AFIDA NOOR FAJARINA
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Supervisor
Prof. Badri Munir Sukoco, SE., MBA., Ph.D.
ABSTRACT
Often, cooperatives are linked to the old-fashioned and unprovoked mindset that many young people do not want to join. The mindset also affects the business development and performance of the cooperative itself which tends to be late and cannot keep up with the times. Setia Budi Wanita Malang Cooperative is one of the cooperatives that has leaders who successfully implement transformational leadership, by changing old leadership styles that tend to be lazy and afraid to take a new step into an aggressive leadership style, full of challenges and dare to take risks and always adjust to the times. In this study, the researcher wanted to know what strategy used by the cooperative leader to transform the leadership style in the aim of reaching the quality cooperative.
The research method used is a qualitative approach with descriptive technique. Determination of resources using purposive sampling method, this research uses 4 resources and uses 3 methods triangulation as technique to know data validity that is triangulation method, triangulation researcher and triangulation of sources.
The fifth leader succeeds in implementing transformational leadership by altering the old style of leadership that is stubborn and afraid to take steps to take risks and always create new ideas and innovations. So the development of the cooperative slowly but surely developed well and full of spirit does not work in place. The success of the fifth leader cannot be separated from the role of the first leader to the fourth leader. Because the previous leader succeeded in maintaining the existence of the Setia Budi Wanita Malang Cooperative, and the mistakes that had been made by the previous leader became the learning and capital for the fifth leader to continue the organization. In his leadership, the fifth leader tries to use a spiritual leadership method which is able to understand what the subordinate wants and needs by looking at the phenomenon and inputs. The fifth leader focuses on interpersonal relationships between leaders, administrators, supervisors and members in order to make good communication easy to deliver the vision and mission to achieve.
Keywords: Leadership, Strategy, Transformational Leadership, Cooperative, Qualified Cooperative.
