Kalashnikova S. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations for Professional Development of Executive Leaders under Current Social Transformations

The theoretical and methodological foundations for professional development of executive leaders in form of methodology which include regularities, principles, content, pedagogical technology, evaluation and conditions of leaders' education effectiveness are defined in the dissertation. The leadership is presented as the highest - compared to administration and management - evolutional and qualitative level of governance, and its actualization in modern social transformations is verified. Dependency between governance levels (administration, management, leadership) and competencies levels (knowledge, skills, behavior competencies) is proved. The specificities and factors that provide for the effectiveness of leadership education programs are specified on basis of analysis of leading foreign and domestic experience in executive leaders' professional development for business, public and education administration. The specific character of pedagogical technology and evaluation of the aforementioned education is clarified. The grounded methodology of executive leaders' professional development was realized in the domestic practice of professional education for heads of educational institutions. Practical recommendations and perspective directions for further academic research are developed. Key words: professionalization of administration, professional development of executive leaders, leadership, profile (competence frameworks), executive leaders, public leadership, business leadership, educational leadership, evaluation and development of leadership competencies.