Businesses across Northern Ireland face an increasing leadership challenge. As organisations navigate digital transformation, economic uncertainty and succession planning, there is a growing need for senior leaders who can think strategically, lead change and drive sustainable growth.
The ILM Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Leadership, leading in a Digital Age has been designed to address this challenge. This executive leadership development programme prepares experienced senior managers and aspiring directors to lead with confidence in an increasingly complex business environment.
Delivered by business psychologist Dorothy McKee, former Director of the MSc Executive Leadership at Ulster University, alongside internationally recognised digital leadership expert Paul Levy, the programme combines academic rigour with practical business application.
Unlike traditional leadership programmes, participants work on a live strategic challenge within their own organisation, producing a consultancy-style report that delivers measurable business value while developing the capabilities required to lead at executive level.
Participants develop expertise in:
· Strategic leadership in a rapidly changing digital economy
· Leading organisational transformation and innovation
· Building high-performing teams and cultures
· Developing emotional intelligence and authentic leadership
· Strengthening decision-making, resilience and strategic influence
· Applying learning directly to organisational priorities
Participants benefit from intensive workshops, executive coaching, Action Learning Sets and an innovative Leadership Styles Diagnostic, ensuring every aspect of the programme translates into improved organisational performance.
Completed over six to eight months, the programme is delivered at Master’s level and leads to the internationally recognised ILM Level 7 Certificate. Participants gain not only a prestigious qualification but also the strategic capability to lead digital transformation, strengthen organisational performance and prepare their organisations for future economic challenges.
What Makes This Programme Different?
This programme has been designed around one principle: leadership development should create measurable business impact, not simply award a qualification.
Participants immediately apply their learning to a live organisational challenge, delivering a consultancy-style strategic project that provides tangible value for their employer.
The programme is quality assured by ILM, ensuring the highest standards of leadership development, assessment and delivery. Participants receive an internationally recognised
digital and printed ILM certificate, providing employers with confidence that their investment is developing competent, credible and strategically capable leaders.
For employers, the outcome is not simply a qualified manager, but a confident strategic leader equipped to close today’s leadership gap, inspire high-performing teams and deliver sustainable organisational growth.
If you would like an informal chat about this course or the opportunity to talk to some of the previous participants, please contact Dorothy McKee at dorothy@dorothymckee.com
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