In this article, the authors highlight the methods of formation and development of managerial skills and special qualities of students in the process of teaching self-knowledge, spiritual and creative self-improvement. Reveals contradictions between the need to develop student’s leadership skills and the lack of development of their leadership problems. Studying the leadership qualities of students, the authors give psychological and pedagogical recommendations, consider leadership as a responsibility for the development of students  leadership qualities, are ready to create and organize their own projects, make decisions and make choices, as well as quickly and purposefully adapt students to the society. It takes into account the need to focus on the formation of personal outgoing qualities, as well as on the acquisition of new skills and approaches to pedagogical self-development.