With a focus on how leadership practices affect effectiveness, efficiency, and service delivery outcomes, this study investigates the connection between transformational leadership and organisational performance in the public sector. The success of public sector organisations is frequently hampered by bureaucratic inefficiency, low employee engagement, corruption, and reluctance to change. As a tactical method for enhancing institutional efficacy, transformational leadership which is distinguished by idealised influence, inspiring motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualised consideration is examined. According to the study, transformational leadership greatly increases employee motivation by fostering a feeling of purpose and coordinating personal aspirations with corporate aims. Additionally, it fosters creativity and innovation by motivating staff members to question established procedures and come up with fresh approaches to organisational issues. Additionally, by encouraging flexibility and giving staff members the authority to make decisions within their responsibilities, transformational leadership lowers bureaucratic inefficiencies. Together, these benefits help public institutions provide better services and implement policies more effectively. Despite its advantages, the study points out a number of obstacles that restrict transformational leadership’s efficacy in the public sector, such as inflexible bureaucratic systems, political meddling, corruption, insufficient leadership training, and opposition to change. These limitations prevent transformational leadership potential from being fully realised. The study comes to the conclusion that improving organisational performance requires fostering innovation, strengthening leadership skills, advancing institutional reforms, and improving accountability systems. When backed by favourable institutional circumstances, transformational leadership continues to be a vital instrument for attaining efficient governance and better public service delivery.

Keywords: transformational leadership, organizational performance, public sector, public service delivery, employee motivation.