Competency Ddevelopment Strategies of Gglobal Transformational Lleadership in Iran’s Ministry of Energy

Global Transformational Leadership (GTL) is an approach that focuses on understanding, adopting and directing change by creating a global network and teamwork and learning environment in order to compete in the global arena. The GTL has attracted the attention of organizations that operate globally, but there are uncertainties regarding its various dimensions, especially the strategies for developing its competencies in organizational leaders. Iran's Ministry of Energy (IME), as a vital government agency, has a global orientation, but is facing challenges to develop its leaders in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. Thus, this research aims to explore strategies for developing GTL competencies in the context of IME. The research method is qualitative with an exploratory approach. The study population is managers with experience and expertise in the international projects of IME. To collect data, 15 of these managers were selected using the purposeful sampling method and participated in semi-structured interviews. The thematic method was used to analyze the collected data. The findings led to identifying strategies to develop transformative leadership competencies in IME. Two overarching strategies identified, namely empowerment strategies and individual development strategies are discussed and their implications for IME are highlighted.