The Enabling Environment for leadership development addresses the context in which leaders learn new behaviours and enhance their capacity to lead. The application of individual learning and the transfer of that learning to others in the organisation are dependent upon the context in which the learner works. A learner might have developed tremendous insights, new behaviours and enhanced capacity to lead, but for that learning to be sustainable, the organisation’s HRM policies and practices, governance and accountability frameworks and practices, and organisational (or national) culture should be aligned to encourage the exercise and transfer of leadership capacity.