The purpose of this paper is to capture the behaviors of leaders of learning organizations and from those behaviors to outline how to lead learning. Leading learning requires modeling, mentoring, managing, and monitoring learning. We believe that these are the most powerful ways that leaders can influence the behavior of people in their organizations. Leading learning provides a very different perspective on leadership than the styles theory so popular in years past and transformational leadership that currently is in vogue. In order to learn these behaviors, leaders and followers must unlearn much of what they have believed to be true about leadership.
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