Abstract
This study aimed to analyze and examine the effect of leadership behavior on employees performance in industry companies within Makassar Industrial Area. This study used descriptive qualitative, to interpret the results of the research, then measurements, based on the size of the distribution of respondents variable through questionnaires that carried out during filling out the questionnaire in the field to test and analyze the truth of the research hypothesis. The results of this study indicated that: Leadership behavior had a positive and not significant effect on employees’ performance. Because employees’ performance was not determined by leadership behavior, it means that leaders had not effectively communicated or interacted with the employees. The behavior of the directive company leadership had not led to the achievement of quantity, and the performance, affective behavior had not a strong influence on changing employees creativity