Jens is a transformational leader, manager, and a certified organizational coach. With his 25+ years of leadership background and education in executive and team coaching, he seeks to elevate his team and coaching counterparts to become authentic leaders with an awareness of the underlying issues that drives their behavior and its influence on people, development, and business results.
Besides his career in manufacturing for Bosch, he is a coach, mentor, facilitator, and speaker. During the last years, he has worked with leaders and teams in Germany and China, helping them to succeed in leading and developing organizations. Additionally, he supported the training department for Bosch China in implementing a transformational leadership culture and internal coaching by consulting and facilitation. He is one of the founding members of the Bosch-wide grassroot initiative “We coach Bosch” where internal coaches connect and provide their services to all associates and thus promote a coaching culture within the organization. “We coach Bosch” has been awarded with the ICF Germany Charter Chapter Prism Award 2021
Before joining Bosch, Jens served 17 years in the German Armed Forces with a leadership career in combat service support, experienced international assignments and missions abroad. Going through the ranks, finally up to Lieutenant Colonel with a 2 years post graduate education at the German Armed Forces Command and Staff College, his foundations for his perception of leadership was deeply engaged and fostered.