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- An exploration of the relationship between transformational leadership, employee engagement, and individual performance with the design and validation of a questionnairePublication . Kavanagh, Patric Philip; Almeida, H.Leadership is an important performance impacting factor that all organizations need to consider. It is a concept that has developed well beyond the era of "The Great Man" theory that implies that certain individuals are born leaders and that others are not. From an academic research perspective, leadership is a complex and multi-dimensional area of study. It is a key element and driving force in the science of management. It is complex in that it affects every area of life, and it is therefore difficult to apply a universal definition or ideal description of what a good leader is. Leadership is multi-dimensional in that it has different forms and interacts with multiple other management related themes. This research provides evidence that transformational leadership is an approach that management professionals should apply in current times with regards to increasing individual performance. As well as the review of existing literature, this research provides empirical evidence of the positive impact that transformational leadership has on individual performance by creating a space in which individuals can engage themselves and become more performant, resulting in greater overall organizational performance. The literature review section will discuss the relevance of these three themes within a management context, as well as present evidence of their relationship to each other. The primary goal of this study was to design and validate an instrument that is capable of measuring the impact that transformational leadership has on individual performance by determining the degree to which it interacts with employee engagement and their subsequent effect of this interaction on individual performance. The primary data that was collected was subjected to a statistical analysis process that proved reliability and validity.