Written by a team of authors at the Leadership Development and Civic Education Center of the German armed forces: Colonel Enno Bernzen, conceptual design and development department, Captain Dirk Peddinghaus, head of the international cooperation department, and Colonel (General Staff) Robert Sieger, leadership department. The views expressed here represent the personal opinions of the authors.
The Leadership Development and Civic Education Center (Zentrum Innere Führung, ZInFü) is a competence center tasked with constantly developing and adapting the concept of Innere Führung, and following ministerial guidelines for its formation in the German armed forces (Bundeswehr). The center’s responsibilities therefore include preparing the concept for practical implementation and communicating its content. There are ten key areas integral to the concept, with focuses on leadership, civic education, law and military order. It contributes to making the guiding principle of the “citizen in uniform” practicable and viable within the Bundeswehr, and visible externally.
With its products and activities, the Leadership Development and Civic Education Center reaches around 12,000 people in the military and government every year. Essential elements of current leadership training comprise coaching top-level personnel and leadership in military organizations.

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