Industry 4.0 is a term that represents the radical transformation of industry resulting from the integration of emerging technologies. Industry 4.0 is demanding changes to the labor market, explicitly requiring training. However, to achieve this, manufacturers must overcome several obstacles, such as the lack of quality competencies to develop and manage various high-tech systems Workers who have competencies and skills will be accepted in the world of work of the industrial era 4.0. To improve worker competence, companies must also provide training programs for their workers to adapt to new demands. It is expected that the company periodically reviews the competencies and technologies needed in the business world. And the company helps find solutions in developing worker competence in the industrial era 4.0.

This paper is a literature study to analyze the effect of leadership, communication, and motivation on employee performance.This type of research is explanatory research, looking at the relationship of free variables is leadership, communication, and motivation on employee performance. This study aim to gather and analyze published articles regarding the effect of leadership, communication, and motivation on employee performance. The research design is a literature review. Articles published in the last five years appearing in six different academically. Based on the results of the review literature that leadership, communication, and motivation has positive and significant effect on employee performance.The results of this review are only a conceptual starting point for starting an integrated discipline.