It can be difficult to differentiate the two but it is important to know exactly why you want something; is it personal pride or something more. Stupid reasons give you stupid goals; reevaluate what goals you have after you've determined what's driving you towards them. c)Assess Yourself And Identify What You Need To Change Take a long hard look at yourself. The aim of these activities is to enhance leadership skill. If you're a management type, you're probably wondering what these courses can do for you. You're thinking that you've got your department in tip-top shape, meeting all the requirements and not a peep of complaint from the your subordinates, and you did all of it with no help from a course. Today, most of the companies evaluate their own executives partly on how they develop people. Promising leaders early identification Spotting promising leaders early on can result in their earlier development. Some companies who have internship programs use the time the interns spend with them to evaluate their potentials. During leadership development, you can tell the participants to: - never stop learning. Experts say that once leaders realize that life is never-ending journey to learning, they will be able to find ways to their successes. To keep one's self-motivated, tell leaders not to stop learning because this opens up to new worlds of possibilities that are waiting to be explored. Leaders will know if they are effective if they can find ways to share their experiences as well as the ideas to others so they can influence them. - Persuade them to continue learning. Effective leaders don t stop learning new things because this enables them to acquire new skills that can help them achieve the goals that have been set by the company or their fellow leaders. Leadership Development thorough inspiration If you are one of those who are conducting leadership development, it would be best to include motivation in your talks and sets of activities. To help leaders who are being hindered by their personal issues, it would be best if you encourage them to: - re-assess themselves.