Leadership skills play a significant role in the development of undergraduate students in higher education. Principally, taking on leadership roles encourages personal well-being, setting goal, social networking and develop conflict resolution skills in different situation. The results indicate that good leadership effects not only personal growth, but also valuable for job career and being a vital part of in today’s society. This article highlights leadership style in numerous literature reviews, real-world examples and at the same time provides a strong basic outlines related to leadership skills and answers that “Why leadership skills are important for undergraduate students and how to enhance these skills in higher education”.

Leader skills, personal growth, education, job career, social networking, setting goal, conflict resolution.

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