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Unit 8617-702 · Credit Value: 20 · Level 7 · Total Qualification Time: 200 hours Developing and maintaining a high-performance culture is the Level 7 unit that examines the most complex leadership challenge: creating an organisational environment where exceptional performance is not dependent on individual heroism but is embedded in the way the organisation operates […]

Unit 8360-608 · Credit Value: 5 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 12 Innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship at Level 6 is not about having ideas — it is about creating the conditions in which ideas emerge, survive organisational resistance, and produce measurable value. Unit 8360-608 examines how senior leaders foster innovation culture, apply creative […]

Unit 8360-603 · Credit Value: 10 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 23 Progressive discourse in modern leadership is the most intellectually demanding Level 6 unit — the one that asks you to engage with leadership as an evolving academic discipline, not just a set of practical skills. You must trace how leadership theory […]

Unit 8360-602 · Credit Value: 8 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 14 Developing critical thinking at Level 6 moves beyond the personal reflection of Level 5 into the territory of research methodology, systematic problem-solving, and the application of critical thinking to decisions that carry genuine organisational consequence. Unit 8360-602 asks you to justify […]

Unit 8360-601 · Credit Value: 6 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 14 Developing personal effectiveness and impact is the foundational Level 6 unit — the one that asks whether you possess the higher-order capabilities that senior leadership demands. Unlike Level 5 units that develop specific management skills, 8360-601 examines the meta skills beneath […]

Unit 8607-521 · Credit Value: 3 · Level 5 · Guided Learning Hours: 12 Managing your own CPD is the unit that treats your professional development with the same rigour you would apply to any other management activity — diagnosing needs, planning interventions, implementing them, and evaluating their impact. Unit 8607-521 does not accept vague […]

Unit 8607-506 · Credit Value: 3 · Level 5 · Guided Learning Hours: 8 Stress and conflict are not aberrations in organisational life — they are features of it. Every workplace generates pressure through deadlines, competing priorities, and interpersonal dynamics. The question is not whether stress and conflict exist but whether they are managed in […]

Unit 8607-505 · Credit Value: 4 · Level 5 · Guided Learning Hours: 18 Managing individual development is about closing the gap between where someone is and where they need to be — systematically, not by guesswork. Unit 8607-505 requires you to diagnose performance gaps using evidence-based assessment, select appropriate development interventions, and evaluate whether […]

Unit 8607-503 · Credit Value: 4 · Level 5 · Guided Learning Hours: 18 Developing critical thinking is the unit that challenges you to examine how you think, not just what you think. Most managers make decisions based on a combination of experience, instinct, and assumptions — without examining whether those assumptions are valid, whether […]

Unit 8607-502 · Credit Value: 3 · Level 5 · Guided Learning Hours: 14 Making a financial case is the skill that transforms a good idea into an approved initiative. Many managers can identify what needs to change — fewer can quantify why the change is worth the investment and present that argument in language […]