IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE OF THE BATTALYON COMMAND TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF 1 MARINES YONKOMLEK SOLDIERS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of the influence of a commander's leadership style in motivating the soldiers, besides that this study also aimed to prove whether the transformational leadership style with its four elements (The Four I's) was able to increase the motivation and performance of Yonkomlek 1 Marines. In the implementation of this study using qualitative methods, data collection was carried out by interviewing and observing the object of research in the 1st Marine Marine Corps, and then for data processing using the NVivo data processing tool. From the results of research and data processing, it was found that there was a significant effect that with the transformational leadership style applied by the Battalion Commander in Yonkomlek 1 Marines, the motivation and performance of soldiers increased. From the results of Nvivo processing, it is also found that of the four Transformational elements, individual considerations have the greatest influence among other elements, so it can be concluded that the transformational leadership style has a major influence on improving the performance of the 1st Marine Yonkomlek soldiers, it is recommended to the leaders or battalion commanders. can apply the transformational leadership style to the unit in order to create effective leadership and be able to improve the performance of the unit.