Leadership development of educational managers in the VUCA world

This study, which was conducted by a qualitative and phenomenological method, aims to identify the competencies that MA graduated students of Educational Management need for educational leadership in the VUCA situation. In this regard, the data were collected by targeted sampling and semi-structured interviews with graduates of Educational Management about their experience of facing with COVID-19 crisis, and the expectations of their employers, views of faculty members and policy makers. The data were analyzed with conceptualization and categorization techniques. Highlighting the challenges of education management in the conditions of VUCA, 25 competencies were extracted which are needed for educational managers. These competencies which include self-regulation, self-leadership, self-efficacy, the ability to use the capacities of society, networking, adaptability, daring, resilience, having skills in emerging technologies, anxiety and distress management, and electronic education and learning management are neglected in most of the competency models for educational managers.