• What is the role of a leader in promoting a learning organization? How might a leader promote a learning organization? Provide examples from your experience. According to Guerr-Lopez (2008), there are three primary roles a leader play in promoting a learning organization: (1) envisioning – inspiring a shared vision and aspirations, (2) energizing - model the way by leading by example and, (3) enabling – strengthening others by increasing self-determination and developing competence. These primary roles are expounded in three of Kouzes and Posner’s Five Practices of Leadership. Further, secondary roles played by leaders in promoting a learning organization are expansive of the areas previously described. Nelson and Quick (2011) explained
