Leadership Certification Framework
How LII professional certification works, from the five levels to the final decision.
Standards and policies
LII operates to defined, controlled standards. The principal standards and policies for candidates, employers and organisations are published below.
Certification standards
What LII assesses and what each level means.
Certification Level Descriptors
What each of the five professional certifications means, and how to tell neighbouring levels apart.
Assessment and Evidence Principles
What counts as evidence, what makes it strong, and how assessors judge it.
Certification validity and renewal: under review. The rules will be published here when approved.
Assessment integrity
How LII keeps decisions accurate, independent and open to challenge.
Quality Assurance and Moderation
How LII checks assessment decisions and keeps standards consistent across assessors and over time.
Conflict of Interest Standard
Who must declare conflicts, how they are handled, and how assessment is kept separate from commercial activity.
Complaints and Appeals Policy — Version 2.0
How to raise a complaint or appeal a decision, and how LII handles it.
Scheme standards
Programme Recognition and LEM Organisational Accreditation each operate under their own LII standard.
Programme Recognition
Recognition levels, evidence categories and recognition cycles for leadership development programmes.
LEM — Organisational Accreditation
The five LEM dimensions, four accreditation levels and accreditation cycles.
Policies
Privacy Notice
How LII collects, uses and protects personal information.
Website Terms
The terms that govern use of this website.
Controlled internal documents
LII's public standards are supported by controlled internal documents, including detailed scoring criteria, assessor calibration and training materials, and internal quality-review procedures. These are maintained as controlled internal standards to protect the integrity of assessment and the confidentiality of candidates and applicants. They are applied under the oversight of LII's Standards Committee and Governance Board.