The article reveals the socio-political conditions for the formation and development of elite leadership potential, shows its conditionality by public attitudes and strategically significant state imperatives, and presents the author’s interpretation of the problematic field of elite leadership positioning research. Special emphasis is placed on the fact that modern professional, ideological and personal competencies, knowledge of relevant national doctrines and international conventions, mastery of the art of strategic and operational management, understanding of the geopolitical situation and adequate response to it are the leading characteristics of the quality of elite leadership potential and high efficiency of the ruling class as a whole. Elite leadership positioning is interpreted as a unity of ideological, professional, moral and image characteristics, which sets the vector of political action, determines the specifics of the formation and development of elite leadership potential, and is one of the leading stimulating factors for the progressive development of the social system. Special attention is paid to the issues of legality and legitimacy of personnel relations, the recruitment of the elite and the formation of its professional leadership qualities, continuity and enhancement of professional experience in public administration, practical mastery of political leadership qualities. Recommendations are formulated regarding the prospects for the development of the institute of elite leadership.
Key words
• authority • power • image • legitimacy • leadership • positioning • professionalism • elite •
Okhotsky Evgeny Vasilyevich
Doctor of Sociology, Professor, Expert of the Research Center for Public Service and Management of the Presidential Academy, Moscow, Russian Federation
e-mail: e.ohotskii@mail.ru
RSCI SPIN code: 5544-0039
Grigoryan David Kromvelovich
Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Departments of Operational Investigative Activities and Information and Communication Technologies at the Rostov Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
e-mail: davo-davo23@mail.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9411-8418