Track quantifiable return on learning investment through business efficiencies, productivity and cost-savings.
Transformative Leadership
Empower your leaders with the skills to embrace AI, drive performance, and create inclusive teams for the future.
Key info
Level 5 Apprenticeship
Operations and Departmental Manager
Fully funded by the Levy.
Duration
15 months delivery, plus 2 month assessment
Entry requirements
- Right to work in the UK
- Lived in the UK or EEA continuously for the past 3 years
- Not previously studied the course content
- Not undertaking any other qualification during apprenticeship
- Able to apply learning to role
Fully-funded
Eligible for full Levy funding
Course overview
Build your next generation of business leaders, empowered to lead high-performing teams, drive continuous improvement, and leverage AI in their workflows. Learners can enhance their journey on Transformative Leadership by choosing our optional Women in Leadership modules. These modules offer specialised learning, women-only coaching, and peer networking opportunities, empowering your leaders to excel.
Skills gained
AI for productivity
Leadership and culture
Project and team management
Strategic thinking
Business outcomes
Improve retention and employee experience
Create opportunities for employees to develop their careers and progress into leadership roles.
Improve quality and accelerate productivity
Enable teams to think strategically, make data-driven decisions, and implement business changes with speed.
Increase adoption and championship of AI
Help leaders leverage AI to enhance productivity and innovation.
Curriculum
Module 1
Months 1-2
Leading with self-awareness and maximising personal impact
- Practicing self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- Learner choice: Developing your leadership identity or Resilience, confidence, and personal advocacy
- Introduction to using GenAI as a thought partner
- Learner choice: Building visibility and influence in your organisation or Building visibility and influence in male-dominated spaces
- Aligning your leadership priorities, responsibilities, and time
Module 2
Months 3-5
Inclusive people and team leadership
- Culturally competent relationship-building
- Learner choice: Developing team vision, goals, and culture or Dismantling gender barriers in team management
- Learner choice: Team communication tools and techniques or Navigating gender dynamics in communication
- Optimising team operations with technology
- Learner choice: Inclusive talent and performance management or Eliminating bias in evaluation frameworks
- Coaching and mentoring
- End-point-assessment (EPA) preparation
Module 3
Months 6-9
Bridging team operations and organisational strategy
- Learner choice: Leading within your sector and operating environment or Navigating sector-specific gender dynamics
- Evaluating opportunities for operational improvement
- Prioritising business objectives in operational planning
- Integrating AI into operational planning
- Data-driven decision-making
- Learner choice: Change management or Intersectional change management
- Learner choice: Monitoring and improving operational outcomes or Holistic progress monitoring
Module 4
Months 9-11
Delivering value through project leadership
- Learner choice: Securing and scoping high-impact projects or Securing high-visibility projects
- Learner choice: Cross-functional project leadership or Decisive leadership through project challenges
- Comprehensive project risk assessment
- Learner choice: Managing project budgets and resources or Resource advocacy and negotiation or Financial leadership and credibility
- Project monitoring tools and techniques
- Facilitating continuous improvement and innovation
Module 5
Months 12-13
Communicating to drive impact and influence decisions
- Learner choice: Engaging cross-functional stakeholders or Navigating power dynamics in stakeholder engagement or Developing professional alliances
- Learner choice: Communicating personal and team impact or Resilience and personal advocacy
- Problem solving
- Learner choice: Influencing strategic decisions or Building visibility and influence
Module 6
Months 14-15
Future-proofing your leadership impact
- Learner choice: Data-driven personal development or Expanding professional reach or Networking or Career continuity through life transitions
- Anticipating and adapting to future business needs
- Portfolio consolidation
- Gateway and End Point Assessment
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Weekly delivery model
Structured learning
~ 2-3 hours
35%
Asynchronous learning
Online, self-paced content that sets the foundation of skills for the module
Live workshops
Instructor-led, interactive workshops that dives deeper and reinforces the asynchronous content
Group coaching
Structured coach & peer support on project deliverables
Coach support
Includes tutoring, progress reviews, and other individual/group support
Applying learning in role
~ 4-5 hours
65%
Project & applied learning
Structured and unstructured application of learning to apprentices’ roles
Approx
6-7
hours per week
Why our approach works
Measurable Impact
Applied learning
We deliver project-based learning in a real-world context, personalised to each learner, to drive deep skill retention.
Guided by experts
Learners receive 1-to-1 coaching from industry experts, regular group coaching and community collaboration.
Transform careers
Everyone in your team has future-focused potential and deserves equitable access to economic opportunity.
We're delighted to have been named an accredited partner of The Institute of Leadership.
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