FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J TI How do Leadership Competencies affect Absences due to Illness and Employees’ Satisfaction? AF Guidon, Madlaina AU Guidon, M AB Workplace Health Management plays more and more a vital part in today’s companies for the purpose of placing special emphasis on the human capital – the employees – and not lastly to be an attractive employer. All supervisors fill an important role in this process since their task is to maintain daily interaction with their subordinates and to keep them healthy and motivated with a particular positive leadership style. This bachelor thesis aims to investigate to what extent leadership competencies have an influence on sickness absences and job satisfaction. Different behaviors of leadership are analyzed and connected with the impact on employees’ health. Literature suggests that an appreciative guidance and mentoring skills have an indirect influence on the reduction of sickness absences and increasing satisfaction. The case study examines if high leadership competencies feature lower numbers of sickness absences per full time employee and higher employees’ job satisfaction. ER