The outlined portrait of managers who behave in practice as true leaders includes a series of indispensable traits: empathy, strategic thinking, vast personal experience, integrity, respect for subordinates. All these traits are reflected in managerial, modern leadership tools transformed into effective leadership styles, which once put into practice lead organizations to high performance. The key to long-term success for a sufficient manager is the art of delegation. In order for delegation to take place optimally, the manager must, through the leadership styles put into practice, build solid relationships with subordinates and transform into a true leader. Reality shows that there are managers who do not know how to manage the organization's resources and achieve maximum performance. Such managers, through learning and training, can acquire the ability to lead in order to become efficient and perform tasks at peak performance. Without effective leadership the success of a manager is not possible.