Engineering and Technology Journal e-ISSN: 2456-3358 Volume 08 Issue 01 January-2023, Page No.-1940-1943 DOI: 10.47191/etj/v8i1.14, I.F. – 6.484 © 2023, ETJ 1940 Jeric R. Aduna, ETJ Volume 8 Issue 01 January 2023 Assessment of Transformational Leadership Characteristics for the Leaders of ECSD Design + Build Jeric R. Aduna 1 , Edward Joseph T. Agustin 2 , Charles Mendy D. Canonero 3 , Noel T. Florencondia 4 , Lester O. Natividad 5 1,4 Faculty of Graduate Studies Department, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. 2,3 Faculty of Electrical Engineering Department, Don Honorio Ventura State University, Pampanga, Philippines. 5 Faculty of Electronics Engineering Department, Don Honorio Ventura State University, Pampanga, Philippines. ABSTRACT: The main aim of this study is to determine the level of characteristics of the leaders of ECSD Design + Build in relation with the eight characteristics of a transformational leadership. A quantitative method used to analyze the current study. 30 workers were involved in this study to assess their leaders which consist of one architect and two engineers. The results revealed that the highest value level out of eight characteristics was performer which averaged to 6.64. The highest trait for the architect leader was being energetic which results to a score of 6.74 while both engineers produced the highest characteristic which is being a performer and it produces a score of 6.63 and 6.98, respectively. KEYWORD: Transformational leadership I. INTRODUCTION In the fast-paced, competitive corporate environment of today, the commercial world has become more global, which has had a crucial influence in leading the project team to success project development and efficient communication with the project sponsor and vendors. Currently, construction projects encounter numerous difficulties when it comes to coordination between group, project creator, project clients, and banking industries, builders, and designers. (2013) (Oladipo et al.), highlighted the primary difficulties in construction industries, such the construction of a global learning proficiency, global adaptability, and developing getting ready to join a competitive market. in chronological order maintain and preserve market competitiveness, project. Building is necessary to create a successful team project as a result, the project manager will be in charge of vital in creating a project team that works well. This study determines the characteristics of transformational leaders of ECSD Design + Build. For the current study, the researcher picked transformational leadership. According to the definition of transformational leadership, this type of leadership fosters the development of leaders who were formerly followers while also bringing about good changes in the social system and the individual. It raises the morale, drive, and productivity of the followers. Contractors are attempting to improve their performance in their domains in light of the increasing rivalry in the construction industry, as well as the high demand from users, limited resources, and lack of environmental awareness (Notgrass, 2013). According to (Beekun, 2012), reasons for client discontent in the construction sector were investigated in South Africa and numerous factors that affect project performance were discovered, including contractors' lack of skills, conflict, and poor workmanship. According to (Voon, 2011), the involvement of multidisciplinary professions in a project result in project role differentiation, which tends to create unfavorable associations among project participants. II. LITERATURE REVIEW Dynamic and effective leadership is one important characteristic that distinguishes successful organizations from unsuccessful ones in the twenty-first century (Drucker, 1999). It seems vital to develop effective leadership endeavors for the leaders given the rapid, complex, and frequently discontinuous change of work in various industries (Hesselbein and Gldsmith, 2006). Due to the importance of the leadership function, numerous organizations are consequently looking for strong leaders in order to enable the tasks to be completed successfully (Hersey et al, 2001). Even though there are many works and studies on leadership in the management literature, a clear vision of leadership has yet to materialize to adequately serve all business organizations. The five stages of leadership approaches, namely trait, style, contingency, new leadership, post-charismatic, and post- transformational leadership approaches, are acknowledged by Bryman and Parry (2006). Despite the fact that these phases may have different points of view and study periods, they all share a unique definition. The process of influencing members of an organized group to work toward the achievement of a certain goal in a given circumstance is how