Purpose. This article aims to discuss the time perspective problem and its impact on the management career success. The time perspective construct and different ways of organizing individual time perspective from the position of scholars from various fields have been analyzed. Methodology.The temporal perspective characteristics of the leaders on different organizational levels have been explored by Russian version of a Time perspective inventory by F. Zimbardo (ZTPI) in the adaptation of A. Syrtsova, E. T. Sokolova and O. V. Mitina. The study involved 120 managers from different professional spheres. Findings. Top managers have the dominance of time orientation to the future and positive present, middle managers have prevalence of time perspective present fatalistic and negative past. Value of the results. Result of this study could be the basis for a deeper analysis of the time perspective issues and could be relevant in planning of the time management learning courses especially for the young leaders.