Transformational Leadership in the City of Yogyakarta During Herry Zudianto’s Era

Abstract

Political and governmental transformation that took place after the 1998 reformation brought the necessity for the bureaucracy to make self improvement. Bureaucratic performance in providing public services became the main focus. In this framework, leadership is the significant factor in performing a series of government innovation. This study aims to describe the implementation of transformational leadership to create an innovative government in Yogyakarta during Herry Zudianto’s Era. The category of this study is a qualitative research. The data used is primary data that was obtained by interview, questionnaire, and observation, and secondary data obtained with the technique of data collection documentation. The results showed that Herry Zudianto has the criteria of transformative leadership in doing government innovation with characteristics of the four dimensions, namely idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration. Transformational leadership by contextual style according to the demands of the contemporary socio-politics has implications for the occurrence of a change of two organizational entities, namely organizational culture and innovation in policy implementation.