Charismatic Leadership in Character Education of Generation Z of Islamic Boarding School Indonesia

Character education is an important part of realizing the development of the Indonesian nation. One of the challenges in implementing character education is the rapid development of technology in the current generation. Generation Z is the first generation born and raised in an era of rapid advances in information technology. Good character education can be formed through a charismatic leader. Az-Ziyadah Islamic Boarding School is an Islamic boarding school that has a charismatic leader figure. The exemplary behavior of a leader can form good character for students. This study aims to reveal charismatic leadership in the context of Islamic boarding school character education using qualitative methods and data collection techniques carried out through interviews, observations and documentation The results of the study show that good character education for generation Z can be achieved because the role model of the leader of the Islamic boarding school has good communication skills and has a clear vision and mission as well as high self-confidence and carries out activities starting from getting used to waking up early, reading yellow books, story methods and extracurricular activities.