Abstract
Altruism is not a concept that would be widely discussed in business world. Seldom literature mentions the benefits of altruistic leadership and what impact it can make within an organization. Altruistic leadership is usually categorized under transformational leadership and authentic leadership as part of the characteristics. This project focuses on discussing the links among altruistic leadership, employee engagement and financial performance, demonstrating how altruistic leadership would lead employees to be more engaged and create a higher performance. Main sources of data are collected from papers from journals to magazines. It can be proven that there is link between altruistic leadership and employee engagement. And since high leveled employee engagement ends up with high overall performance, two propositions are therefore come into existence. For leaders, soft skills, such as being altruistic, compared to financial incentives would also work well in today’s business world. However, for future research, it is recommended that using statistic data for firm evidence.