City and Guilds of London Institute · RQF Level 7
City & Guilds Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Executive Management (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 7
- Total credits90
- Units in this qualification24
Awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units City and Guilds of London Institute registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Building Commitment to Corporate Vision and ValuesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Review commitment to the vision and values of the organisation
- Develop corporate vision, values and culture, and a commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainability
Critical Thinking and Research Skills in ManagementReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Think critically and conduct research in relation to leadership and management practice
Developing Excellence in OperationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Determine the organisation’s capability to meet the current and future needs of customers, service users or sponsors
- Develop and recommend plans to improve operations to meet the needs of customers, users or other relevant sponsors
Developing and Implementing Corporate Policy and StrategyReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Review organisational performance
- Develop and implement corporate policies and strategies
Developing the Chief Executive OfficerReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Critically review the role to determine own approach to being a chief executive officer
- Make and influence decisions about the current and future direction of the organisation
Developing the Executive ManagerReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Improve own managerial practice
Developing the Reflective LeaderReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the role and nature of the organisation affects the leadership knowledge, skills and behaviour needed by senior managers
- Aid reflective learning
Ensuring Long Term Financial StabilityReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate an organisation’s current financial worth and future options to ensure its financial stability
Financial Appraisal of Proposed Capital ProjectsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Undertake a financial appraisal of a significant capital project
Improving Marketing StrategyReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Review the organisation’s existing marketing strategy.
- Recommend improvements to the organisation’s marketing strategies.
Leadership in PracticeReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Review different theories of leadership and their relevance to leadership practice
- Analyse critical incidents to judge organisational leadership performance
Leading Change in OrganisationsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Review the causes of change, strategies for change and the effects of change on organisations
- Justify an appropriate leadership strategy to enable an identified change
Leading ProgrammesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Establish and plan a programme of related activities and projects to support the achievement of strategic goals
- Lead the programme team to manage the programme of related activities and projects
- Evaluate a programme of related activities and projects
Leading Project ImplementationReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a complex project
- Lead a complex project to a successful close
- Evaluate a complex project
Making Informed DecisionsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand a range of decision strategies and their uses
- Use appropriate decision strategies
Managing Corporate RiskReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Assess the risks faced by the organisation
- Propose and strategy for managing risks faced by the organisation
- Implement a risk management strategy
Managing KnowledgeReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Review the efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation’s knowledge management systems
- Make proposals for improving the organisation’s knowledge management systems
Optimising Organisational CapacityReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Make recommendations to improve resource capacity and utilisation in own area of responsibility
Promoting ExcellenceReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the significance of quality management systems and procedures in enabling organisational success
- Make a case for promoting excellence in the organisation
Promoting Organisational Commitment to Customer SatisfactionReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Review the organisation’s ability to satisfy its customers
- Recommend improvements in operations to improve customer satisfaction
Reviewing Corporate Policy and StrategyReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Review the procedures for the development and implementation of corporate policies and strategy
- Make recommendations for changes to procedures for the development and implementation of corporate policy and strategy
Strategic Management of Human ResourcesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Ensure effective human resource planning in own area of operation.
- Create an environment that facilitates development and change in people.
- Develop a communication strategy that facilitates development and change in people.
Team Working in Organisational PartnershipsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Review the key success factors and organisational experiences of teamworking and organisational partnerships
- Establish effective teamworking and organisational partnerships
The Leadership JourneyReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Formulate personal development objectives based on the outcomes of assessment and diagnostic tools
- Take responsibility for own personal development and effectiveness in the leadership role
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 7 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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Where these credits take you
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- Determine the organisation’s approach to risk
- Implement strategies for putting policies to improve health and wellbeing into effect
- Review and Restructure an Individual or Corporate Portfolio
- Review corporate performance
Where this can lead
Lead, Strategic Programs
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Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for City & Guilds Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Executive Management (QCF)
24 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute.
- Building Commitment to Corporate Vision and Values
- Critical Thinking and Research Skills in Management
- Developing Excellence in Operations
- Developing and Implementing Corporate Policy and Strategy
- Developing the Chief Executive Officer
- Developing the Executive Manager
and 18 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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