Both scientists and practitioners acknowledge leadership as a key predictor of success in organizations. Leaders’ values could be a significant criterion for the analysis of changes in leadership recently. This study aims to investigate changes in leaders’ values over time among Baltic countries. The results of the European Social Survey (ESS) showed that leaders’ values did not significantly change over time (from 2008 to 2016). However, the expression of values significantly differed between leaders of different countries.

The main aim of the article is to disclose employees’ expectations towards their ideal leader in Lithuanian health care organizations. According to the results of the empirical research, employees from health care organizations perceive the task-oriented leaders who are also able to perform a representative role as ideal ones.