About us
Better managers and leaders, for a better society
For over 80 years, we’ve provided industry-leading solutions to shape professionals into the best managers and leaders they can be.
Since 1941, we’ve supported frontline leaders, middle management and senior executives as they adapt to the rapidly changing business world and new ways of leading. Over decades as the national authority on professional management and leadership, we’ve grown into the most powerful network of professionals in the Trans-Tasman region.
Our mission and values
An ambitious vision and mission
We’re in the business of helping create better managers and leaders for a better society.
We passionately believe that managers and leaders make decisions that impact people’s lives in ways that are felt far beyond the workplace; by helping to create better managers and leaders, we too are creating a better society.
Increasing the standard, number and profile of professional managers and leaders is our mission and is the way we achieve our vision. We do this through:
- Training and professional development solutions - including leadership programs, short courses and webinars
- Best-in-class thought leadership and content, like our National Salary Survey
- Opportunities for accreditation
- A raft of practical Member benefits including the largest network of managers and leaders in Australia and New Zealand
Here to help you grow
Impactful purpose
Our purpose is to facilitate the fundamental shift from the accidental manager in the workplace to the intentional leader.
Too often, great employees leave their job because of poor relationships with their manager. We find this happens because a significant number of people are promoted into management positions because of their technical excellence or based on tenure. These people are often untrained and unprepared for their new management and leadership responsibilities. We call this the “accidental manager”.
Every day, our purpose is to provide solutions that help address the accidental manager. It is one that we are incredibly proud of and dedicated to. By creating intentional leaders, we are helping to remove stress, increase team performance and engagement, improve business outcomes and contribute to a better functioning society.
Values that make it all happen
Leadership
We take responsibility for the client and Member experience.
Innovation
We identify solutions to meet the customer need
Focus
We target our effort on the highest priorities
Excellence
We challenge mediocrity
IML's Journey
A long history
Take a walk with us down memory lane. It’s been a long rewarding journey so far...
1941
Humble beginnings in 1941, we started operating as the Institute of Industrial Management in Victoria.
1949
In 1949 the organisation rebranded to the Australian Institute of Management (AIM). AIM was originally five separate state-based entities operating under a lose federated model. These state-based entities were similar but different.
2013
In 2013 QLD/NT and NSW/ACT merged and then SA, Vic/Tas rolled in soon after. AIM WA remains separate to this day. The AIM Group was born.
2017
In 2017 AIM Group rebranded to the Institute of Managers and Leaders (IML). The education and training arm of AIM had been divested earlier in 2014.
2019
In 2019 IML merged with the New Zealand Institute of Management (NZIM), establishing the Trans-Tasman organisations known as Institute of Managers and Leaders Australia and New Zealand.
