This paper presents the concept and definitions of leading as one of the functions of management, leadership consisting of three elements - leaders, followers and situations. There is also a comparison between management and leadership, as well as a review of selected approaches to leadership and styles. The paper presents examples of the modern approach to leadership and reflects on whether gender influences the performance of leadership. As part of this thesis, a survey will be conducted online to identify the respondents' views on the importance of leadership as a management function, attitudes of leader, are leaders born or become leaders, and are better leaders and managers women or men. Collected data will be processed statistically, and the results will be displayed graphically. The conclusion of the paper outlines the most important findings and conclusions, and whether or not hypotheses have been confirmed or rejected.