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The objective of this study is 1) to conceptualize the Alternative Leadership Minangkabau, and 2) to find out the level of knowledge and understanding of the formal and non formal leaders in Padang City about the model of Minangkabau Universal Leadership. The population of this study is the formal leadership practitioners who are represented by community bureaucrats and non-formal leadership practitioners represented by the ninik mamak, the Islamic scholars and  the intellectuals in Padang. Data were collected through questionnaires, focus group discussions (FGDs), expert discussions and regular meetings. The obtained data were then analyzed using variance test with variance analysis technique (ANOVA). The collected data were also analyzed and discussed using a qualitative approach. Through the process of Focus Group Discussion (FGD), Expert Discussion, regular meetings, language considerations, research scope, retrieval fluency, representation of content, and aesthetics reasons, the research team decided that the term “Minangkabau Alternative Leadership” is changed into the model of Minangkabau Universal Leadership. Based on the results of data processing with variance test, it is found that there are significant differences between the knowledge before and after the FGD implementation on formal and non-formal leaders in Padang related to the model of Minangkabau Universal Leadership.

formal leadership; non-formal leadership; Minangkabau traditional leadership