KEPEMIMPINAN PENDIDIKAN
This article discusses leadership in an educational institution where the nature of good leadership will bring ease in coordinating an organization in achieving its goals. Educational leadership is the ability to drive the implementation of education, so that educational goals that have been set can be achieved effectively and efficiently. Leadership has been described as a manager who is able to influence people or groups to achieve the desired and jointly determined results. The principal is expected to be the leader and innovator in the school. Therefore, the quality of the principal's leadership is significant for school success. Leadership is essentially the ability possessed by someone to foster, guide, direct and move others to work together to achieve the goals set. To realize these goals, the leader needs to carry out a series of activities including directing the people involved in the organization they lead. Leadership is part of management that is planning and organizing, but the main role of leadership is to influence others to achieve the goals set. A good leader will produce a good performance from each of his members and vice versa if the leader can not manage well then it will be difficult to achieve a goal of the institution.