a leader mobilise others to get extraordinary things done. It is about you learning & developing the practices that successful leaders use to transform values into action, visions into realities, obstacles into innovation and risks into rewards.
Completing this programme will enable you make a positive difference in your workplace and create a climate where people will turn challenges into successes.
Who?
Programme Delivery
Leadership Coaching
This programme offers you an opportunity to:
On successful completion of the program, including 5 work assignments, participants will receive a digital “Professional Certificate in Leadership & Management”, accredited by the Institute of Training & Occupational Learning or better known as ITOL.
The Institute of Training and Occupational Learning is the UK’s elite professional body for trainers and Learning & Development Professionals. In the Year 2000 the UK government granted ‘Institute’s status and since that time ITOL have become recognized as the premier organization for everyone involved in the world of training and development. ITOL provides clients with an assurance of quality in the design and delivery of all Programs.
Programme Content
Module 1: Model the Way
Module 2: Inspire a Shared Vision
Module 3: Challenge the Process
Module 4: Enable Others to Act
Module 5: Encourage the heart
Leadership Coaching
Programme Information
Cost of Programme

Certificate Programme + Coaching
- 10 Virtual Sessions
- "The Leadership Challenge" book
- ITOL Memebrship (1 year)
- Course Notes
- Digital Certificate
- Leadership Profile Report
- Leadership Coaching x 3
Certificate Programme (No Coaching)
- 10 Virtual Sessions
- "The Leadership Challenge" book
- ITOL Membership (1year)
- Course Notes
- Digital Certificate
Leadership Profile ReportLeadership Coaching x 3

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Head office address:
Northwest Business Park,
Collooney,
Sligo
For more information on this course, the funding available, or to book your place, please complete the contact form below, and we will be in touch as soon as possible.
Funding Available
Assistance with the cost of this Professional Certificate in Leadership & Management may be available, up to 50% for private sector companies/employees. Please contact us for further information in relation to funding assistance.
This Programme is also available inhouse for any company interested in developing their own management team.
Please contact us to discuss this option further.
Programme Dates 2023
Programme Facilitator - Chris McDonagh

Chris McDonagh is the programme facilitator. Chris’s training methodologies injects a blend of positive energy and vibrant experiences throughout his training sessions. He is passionate about making a difference to people’s lives and thereby adding value to them both personally and professionally.
As a trainer, facilitator, and speaker he infuses his sessions with sincerity, dynamism and humour urging learners to go the full distance in becoming their best they can be.
In his consultancy role Chris works with owners of SME enterprises in developing and growing their leadership and management teams through practical application.
In his 36 years training career Chris has designed, developed and delivered many innovative training programmes and has trained and coached in excess of 15,000 learners. Chris is currently a director and Chair Elect of IFTDO – The International Federation of Training & Development Organisations. Chris represents Europe on the Board.
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