Abstract
An appropriate leadership communication strategy should be able to increase employee work motivation. With a leadership communication strategy, a leader can motivate his subordinates to be enthusiastic, disciplined, caring, and responsible in carrying out their duties and functions. Where resources are not merely objects in achieving organizational goals, but also become subjects/agents of development. Leadership Communication that makes HR as planners, implementers and controllers who always play an active role in achieving organizational goals, and have thoughts, feelings and desires that can influence their attitudes in work. Conversely, the organization where they are sheltered is expected to provide rewards and awards fairly or objectively so that through these rewards ASN can be motivated to improve the quality and quantity of their work. This study aims to describe the form of leadership communication strategies, employee work motivation, and at the same time determine the effect of leadership communication strategies in increasing employee work motivation at the Medan City Cultural Office. The study used a descriptive qualitative approach and type of research through interviews and observations of informants to obtain research data. The results of the study indicate that the leadership communication strategy of the Cultural Office still needs to be improved in the area of clarity and even distribution of organizational messages that should be adjusted to its main duties and functions. Furthermore, it was found that intrinsic motivational factors, such as recognition, were the dominant factor in driving work motivation. Finally, it was found that the leadership communication strategy implemented influenced the increase or decrease in employee work motivation at the Medan City Cultural Service.