A leadership development consultant provides advice and direction to an organization or company to develop better leaders among the workers or members. You provide direction not only to those with official leadership roles, but also identify team members or workers who have the ability to enhance the organizational productivity and engagement of their coworkers. As a consultant, your duties also include identifying problem areas, discussing short- and long-term goals with management, designing plans to increase leadership capabilities, updating corporate culture, and observing workplaces to identify potential new leaders and come up with new recommendations for methods to expand leadership development.