The COVID-19 era has driven virtual work models in the organisational context. Teleworking was the alternative that many organisations found to continue operating. Overnight, many employees started working from home. Leadership practices are essential in times of uncertainty and crisis. This study aims to analyse the perception of teleworking employees regarding the leadership style, specifically the transformational and authentic leaderships. The results show that transformational leadership is predominant in the teleworking context. However, when compared with other studies, teleworking employees perceive less transformational leadership behaviours and more behaviours referring to laissez-faire leadership, as well as the behaviours of transactional leadership. Teleworking employees perceive more behaviours of the authentic leadership style. This study demonstrates the need for leaders to adapt their behaviours to the new working conditions, face-to-face and virtual, to ensure leadership effectiveness.