The profile of the strategic leaders of the Brazilian Army in its process of transformation

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the profile Brazilian Army (EB) strategic leaders should demonstrate while engaged in the development and implementation of the process of Force transformation.  In terms of methodology, information on the subject was collected in articles, specialized websites and papers. An opinion poll was also conducted among Brazilian Army (DB) generals and colonels, specializing in strategic leadership, to assess the key leadership competencies the profile of the Brazilian Army (EB) should include in order to carry the Transformation forward. The answers provided by the specialists were added to collected data, and thus contributed to the end result of our work, where the profile of the strategic leaders of the EB, in its process of transformation, can be summarized in three large areas of qualification that are integrated and interrelated to a set of fifteen core competencies built upon moral principles and values, integrity of character and ethics, as competencies that depict the moral profile of strategic leaders.  Last, it was concluded that this work can contribute to perfect the skills of the current strategic leaders of the Institution, and enables an assessment of the profile of future leaders, once strategic leaders are the actual drivers of the process of transformation and, without effective action by each one of them, transformation is unfeasible.