The global socio-economic environment is confronting at present with a series of challenges, from the unemployment to the increase of inequity between social classes and is marked by a lack of leadership both in developed and developing regions, leadership being considered a key factor in obtaining positive economic performances, both at country and company level. In this context there is a growing necessity to adopt a new approach on leadership and to build solutions adapted to the particularities of each company. Developing an effective leadership program at company level is a process that includes a number of stages and is not possible without highly trained and competent people. As a consequence, only by creating an efficient learning system it is possible to have both highly trained specialists and leaders capable of performing effectively in the knowledge based economy. The present paper makes a comparative analysis of the learning systems in some of the world's regions (Europe, North America, Middle East, Asia, Latin America etc.) related to the perception on leadership in these areas. There are analysed indicators such as the percentage of higher education enrolment, the quality of the educational system, the quality of management schools, the degree of internet access in schools, the availability of research services and the level of staff training. These indicators are then correlated with the leadership indicators from the same regions, aiming to extract conclusions regarding the influence of the learning system on the leadership and, in this way, on the economic performances of organizations.
