IMPROVEMENT LEADER APPRENTICESHIP

Managing Business Transformation

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HEI PROVIDER OF THE SENIOR
LEADER APPRENTICESHIP IN
ENGLAND*
1,600+ CURRENT APPRENTICES
Honourable
MENTION FOR CMI’S HE PARTNER
OF THE YEAR AWARD (2021)
TOP 30
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROVIDER**
WE WORK WITH
OVER 190 EMPLOYERS
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* Level 7, ESFA 2021
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Providers 2021-2022
***Henley Business School is
triple accredited, by UK, European and
US accreditation bodies.
Working
with Henley
Henley Business School is England’s largest HEI
provider of Senior Leader Apprenticeships.*
With a long history of developing business
leaders, we are already working with over 190
companies to develop their existing and future
leaders, enabling them to make positive changes
in their teams and organisation.
Henley currently has over 1,600 apprentices,
we are proud to be recognised as a Top 30
apprenticeship training provider.**
Our aim is to develop confident and resilient
business leaders; leaders who can see the bigger
picture and drive their organisation forward.
We are known for our practical and collaborative
approach. This programme can be
contextualised to your support strategic needs,
and with flexible cohort options and extensive
support. We will work with you to build your
employees’ capability to drive transformation
and create a sustainable organisation.
How do you ensure change and
transformation is embraced,
impactful and sustainable?
In a world of continuous change organisations are required to make strategic
decisions and manage complex change projects. Whether it’s becoming more
agile, boosting productivity, or maintaining a competitive edge, an improvement
culture benefits organisations in numerous ways. But how do you ensure change and
transformation is embraced, impactful and sustainable?
Skilled and technically competent Improvement Leaders can be the driver
and champion for your organisation’s change and transformation goals.
Working closely with all functions of the business they can identify
improvement opportunities and develop strategies that address these.
Henley’s Improvement Leader Apprenticeship | Managing Business Transformation
will help these key employees set the vision for your organisation. This Level 6
apprenticeship equips them with expertise in project and change management principles
and supports them to develop improvement strategies focused on your operating
environment. They become pro-active leaders, able to energise their teams and deliver
complex yet sustainable change projects.
No two organisations are the
same - the challenges are varied
and complex.
Clients are seeking our expertise on:
• Preparing and exploring opportunities for post-Brexit and post COVID-19 issues
• Workplace flexibility – exploring a four-day week
•B
 oard responsibility for sustainable environmental, social, and governance
(ESG) approaches
• Diversity and inclusion – the equity effect
• Developing and retaining talent in the face of an ageing workforce
•D
 igital transformation – challenges of artificial intelligence and workplace robotics
 The benefits to Who is this
apprenticeship for?
your organisation
The Improvement Leader Apprenticeship | Managing Business
SUPPORT FROM HENLEY TO ENABLE LEARNERS TO WORK Transformation is an OPPORTUNITY for businesses to
ON TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS SPECIFIC TO YOUR DRIVE CHANGE AT PACE AND SCALE.
ORGANISATION’S STRATEGY Improvement Leaders are typically heads of department, senior leaders or
senior managers. This apprenticeship is designed for those with a Level 5
Improvement Specialist Qualification and/or two years’ managerial or analyst
experience in improvement projects or change management activities.
BUILD the CAPABILITY and technical skills needed to
initiate and drive transformation
Key facts
Equip employees with the ABILITY TO manage PROGRAMME NAME:
unprecedented CHANGE Improvement Leader Apprenticeship | Managing Business Transformation
LEVEL:
6
Develop CONFIDENT LEADERS who can inspire and
encourage action during periods of growth, LENGTH:
Length: Up to 23 months, including five months for the end-point assessment
disruption or uncertainty
FEE:
£15,000 *
Support a culture of INNOVATION and leading LOCATION:
by example Available at our Greenlands campus or locations nationwide

Address CHALLENGES across different

aspects of the organisation
Awards
On successful completion of the Improvement Leader Apprenticeship,
Develop employees’ EXPERTISE in Lean, employees will be awarded:

Six Sigma, project and change • Level 6 Improvement Leader Apprenticeship

management PRINCIPLES • Henley Executive Diploma in Managing Business Transformation

* Can be funded by your organisation’s apprenticeship service account.

 Apprenticeship overview
Learner Henley
orientation Careers
Employer/
manager 23 MONTHS
Henley Alumni
Continued u
briefing learning

IMPROVEMENT LEADER (10 MODULES)

Project and change

Leading direction Strategic thinking Teams and leadership
management
Problem-solving Improvement methods
Process improvement Process management
methods and strategies
Experimentation and
Data-driven measurement Measurement systems Data analysis
optimisation End-point
assessment
Professional practice

DISSERTATION DEVELOPMENT

Apprenticeship learning coach reviews and support

Off-the-job training, application of knowledge in the workplace

During the apprenticeships, learners will

To find out more, visit: hly.ac/ila-mbt
participate in: or email us: apprenticeships@henley.ac.uk
A blend of face-to-face and online learning Important information
This document was produced in September 2022 and is aimed at individuals and organisations interested in applying for a place or places at the
University of Reading (“the University”) to a Henley Business School (Henley) Apprenticeship Higher or Degree programme in 2023.
Action learning workshops contextualised to the workplace This document describes in outline the programmes and services offered by Henley. Henley makes every effort to ensure that the information
provided in this document is accurate and up to date at the time of going to press (June 2022). However, it may be necessary for Henley to
Regular reviews with their line manager and Henley apprenticeship make some changes to the information presented in this document following publication. These reasons may include, by way of example,
operational and/or academic reasons, which reflect changes in practice or theory in an academic subject as a result of emerging research, if
learning coach an accrediting body requires certain changes, or if the UK Government introduces legislation and/or public health measures that require us to
make changes to any of the published information. We have set out in this document information regarding typical programme content at the
Apprenticeship learning coach support to apply their learning to date of publication, but this is not intended to be construed and/or relied upon as a definitive list of the topics that will be covered. Programme
content may change due to developments in the curriculum, the research interests of staff, or the relocation of staff.
work-based transformation projects
To make an informed and up-to-date decision, please visit www.henley.ac.uk or contact us at apprenticeships@henley.ac.uk for the latest
information before applying to study.
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