Storozhev - Department of parliamentary and political management, National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Baiun - Department of Public Administration and Public Service, National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Yashutin - Department of Public Administration and Public Service, National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Nyzhnyk - Department of Public Administration and Public Service, National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Voronov - Department of Humanities and Socio-Political Sciences, Odessa Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, Odessa, Ukraine.

The purpose of this study is to develop proposals and recommendations for the implementation of a process model for the development of leadership qualities of public servants and justification of the conditions for ensuring its effectiveness in terms of digital transformation. The relevance of this study is due to the need to ensure development of the process of professionalization of the senior civil service personnel on the basis of development of leadership qualities that will contribute to the effective operation of the civil service of Ukraine, change management and successful implementation of reforms in Ukraine, taking into account the best world practices. The methodology for assessing the level of managerial competencies of public servants according to the degree of implementation of strategic (key) competencies has been developed. The assessment of managerial competencies according to the degree of their significance for civil servants, the expert group identified the most important management competencies. An approach to understanding has proposed interaction of leadership competencies with managerial competencies, a diagnostic model for assessing the leadership of public servants has been developed. To implement the model, a system of indicators has been developed - single, complex and integrated indicators of civil servants' leadership, using tools: a tree of civil servants' leadership indicators, matrices for the calculated civil servants' leadership indicator, measurement scales for the corresponding level of indicators.

Public servants, Leadership, Leadership qualities, Professionalization, Competence, Governance, Digital Transformation