Leadership in transformation, leadership development in Europe

The increasing complexity of political and administrative decisions makes leadership in the public sector all the more important. Faced with long-term challenges such as climate change, demographic change and digitalisation, the public sector and government departments are being forced to develop the best possible solutions to deliver public services under complex conditions. Leadership skills and personalities are more in demand than ever before, and in an international context there is a growing demand for the expansion of systematic personnel development measures for managers who make political and administrative decisions today and in the future. Against this background, the sub-project aims to analyse leadership development in a European comparison in order to provide the German ministerial administration with concrete recommendations for action for systematic further development at federal and state level. In the context of current and future challenges for managers, the project will examine the extent to which leadership development is already aligned with emerging change processes and what needs are manifested in this context.