Transformational leaders understand this potential and systematically invest in it. Transformational leaders are teachers who effectively facilitate the learning of individuals, teams, organizations, systems, states , countries and even the world if their transformational agenda is global. Transformational leaders realize that there must be a critical mass of leaders moving any societal transformation, whether in organizations or in larger domains, so they identify other leaders and potential leaders whose change agendas overlap with theirs and skillfully nurture the growth and development of those leaders. They look for leadership among people already given formal leadership responsibilities and also among people who have not been given formal institutional leadership roles. Transformational leaders want leadership at all levels, so they find ways to invite leadership at the line level and at the volunteer level.
Transformational leaders are people who are learning.
Some of them may appear to be zealots in their single-minded devotion to their agenda, but they cannot succeed unless they are open. At the highest level of consciousness they may realize that their uncommon devotion to their cause is a reflection of the urgency they feel about their internal transformation. At this point of development, transformational leaders are much less likely to be deterred and less likely to be stopped in their transformational work in the world. They see, at this point, the opportunities provided by the world's resistance to change and recognize the external resistance as a metaphor for their own resistance. This is such a rigorous path of learning that transformational leaders must be in learning relationships with others pursuing transformation.