The performance of the workforce is also related to the performance of the manager. But can leadership be measured reliably? This is what leadership experts and current research say.
Experts agree on one thing: performance has too many facets to be defined solely by individual factors. And good performance can only arise in an environment that responds to this diversity – helped to shape it by managers. In the Hays HR Report 2026, which addressed the topic of performance, leadership behavior was clearly related to increased or decreased performance in the company in various questions.
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You can read more insights from the Hays HR Report and other aspects of performance in the cover section of Human Resources Management 05/06.









