The impact of motivation and leadership in companies. This is an approximate translation of an article you can find here: http://liredazgo.blogspot.com.es/2014/03/el-impacto-del-liderazgo-y-la.html Nowadays, two of the main topics pressented in organizations are the motivation and leadership that leaders can generate in their teams, like an extra energy that will help people and companies, as a complement in the economic and benefits side. An open HR department with excellent career plans and remunerations is not enough. It is necessary a leader to make people feel motivated and engaged, a close person to his/her work team, that can speak the same language, that can interact at different organizational levels, that can be respected and heard. In those companies we have worked alongside last years, we usually find employees explaining that their leaders show an open attitude , but this doesn't mean they're heard, nor their inquietudes solved . They usually seems more worried about the expected results than what the people needs to achieve those results. That essential time to listen to, encourage and motivate their teams is little seen in part by the vertiginous daily routines. Fatigue, stress and lack of communication follow a path, motivation and leadership follow a different one. People properly leaded and motivated will feel enthusiastic and committed. Even those employees not completely satisfied with their salaries, talk about the values of the company and their work teams. In contrast, other employees well retributed but working in a hostile ambient, were concern about themselves.