Effects of leaders on units?

[ulver]

I can't seem to find it in the manual

[gwgardner]

They lend an increase in effectiveness for the unit they are assigned to, and to those within three hexes, generally. Could be less, depending on country.

[freeboy]

what happens when better leaders are nearer my unit with poorer leader..?

[comsolut]

Found this for naval commanders

10.14. ASSIGNING COMMANDERS
This will open a popup window from which you can assign/recall a Commander to/from a unit.
Assigning a commander will have following effects for every skill point:
»» 5% chance for avoiding damages during naval battle,
»» 5% chance for detecting enemy convoy,
»» 5% chance for detecting enemy ships when enter sea zone.

Found this for land commanders and can influnce units within 3 hexes

Also Commander’s Skill is affecting unit’s Effectiveness. For each Skill point, effectiveness of
a unit is increasing by 3.

[Wolfe1759]

Section 8.4 on pages 36-37 will give you some more information.