Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,7, The University of Surrey, course: Organizational Behavior, language: English, abstract: Any company, organization, or any other union of people cannot exist without a good leader able to organize separate individuals into a united team which is successful at work, poses new goals and shows a progressive development. The personality of a leader, leadership style, and behaviors make a significant impact on productivity of his subordinates as well as general performance of a company or organization. Having analyzed a variety of scientific studies related to the influence a leader may cause on employee performance and development, it is possible to assume that leadership behaviors especially transformational leadership style may enhance subordinate’s task performance as well as their organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB).