The leading student achievement : networks for learning project (LSA) -- Evidence used by LSA to learn its way forward -- Building on a conception of effective leadership -- Perspectives on LSA's approach to leadership development -- Collaborative inquiry processes as a foundational belief -- Key learning conditions as a subject for collaborative inquiry -- LSA's theory of action and how it was developed -- Knowledge building/knowledge creation : education for a knowledge society -- Creating useful knowledge about effective leadership networks -- Insights about leading large-scale leadership development project.