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About The Institute for Leadership Development

The Institute of Leadership Development (ILD) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental, non-religious and nonpolitical organisation established to:
  • Develop leaders through training, coaching and mentoring
  • Propagate leadership knowledge and skills through research and dissemination of good practice
  • Recognise and reward success in leadership and leadership development by individuals and groups.
  • ILD works through a global network of affiliated organisations who share its vision, mission, goals and values

Vision

“The enthronement of a culture of leadership and public service that is selfless, citizen-centred and action-oriented.”

Mission

To realise its vision, ILD works with partners to:
  • Develop leaders and prospective leaders through training, coaching and mentoring
  • Propagate leadership knowledge and skills through research and dissemination of good practice
  • Recognise and reward success in leadership and leadership development by individuals and groups
  • Raise awareness and improve knowledge of corporate governance and public service, from an African perspective
  • Support leaders in their personal and professional development

Values

In all aspects of its work, activities and projects, ILD is committed to:
  • Valuing the diversity of all people and places
  • Promoting equality of opportunity for all persons
  • Working safely, professionally and with integrity with all persons
  • Promoting environmental sustainability, ensuring that resources are used with consideration for future generations
  • Transparency, due process and compliance, in all its dealings, ensuring responsible use of data and access to public information and records in accordance with extant laws.
The Institute works within a quality assurance policy framework to govern its collaboration with partners. This is to ensure partners offering leadership development training and activities provided, endorsed or approved by the Institute are themselves committed to the highest professional standards of the Institute.

Funding

The Institute is funded from grants, donations and membership subscriptions

Activities & Projects

ILD offers the following activities:
  • Leadership Awards and Recognitions
  • Endorsed Leadership Development Programmes.
  • Leadership Conferences & Events.
  • Research and Consultancy Projects.
Other activities ILD offers the following services to individuals and organisations including government departments, public and private sector agencies, international development and civil society entities:
  • Leadership education, training and development
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Conferences and networking events (including awards and recognitions)
  • Skills and capacity audits and competency mapping
  • Research and publications
  • Policy development and analysis
  • Project management
  • Consultancy

Work & Partner With Us

The Institute of Leadership Development (ILD) is always open to collaboration and partnership with like-minded individuals and entities in pursuit of mutually agreed goals.

Membership

ILD is a membership organisation with SIX categories of membership (as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, Governing Council and Advisory Committee) of the Institute:
  • Fellow (FILD): You have at least 10 years leadership experience and either a qualification at Masters’ Degree level (UK or its equivalent) or you have successfully completed the ILD Fellowship Course within 2 years prior to the application date or you have been invited to Fellowship by the Board and sponsored by at least 2 other Fellows.
  • Member (MILD): You have at least 5 years leadership experience and either a qualification at Bachelors’ Degree/HND level (UK or its equivalent) or successful completion of the ILD Membership Course obtained within 2 years of the application date.
  • Associate (AILD): You have at least 3 years leadership experience and either a qualification at Diploma/OND/NCE level (UK or its equivalent) or successful completion of the ILD Associate Membership Course obtained within 2 years of the application date.
  • Student: Registered full time student who is or has been in a leadership role (e.g. in the Student Union or class representative or prefecture) and has enrolled on an ILD Endorsed course. Student membership is valid for a maximum of 1 year from date of enrolment).
  • Companion (CILD): By invitation of the Board of Directors, Governing Council and Advisory Committee).
  • Patron (PILD): By invitation of the Board of Directors, Governing Council and Advisory Committee)
In all cases:
  • Candidates for membership must demonstrate a level of leadership competence acceptable to the Board, whose decision on any issue of membership is final.
  • Membership is subject to strict adherence to ILD’s Code of Conduct for members and candidates must sign an undertaking to this effect.
  • The Board of Directors, Governing Council and Advisory Committee may in its discretion confer any of the above titles on any individual or body corporate on an Honourary basis.
  • The Board’s decision on any issue of membership is discretionary and final. Benefits of Membership
  • Use of approved designatory letters after your name as appropriate to your membership grade
  • Discounted rates at ILD’s conferences and events
  • Discounted rates on purchases of ILD’s promotional merchandise
  • Participation at all ILD members’ activities and events
  • Free access to ILD’s online spaces and learning resources with updates support for Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  • Discounts and reductions on a wide range of specially negotiated schemes, services and facilities such as package holidays, insurance products and consumer products, sourced through ILD’s partners (subject to Terms and Conditions)
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Testimonials Of ILD Members

The Challenge

I was challenged to take a front row seat in the leadership of my community but my ability to handle situations, people, ideas in the most sophisticated ways was in question. If there is anything out there that gave me a push into this level of confidence I currently posses, it is the Intitute of Leadership Development.

Michelle O.
Michelle O. Associates

You have been immensely helpful

It was very important to me that I would understand everything abou leadership. I was very pleased that ILD provided leadership services. They are doing an exceptional job working uniquely with individual personalties. Thank you, ILD, you have been immensely helpful.

Alma R.
Amla Ltd

Quick Contact

  • +234 813 014 7013
  • 9 Goba Close (Ground Floor) Wuse 2, Abuja Nigeria
  • contact@ild.org.ng