Knowing that you are doing the best that you could possibly be doing is a great boost to personal self-esteem. No more doubts about your capabilities in leading you know that you can lead your company and lead it well. b) Skills acquisition Leadership development programs are more than hot-blooded pep-talks. However, instead of feeling depressed and sulk into the taste of defeat, you can tell these leaders to use these opportunities to make themselves stronger by using these very emotions and experiences to motivate his or herself to become better. One secret to being a good leader is when they know how to motivate themselves. For those who would want to get started in effective leadership development training, here are some strategies that you can use: - Tell your participants to think one step ahead. If they are able to do this, they now have the best foundations of an effective leader and it would be easier for them to take tougher and bigger problems or challenges along the way. (This is in direct contrast to the self-promoting styles of well-known business leaders before them who did not have enduring positive impacts on their companies after they exited.) Return on investment The strongest pressure of leadership practitioners in the future would be to demonstrate ROI (return on investment). Experts say that leadership may be innate to some people but if not recognized early and not nurtured properly, the effectiveness of his or her ability to lead may decrease over a period of time. To help people with innate leadership skills achieve their fullest potentials, it is a must for them to undergo leadership development as soon as possible. Studies show that leadership development that incorporates the concept of self-motivation is far more effective because it helps the person look forward to better things in life. These days, there are less effective leaders because many of them have lost their innate means of motivating themselves. When motivation to accomplish a certain goal has diminished, it would be easier for a leader or a potential leader to just give up and live a remorseful life filled with negative things.