Management Training Courses

Four of In Professional Development’s management courses lead to a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership, one leads to a CMI Level 5 Award and one leads to no formal qualification. Every CMI qualification on these courses, whether a Certificate or an Award, is included in the course fee. The AI for Managers Programme leads to a CMI Level 5 Award, a smaller, more focused credential. Finance for Non-Finance Managers leads to no formal qualification.

The Executive Mini MBA Accelerator has a separate optional route to a postgraduate certificate validated by the University of Chester. The Chartered Management Institute is a chartered professional body and awarding organisation, not a regulatory body. Every CMI Certificate and Award is earned by completing written assignment work after the taught days.

A Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Certificate is the larger, broader credential, covering general management across a range of subjects. A CMI Award is smaller and focused on a single subject. Both are real CMI qualifications at the same level: an Award is narrower in scope, not lower in standard. Both are earned the same way, through written assignment work submitted after the taught days. For how the CMI levels and qualification sizes fit together, see our guide to the difference between CMI Levels 5 and 7.

Management training is for people who lead a team, a department or a function, or who are about to take on that responsibility for the first time. The courses suit new and first-line managers, experienced managers deepening their people management and operational judgement, plus specialists moving into a management role. Learning and development teams also use them to develop a group of managers together. How much management experience you already have decides which course fits.

Management courses are delivered in two formats: online through live virtual sessions, or in person in London and Manchester. Virtual sessions are scheduled, facilitator-led and run with a cohort rather than as self-paced e-learning. In-person courses run over consecutive days at a training venue. Where a course leads to a CMI qualification, that route is the same in both formats. In-house delivery for a single organisation is also available and is covered separately below.

A management course should cover the core skills every manager uses: managing performance, delegating, giving feedback, planning and prioritising work, leading and motivating a team, handling difficult conversations, budgeting and decision-making. Stronger programmes also build self-awareness and the shift in mindset from doing the work to leading the people who do it. Our guide to the essential management skills for aspiring managers breaks down what each one looks like in practice and how to develop it.

Management courses run for two to four taught days, depending on the programme. Shorter specialist courses take two days. Broader programmes that lead to a CMI Level 5 Certificate run for three or four days. Where a course leads to a CMI Certificate or Award, there is also written assignment work to complete after the taught days, which you submit to earn the qualification.

Yes, CMI Level 5 courses assume you already manage people or a function. Level 5 is aimed at practising managers, not aspiring ones, so you are expected to have real day-to-day responsibility for a team, a budget or an operation. The entry expectation varies by programme, from managers in their first two years in the role up to around five years. If you do not yet manage anyone, a Level 3 team-leader qualification is a better place to start.

Yes, any of the manager programmes can be delivered in-house for one organisation as a single cohort. The content is built from the standard programme outline and then adapted to your structure, terminology and the decisions your managers face. Programme length follows the open course, usually two to four taught days, plus assignment time where a CMI qualification is included. Delivery is at your premises or a venue you choose, on dates set around your operational calendar. The section on management development programmes above covers group size, or you can request a quote.