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Purpose. The aim of this systematic literature review was to gather current information about the relationship between burnout and leadership from Burnout Research journal. Furthermore, the goal was to examine and summarize a review of the best practices of burnout prevention presented in the articles. The main concepts were burnout and leadership. Burnout was defined according to Maslach, Schaufeli and Leiter`s (2001) definition and leadership based on Yukl`s (2010) definition. Previous studies on leadership and burnout have shown that authentic and servant leadership play a significant role in the development and prevention of burnout. Approach. The study was carried out by using systematic literature review. The collected data was analyzed by applying theory based content analysis and data-oriented content analysis. The study concentrated only on Burnout Research journal, where the articles were selected based on the keyword leadership. The first search gave 18 articles, which were eliminated by predetermined selection criteria. Thus, the final data was limited to six articles. Results and conclusions. Three main categories were recognised by content analysis. They were: 1) Self-awareness of one`s role as a leader, 2) Training programs and assessment methods and 3) Self-management of employee. The first main category was divided into two subcategories consisting of two leadership styles: 1a) Authentic leadership and 1b) Servant leadership. Using the results of these categories the two research questions were answered. The results showed that authentic and servant leadership were highlighted in the prevention of burnout enhancing wellbeing at work. Both of these leadership styles shared the same element, self-awareness, of one`s own behaviour. Prevented measures in job burnout were: 1) Leadership styles and leader´s self management, 2) Training programs and assessment methods and 3) Employees` self management. The results from the study are in agreement with previous studies. Based on the results special attention should be paid to self-awareness in developing intervention and in the everyday work of organizations. Highlighting and developing authentic and servant leadership should be taken into consideration in more detail and clearly in future research.